[All] Fw: Concerns for Darlington Nuclear Safety & Economics

Wed Nov 4 21:52:35 EST 2015

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  From: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com>
 To: "Levert, Louise (CNSC/CCSN)" <louise.levert at canada.ca>; Prime Minister/Premier Ministre <pm at pm.gc.ca>; Tom Mulcair <thomas.mulcair at parl.gc.ca>; Elizabeth May <elizabeth.may at parl.gc.ca>; "premier at ontario.ca" <premier at ontario.ca>; Write2us (ENERGY) <write2us at ontario.ca> 
 Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 9:51 PM
 Subject: Concerns for Darlington Nuclear Safety & Economics

Dear Hon. Prime Minister, Hon. Premier, Ministers et al. 
Ms. Levert if you can relay this to the CNSC board on my behalf I would be very thankful. You did an excellent job helping to organize us for the hearing process. Thanks for that. 
Now onto the concerns. . 
The oil pipeline and nuclear industries are linked by way of shared investments for many years and it is well noted in media. . 

The privatization of Hydro Quebec benefited SNC Lavalin and Noverco who was owned by Enbridge.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/hydro-quebec-sells-stake-in-gas-distributor-noverco/article655596/

SNC Lavalin bought up 100 million in shares of Noverco in June 2004http://investors.snclavalin.com/en/news-releases-and-ir-calendar/news-releases/91/

IN 2010 Enbridge and The Caisse (Quebec pension fund) bought back the Noverco shares from SNC Lavalin one year prior to Line 9 oil pipeline and Northern Gateway NEB applications.http://www.cdpq.com/en/nouvelles-medias/communiques/communique_110203 
In March 2018 The Caisse Invested 73.7 million in SNC Lavalin prior to the Darlington Nuclear Refurbishment Hearings. http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/caisse-loads-up-on-snc-lavalin-shares
Chuck Stral, Chair of SIRC committed fraud for SNC Lavalin when he was acting as a lobbiest for Enbridge's Northern Gateway.http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/chuck-strahls-defence-im-no-arthur-porter

The Darlington Rebuilld is worth $600 million for SNC Lavalin and Aecon if approved. http://www.thestar.com/business/2012/03/01/darlington_nuclear_plant_to_be_refurbished_by_snclavalin_aecon_for_600million.html
TransCanada has 48.9% and 31.6% ownership of the Bruce Nuclear A and B facilities, respectively.  “We believe that refurbishing the reactors could provide a significant long-term income stream for SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Aecon Group Inc. and TransCanada Corp.,” said Pierre Lacroix, an analyst at Desjardins Securities, in a note to clients.
http://business.financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/ontarios-nuclear-refurbishment-good-for-snc-aecon-and-transcanada
With Ontario considering the sale of Hydro One I'm wondering why Ontario isn't considering hanging on to a significant long term income stream? Are we selling the tree that makes good fruit to support thistles? 
Oil pipelines and nuclear power are regulated by the decisions of quasi jurisdictional boards who are exempt from both oversight agencies and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act even though these fuel types are clearly linked to risks to human health and the environment. The Harper government eroded many of the acts that once protected us. We can't' make a big decision on a plant like this without regard to the long term consequences. The scope of the hearings is far too narrow to reflect the reality of the total risks and they negate Indigenous Treaty Rights and the need for Crown Consultations repeatedly. .
Both the CNSC and the NEB avoid looking at the adverse impacts of fuel extraction for oil or uranium. These issues are deemed out of the scope of hearings but that's not reasonable. Driving a car isn't illegal but if your using it to give a guy a lift to a crook after he robs a bank that is not right. We have to take a hard look at the intent of these facilities from start to finish. From extraction to toxic waste and their legacy on our economy, banking and insurance firms, pensions, our children and environment. 
The end product facilitated by the infrastructure is toxic resulting in illness costs for municipalities. Cancers are linked to both sectors. Long term nuclear storage plans for 200 years is insufficient. The half life of depleted uranium is 4.5 million years. It's not worth the risk to make more wastes. Nuclear waste has no natural predation or break down systems because they are distortions of physics that broke natural law at volumes nature did not intend to release. We have to be accountable for what we do to this planet for generations. 
If an accident happens,these industries rely on fire fighters who are not authorized to contain spills or enforce laws.and there are conflict of interests regarding gifts from pipeline and nuclear sectors. How can they be relied on to accurately report spills violations against their own sponsors?
Gift from OPG to Clairington Fire Fighters:. http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/5793335-clarington-firefighters-able-to-beat-the-heat-with-new-rehab-trailerGift from Enbridge to Clairington Fire Fighters http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/4068113-donated-smoke-and-carbon-monoxide-alarms-to-make-clarington-safer/
Who trains the fire fighters for nuclear emergency responses and is the training reasonable?  Even the CNSC board at the hearing for Darling Nuclear Expansion didn't know what Clarington's emergency response protocols.were. The Clairington fire marshal had left the hearing and nobody in the room could provide an actual response even though the question was asked and the room was full of OPG staff, DFO and Environment Canada officials along with numerous industry experts. This question is difficult to answer because the safety response data is not made public. I know with Enbridge Line 9, anyone wanting to view safety protocols had to sign a Non Disclosure agreement with Enbridge. It seemed that may have been the case with the Safety protocols for Darlington too which would explain why nobody could speak. 
Community safety plans are not made public yet OPG states with confidence that a successful evacuation of the area can be completed in 4 to 5 hours. How is that going to happen unless the public knows where to go and what to do? What proof is there to show this is even feasible? 
We need to create a Provincial protocols in coordinated effort with multiple City, Regional Provincial and Federal officials and the plan must be communicated with the public so they will now how to behave in the case of an emergency. People need to know what to do and where to go and how to get there before an event happens.  What is the evacuation plan for old age homes, hospitals,  mentally and physically handicapped should a nuclear incident occur? If we need to move people from hospitals where do they go? Are there other hospitals ready to receive them?  These are the kind of discussions we need to see for a bona fide emergency response.  Who will notify First Nations communities and other communities who share the water and eat the fish from both Canada and the US?
Have attempts been made to communicate notice of this hearing with the International Joint Commission who overseas Canadian/US water polices? What about Canadian and US Indigenous tribes along Lake Ontario? 
Is there any planned compensation for farmers or residents if there are contamination issues? 
Is there a way we can protect insurance companies if multiple claims come pouring in all at once as a result of a large scale nuclear accident? 
How will people be notified if they are coming in from the 401? Who is responsible to inform Via Rail and CN, bus companies, public transit from coming into the area? Many folks are on Netflix not TV. They use cell phones for music not radio stations. Is there an app we can develop if disaster strikes?
I listened to a Natural Resources (NR) official who spoke at the CNSC hearing by phone on Nov. 2nd.  He stated earthquakes are not likely to happen in proximity to the Darlington Nuclear Plant but I disagree. Here is a map illustrating the earthquakes in Southern Ontario over the last year:  http://earthquaketrack.com/r/southern-ontario-canada/recent. I have also included NR photos in the attachments showing long term data and existing fault lines.
Currently at the NR website for Earthquakes at http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/zones/eastcan-eng.php the data excludes all incidents under Magnitude 3. In the mapping for the Western Quebec Seismic Zone negates the view of areas near Pickering and Darlington, by strategically placing the legend of the map on top of those areas.
We actually do have Nuclear plants is sitting on fault lines.
I would like to request the Federal government use maps that illustrate all events rather than selective events otherwise we're undermining actual risks. It doesn't take a large seismic incident to cause structural issues. Vibrations alone can speed up wear and tear. 
So in the end, I do not want this project approved. Too many risks, safer alternatives exists and I don't want nuclear funding oil and vice versa. It's not clean energy if the fossil fuel sectors profit from this. It's not safe nor is it economically reasonable to support. 
Thank you
Louisette Lanteigne700 Star Flower Ave.Waterloo Ont.N2V 2L2  . 

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