Update: Pickering Nuclear Generating Station emergency alert issued in error, Ontario Power Generation. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones has issued an apology for Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Emergency Alert
Today we woke up to this:
The emergency bulletin, was sent out around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, saying it applies to people within 10 kilometres of the facility.
The alert said, “An incident was reported at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. There has been no abnormal release of radioactivity from the station and emergency staff are responding to the situation.”
We live so near (within 3 kms as the crow flies), and kids started screaming, “We are going to die! Let us get out of here”!
Though, the alert said, that there is NO need to take protective actions, I gave my eldest, Potassium Iodine Tablets box with the set of instructions, and asked him read, to calm him down.
Potassium iodide (KI) pills are sent to all homes and businesses within 10 km of a nuclear power station and it is a requirement by The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) — the federal agency that monitors the safe operation of nuclear stations.
So far on the news, nothing!! Other than, Twitter exploding with “incident”!
I wake up and get a warning of some “incident” at a nuclear station but I not to worry about it #nuclear #pickering #Incident pic.twitter.com/cYMVxdd9gM
— StorminNorman (@StorminOnNorman) January 12, 2020
Fingers crossed, we are waiting for more information!
What to do in case, there is an emergency –
- Shelter in Place, unless you get orders to evacuate.
- Take KI (potassium iodide) Pills.
Update from Ontario Power Gen 8:06 AM, January 12, 2020:
“the alert regarding #Pickering Nuclear was sent in error. There is no danger to the public or environment.”
Important update: the alert regarding #Pickering Nuclear was sent in error. There is no danger to the public or environment.
— Ontario Power Gen (@opg) January 12, 2020
We have confirmed that there is no emergency or incident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, and that there is no danger to the public. The emergency alert issued by the Province earlier this morning was sent out in error.
— City of Pickering (@CityofPickering) January 12, 2020
So, why was it sent out in the first place?
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Author: Staff Member, To Do Canada