Sunday 29 April 2012

Fukushima revealed Canadian government’s confusion over nuclear emergency response, a new CNSC report says

Fukushima revealed Canadian government’s confusion over nuclear emergency response, a new CNSC report says: why this is not surprising? when bureaucracy itself trumps the main cause for which the bureaucracy in the first place was created to assist the cause with, this is the expected outcome!: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Fukushima+revealed+Canadian+government+confusion+over+nuclear+emergency+response+report+says/6517357/story.html#ixzz1tQXPO6lL ..."The federal government’s ability to handle a nuclear disaster is questioned in a new report assessing federal actions during last year’s Fukushima crisis.
The emergency revealed a confused federal bureaucracy, unsure of what departments were responsible for measures such as informing Canadians of radioactive fallout migrating across the Pacific, says the report by a special review committee established by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).
That and other concerns, “exposed the lack of clearly-defined responsibilities and leadership as it pertains to a nuclear emergency in Canada or a global event,” it says of the federal government." .... this is the direct link to the full CNSC report: http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/japan-earthquake/April-2012-Final-Report-of-the-EAC_CNSC-Response-to-the-Japanese-Nuclear-Event_e.pdf

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