Chalk River

[Fish'n Buddy]

A guy on the jobsite today asked me if I saw the front page of the paper...
I hadn't, and asked why. He knows I fish on the Ottawa River, and apparenlty the article was about the nuclear plant in Chalk River having a "heavy water leak" he let on that there had been a nuclear waste spill into the river??? I thought "oh no that would explain why I'm glowing, I've ate alot of walleye lately"
But seriously, this is what he was claiming. Now he's an angler , who frequents the St Lawrence, and seemed to be sure of what he was talking about. I went online and looked up the article, and yes there was a "heavy water leak of less then 47 litres of waste" but it didn't say anything about it getting into the river?? anyone else hear anything about this? I hope its just a misinterpretation, but if there was a leak, what kind of reprocussions are we looking at here?

Fishin' Buddy

[TheEllement]

I read about it in today's Globe and Mail. I cannot find the article again, but I believe it said that there is currently a leak and it is not in the immediate plans to fix it. The article claimed that it is only a low level of radiation. Needless to say after the sewage and the "low" levels of radiation I will not be eating anything out of the Ottawa river.

[almontefisher]

Yes it is still leaking and it has pumped and continues to pump nuclear waste water into the river. It is o.k though as they say it is only slightly toxic and will not harm you. Anyway it is a 2.5" crack in a main waste line and they say it will takes weeks to fix it. Weeks to fix a crack??? Those plumbers must get paid by the hour . The Ottawa Sun has an article about it.

[kingston-Mike]

Seems like the leak has stopped according this CTV article:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... /20090127/

But at http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/ ... 1-sun.html they say: "Meanwhile, another part of the reactor has sprung a water leak from a 2.4-inch crack in a weld. That leak has not been repaired since it was first reported more than six weeks ago.

Instead, technicians are simply pumping water into the unit to replace the estimated 7,000 litres a day spewing from the cracked seam. "

As for the "No risk to human health" claims, we'll probably find out in 10, 15 or 20 years what the effects were to human health, or to the local environment as the result of *new studies*.

By then..... [/b]

[MLR]

AECL produces 70% of the worlds isotope supply. It must be simple risk assessment to think, ok, we can affect a few hundred people who eat fish out of the Ottawa River, while saving thousands of lives around the world.

I have done trade work on contract at Chalk River before, nothing gets done very quickly around there. You need to have a work permit signed by so many different departments to do anything. I have waited for 2 days to get permits to do very simple things. Its getting to the point where you almost need to have an enviromental impact study done before you take a crap there.

[Fish'n Buddy]

man that erks me, i know exactly what you mean, i work in government buildings and crap like that all the time doing trade work and its a bunch of BS half the time to get the job done...you'd like to think they'd move a bit on this kind of issue...That's it, I'm borrowing my bosses welder and headin there now...what kinda steel do you think a nuclear waste pipe is made with?

[Doug]

Those pipes are made of the finest steel, salvaged from the Titanic....

Doug

[joco]

I saw some glow in the dark musky up there.

no but story made me go.... ..this is sad.

and this is the point off the iceberg....i am sher there is more that we dont no.

i actualy no a lot...but i am not alowed to say.. ..its in my work related..and i am not allowed to talk about it.

lets say..some area in the ottawa river you dont need to put oil to fry your fish.

joco

[slop]

This is very disturbing to say the least. Far worse than any OC bus strike.

[joco]

there is more into that river then you no guys.

i do no some stuff about it.

and a lot more we dont no.

still plenty odd pipes going right to the rivers .

some toilet direcly into it.

stuff dump into it.

i remeber looking at snow truck dumping in the river and there was a load off garbage going tinto it at the same time.

how mutch farmers insecticide going in.

this is so sad .

there was a big article in the montreal news paper last monday...in the st lawrence river..they tes water and it is full off medication..even some chimio teraphy medication in the water.

all the people trowing some rest off medication in toilette etc..the machinery cant desisolve this stuff so its going back right in the rivers.

and we ask why we see bad stuff happpening to are ecosystems.

joco

[joco]

sorry in french

for the medication in montreal water

http://www.canoe.com/infos/environnemen ... 73000.html

http://www.canoe.com/infos/environnemen ... 72400.html


for chalk river.

http://www.canoe.com/infos/environnemen ... 01400.html

in english....

http://www.ottawacitizen.com//Radioacti ... story.html


http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology ... story.html

joco

[MLR]

and just downstream from chalk river, you can't anchor a boat near CFB Petawawa because of explosives (bombs/land mines). The river seemed like a good spot to dump this stuff and make it disappear years ago.

[slop]

I feel reassured that everything is in order according to Mr Pilkington.....

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Doug]

back to MLR......

I was posted to CFB Petawawa in the early to mid 80s and there was no prohibition on anchoring off the base. Indeed, there was one walleye hole called the short turn or similar name where the current was so strong that the only way to fish it was to anchor and jig heavy jigs.

So if there is a prohibition on anchoring there now, it is something new.

Doug

[Jimmy_1]

When I worked for DND, Base Petewawa was in the process of trying to clear the area of old ordinance and open parts of the beach back up to the public.

Keep in mind that in Governement things take awhile....
Why? Because to get anything done takes tax-payer money.

Unless they do studies and get in a reputable contractor (which they must have had bids for).

I work in Gov't contracting.
The bearucracy slows it down and so do the Bidders when they go to CITT etc for not getting the contract.

So to fix the pipe...sure its a BIG issue. But I'll tell ya Company A will fight Company B's contract tooth and nail if they smell its amuck!