The head of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) quit Friday, one day after the forced restart of a nuclear reactor responsible for producing more than half of the world's medical isotopes.
"I don't want to be the one in charge when that thing blows !"
The reactor was closed on Nov. 18 for repairs. That's when federal nuclear inspectors discovered that the facility had been operating without emergency power backup for its cooling pumps and insisted on upgrades before it could be reopened.
So what are you saying here , if someone cuts the power to the reactor it goes into some kind of China Syndrom because it has no cooling pumps anymore ? And you want to run this reactor in this condition ?
Harper announced Friday that Burns will be replaced on Dec. 31 by Glenna Carr, a former Ontario bureaucrat. Carr has served as the deputy minister of three Ontario ministries.
And the new person in charge of this faulty reactor with no battery back ups for it's cooling pumps is.... you guessed it ... a politician with no scientific knowledge at all !
Harper had previously laid the blame for the isotope crisis on the CNSC.
He said the "Liberal-appointed" commission put lives at risk by insisting the reactor remain offline until safety measures were installed.
"People are dying out there ! Turn the dang thing on , it won't blow I promise ! I'm a politician I know these things, don't listen to those technical people ! "
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