Comment
• The government should publish modelling on the
impacts of a Fukushima-scale accident beforeit
providesfinal approval forits planto continue
operating Pickering in2018.
• The government should develop the capacity to
independently model nuclear accidentsin order to
ensure the ongoing adequacy of offsite plans.
• The government should require provincial and
municipal authorities to inform residents and
businesses in the 50 km Secondary Zone of the
availability of potassium iodide and thedesirability
of including it in their home or institutional
emergencykit.
• The government needs to require those
authorities to conduct detailed planningto ensure
thatevacuation can effectively be carried out in
the fullnewly proposed contingency planning zone
as well as into the Secondary Zone, especially for
vulnerable communities.
• The government should study and publish
modelling of drinking water sourcecontamination
in the areas around the Bruce, Darlington and
Pickering nuclear plants in theevent of a major
accident, examine appropriate response
measures, and develop a plan to ensure that
contingency drinking water supplies will be
available in the caseof such an accident.
• The government should use its drinking water
protection jurisdictionto ensure that the Great
Lakes and other sources of water are protected by
requiring contingencyplans including
contaminated water storage and isolation.
• The government needs to study and propose
guidelines for land recovery and return before
2018, when the Pickering Nuclear Generating
Stationis due for another federal safety licensing
review.
• The government should ensure all meetings and
consultations with industry on nuclear emergency
matters canbe scrutinized by the public.
• A revised nuclear emergency plan should make
public consultation and pro-activedisclosure
mandatory on a rigorousand regular schedule,
with updated information including population
density and land use.
[Original Comment ID: 210471]
Submitted February 15, 2018 11:31 AM
Comment on
PNERP master plan update
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013-0560
Comment ID
2549
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