Natural Resources committee  Okay.

Natural Resources committee  It was sent some days ago under a freedom of information request.

Natural Resources committee  When you look at a risk and a hazard, you need to look at the probability of the event happening and then the consequence of the exposure. The probability of something going wrong once the boilers are loaded and transported down to Sarnia is very low. When was the last time a b

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. Especially if there has been no injury or accident, there will be no increased radiation exposure.

Natural Resources committee  We have three things. We have the science, and it is fairly clear to me as a scientist that this is safe. There is the political involvement, and there is also the personal involvement. People in my area are used to having nuclear power. We're used to having it transported. We're

Natural Resources committee  Yes, we had one at Owen Sound. The city was concerned because the harbour where the generators would be loaded onto the ocean transporters is right there. Basically, there has never been an accident before. It starts to make your probability of an accident go down.

Natural Resources committee  I did send it to you.

Natural Resources committee  When we actually did the assessment for risk of transport, we found that these boilers have been transported across Canada when they came in and also when the new ones came in, and there has never been an accident in their transport. They are transported in their own vehicles and

Natural Resources committee  Basically I'm talking about exposure that would be a surface contaminant to someone who was exposed to the boiler, which is well below what is transportable. The total amount of internal radiation is not going to expose the people who are watching the boilers go by.

Natural Resources committee  The boilers are encased in steel and then with an epoxy coating, which actually is a barrier to the radiation exposure. Judging by the amount of radiation on the external surface available to contaminate people from the exposure, it could be sent in a cardboard box. Inside the bo

Natural Resources committee  Basically, shielding is just that. We shield it, which we do all the time in X-rays and treating cancers; we shield the people we don't want exposed. The steel acts as a shield. If you breach it, of course, radioactivity will get out. These are very safe as they are. You could g

Natural Resources committee  All right. Thank you very much. As you said, I'm the medical officer of health for the Grey Bruce Health Unit. I'm a fellow in The College of Family Physicians of Canada and licensed to practise in Ontario. I also have a master's degree in epidemiology and community health from