Category Archives: Nuclear Power

(October 18, 2001) HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant received a “credible threat” on Wednesday, promoting officials to shut down two nearby airports and dispatch military aircraft to protect the facility. Continue reading →

(October 18, 2001) Recent claims in the media about Canada’s nuclear reactors being sitting ducks for a terrorist attack prompted Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Crown corporation that runs the facilities, to issue a formal statement Tuesday, October 16. It claims that a repeat of the World Trade Center attacks is highly unlikely because Canada’s reactors “are small targets, and it would take a high degree of skill to achieve a direct impact on a single unit.” Continue reading →

(October 17, 2001) Northern Ohio’s ticking time bombs. Two gigantic nuke bombs are ticking in northern Ohio, fully availabe to terrorists. Continue reading →

(October 16, 2001) The CF-18 fighter planes that have recently been stationed at the Trenton, Ont., air-force base are there in part to help protect Ontario’s nuclear stations from air attacks, according to environmental and municipal sources. Continue reading →

(October 14, 2001) OTTAWA – The unusual design of Candu nuclear power stations like Pickering makes them peculiarly vulnerable to a terrorist attack, says the author of an accident risk study prepared for a Senate committee. Continue reading →

(October 13, 2001) Investigators probing the Sept. 11 terror attacks have been told that a Kuwaiti man was found with documents detailing Canadian atomic-energy facilities and disease-control labs. Continue reading →

(October 12, 2001) Canadian Nuclear Safety Commissioner Chris Barnes is right to be “incredulous” and “amazed” that Ontario still has no nuclear emergency plan. Continue reading →

(October 12, 2001) Because of the threat of a terrorist attack, we urge you to immediately order the temporary shutdown of the 12 nuclear power reactors now operable in Ontario. Ontario can rely on additional coal-fired and oil-fired production and, if necessary, electricity imports from neighboring provinces to meet our needs for the immediate future. Ontario is in a period of low electricity demand and has substantial fossil generating and import capacity at this time, allowing you to take this precautionary move without interrupting service to customers. Continue reading →

(October 12, 2001) Because of the threat of a terrorist attack, we urge you to immediately order the temporary shutdown of the Point Lepreau reactor now operating in New Brunswick. New Brunswick can rely on additional coal-fired or oil-fired production, or electricity imports from Quebec and Nova Scotia for the immediate future. New Brunswick has substantial surplus generating and import capacity at this time, allowing you to take this precautionary move without interupting service to customers. Continue reading →

(October 12, 2001) Because of the threat of a terrorist attack, we urge you to immediately order the temporary shutdown of the Gentille II reactor now operable in Québec. Hydrology conditions are improving in Québec and the province can also rely on additional oil-fired production if needed for the immediate future. You can take this precautionary move without interrupting service to customers. Continue reading →