Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Lunn wins, Keen doesn't show up

Firing Keen at the last minute had the desired effect. She didn't show up to hurl mud at the minister. They have given her a plum, to stay on the board at the governments whim, but now she has to keep quiet for that income to roll in.

This article had an interesting picture which I hadn't seen before.


Look at that rickety, free-standing bathtub! Does anyone think it has a chance in an earthquake? The juicy quote in the article is from a CNSC person (who says she didn't get stabbed from within?), who cagily says "The reactor is as safe as ever, even without the pump improvements." In other words, the pump crap is like painting the Titanic a different colour!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nary a word (in this article or any of the others) about AECl shortcommings or about the MAPLE debacle.
I was in favor of more Nuc power in Ont asap. Now not so much.
If the PM can legislate away Earthquakes and "dissapear" any troublesome regulator then ensuring no defects or accidents in any future nuclear plant can be only a pen stroke away.

Harold Asmis said...

You see, I rise above that, and think of the alternatives, which are worse! Technically, it's no big deal to build a safe nuclear plant, it's the politics which makes it unsafe! The only solution to this is for the people to rise up and demand transparency! If I were King of the World, everybody in OPG, Bruce, and the CNSC would have a blog as good as mine!

Anonymous said...

I'd like for you to give a talk for us on seismicity in the Ottawa Valley, and W. L. Ontario. How can I contact you?

Harold Asmis said...

Email me at hasmis la la la @ la la la gmail la la la dot la la com.


(I really didn't have to go through all that on the email, since gmail has great spam filters, but it was fun!)