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.]

Monday, April 27, 2015

Darlington Unit 2 Leak: Heavy Water Breach At Nuclear Reactor Contained:OPG

TORONTO - Ontario Power Generation says there was no risk to its staff or the public after a leak of heavy water from Darlington's Unit 2 nuclear reactor.

OPG spokesman Neal Kelly says they don't know the exact amount but estimate about 7,000 litres of heavy water leaked during routine maintenance Tuesday afternoon, while the reactor was running.

Kelly says all the heavy water was contained and recovered, and the reactor was safely shut down.

OPG assembled all the staff to make sure everyone was OK, and the utility says there was no impact to their health and safety or to the environment.

Further investigations into the leak from the heavy water transfer system at Darlington are underway.

Kelly says OPG also informed the nuclear regulator about the leak Tuesday, as well as local mayors and fire and police departments around Darlington, which is on Lake Ontario, about 70 kilometres east of Toronto.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: CP

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