Niagara Tunnel Has a Baby!

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But the project could run into problems similar to those encountered by a much-maligned hydro tunnel project in Niagara Falls, Jeanes said. The Niagara Tunnel project is intended to deliver a new water source to the Sir Adam Beck generating station near Queenston, Ont., in an effort to boost energy production.

The cost overruns and construction delays have been blamed in part on the geological complexities of the area.

That's Me! I much-malign the tunnel, and from now on every new underground working shall be compared to this!

I can't see that they will have that much trouble in Ottawa. It's very good rock, blasted by some faults that have looked pretty tight on the surface. Most tunneling can deal with this, but I don't think I'd use a machine. I'd go drill and blast in two stages, with leading pilot holes for the faults.

The major problem will be that a public agency is picking the loser-design-build contractor who will promise the moon.

Wind Turbine Problems

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Gerretsen sides with the findings of a report released in mid-December. Commissioned by the industry-supported Canadian and American wind energy associations, the study -- Wind turbine sound and health effects, An expert panel review -- suggests wind turbines pose no health risks to people.

I just like this article because of the age-old problem with industry-funded studies. They are sure to find 'no problems'. Now, there may actually be no problems, but the end result of such a study is always the same. If I were to do such a study, I would only measure high-frequency noise, and conveniently 'forget' the infrasonics. :)

And what can the poor little schnooks do? Just bitch and complain.... poor things.

Nuclear seismic monitors - Part 3

There I was, hiding under a rock, when the next thing pole-axed me. Killer Keen's Political Purge threw out the only two people in the cnsc who knew how to spell 'earthquake'. I had no backup! Now, there was no incentive whatsoever to have anything actually working.

To kill this miserable story, P bought the sleaziest system ever, it never worked, and nobody cared. I did redeem myself with a system we put in D, but then they took over, and it went to ratshit. The only good thing I did was to put in two seismometers at D, and place them under the control of the GSC. I hope they still work, but nobody cares about what earthquakes are going to do to these nuclear plants. Bruce never did anything.