Re: [cdn-nucl-l] Re: " Government poised to fire nuclear watchdog"

[Randal Leavitt <randal.leavitt@rogers.com>]

Gary wrote:
> IMHO, in this matter, the CNSC clearly shirked its responsibility to the
> users of medical isotopes.  It chose to the ignore real and imminent danger
> to their health and safety caused by a CNSC-imposed interruption in the
> supply of medical isotopes, in order to enforce, what, the installation of a
> second back-up, back-up power supply.  There was NOTHING "reasonable" about
> CNSC's position WHATSOEVER.
>   
That's how I see it.

The CNSC has a hopeless task.  We direct them to make the safest 
industry we have ever seen safer every year.  You can only make safe 
things safer for so long.  Eventually the process starts getting silly.  
We seem to be well inside the silly zone now.

Yes, we need oversight.  Yes we need standards and ways to measure 
compliance.  Yes, we need this to be carried out in public.  The safety 
culture of the nuclear industry is something to be proud of.  But 
somewhere in there we also need reasonable judgment, and an 
understanding that the nuclear power business has to increase.  Without 
this commitment to achieve progress, the CNSC will only hamper the 
industry, and reduce safety overall by slowing down improvement.


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