Public Safety committee  Thank you for this question. You could certainly greatly increase your knowledge level by visiting a nuclear generating station. Yesterday or the day before, we organized a major tour for the media at Gentilly 2. It was part of public information sessions that are taking place

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. There is certainly lots of education material around. We handed out some this morning. All the players in the industry also have lots of materials, such as Hydro-Quebec and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife. We ourselves, at the Canad

Public Safety committee  What we meant to say is that, once a year, we do a follow up in order to ensure that a proper plan is in place and that everybody knows what to do. We carry out drills but we also have lots of training programs for first responders. Our employees receive lots of training even bef

Public Safety committee  As Mr. Pereira said, after September 11, the commission immediately put out an emergency order that required all the nuclear stations in class I facilities to upgrade their security in a significant way, including having a very significant armed presence there at all times and to

Public Safety committee  Our emergency preparedness program requires an emergency response plan to be in place in all nuclear generating stations. Under this plan, the operator must maintain a relationship with the first responders from the community and the province. As we mentioned at the beginning, M

Public Safety committee  We have several systems in place, as Mr. Pereira mentioned. There is a system that will inject what we call a poison, which stops the reactivity in the reactor core. There are also, as you mentioned, several emergency systems that will carry more water to cool down the core. Gen