Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, July 15, 2011

Alberta Nuclear Facilities Unsafe: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has ordered an engineering firm in southeastern Alberta to lock up its nuclear devices until it corrects what it calls safety deficiencies.

The commission says an inspector went to AR Geotechnical Engineering earlier this month and found radiation levels of workers not being ascertained, shipping dangerous goods without a transport document and not meeting the commitments documented within the company's safety program.

The order was issued July 7.

Ayoub Ramandan of AR Geotechnical Engineering says the deficiencies relate to improperly filed paperwork.

He says the company has a radiation protection program in place, but proper documentation was not completed, so they are now fixing that.

The firm provides geotechnical, environmental and material engineering services for south and central Alberta and Saskatchewan and the device is a portable gauge that measures the amount of water in soil.

Origin
Source: Huffington 

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