The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-05-02, Page 4•••
Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 2, 1979
Men exposed to radiation
in Bruce nuclear mislap
The type of radiation two men
working at Bruce Generating Station
A at the Bruce Nuclear Power
Development (BNPD) were exposed
to Saturday will be known this
Thursday, according to Ontario
Hydro spokesman Gord Reaume.
The men, mechanical maintainer,
were exposed to radiation levels that
experts say exceed the safe yearly
maximum, whiie removing the thread
protector sleeve which was over the
closure plug thread area of a
damaged fuel bundle at Unit one,
One man received five point five
rems of radiation while the other man
received eight rems. According. to the
Atomic Energy Control Board
(AECB) the maximum yearly limit of
radiation exposure is five rems.
Mr. Reaume said he had heard the
men were in the exposed area for 10
minutes.
Ontario Hydro says •the men's
exposures were well below the levels
at which any effect would be detected.
A detailed investigation, which should
be concluded Thursday, is still being
carried out, as required by the AECB.
The cause of the exposure was a
piece of fuel bundle which became
lodged under the protector sleeve.
The men returned totheir regular
jobs at one of the heavy water plants
Monday. There is no exposure to
radiation there.
Mr. Reaume said Ontario Hydro
health physicists will continue to keep
an eye on both men.
The men will not be able fo work in
a radiation area for the next year.
According to a book published by
the Canadian Nuclear Association a
person receives .020 rems of radiation
when he has a full mouth dental X-
ray; '.040 rems for a chest X-ray; .1
rems for an abdominal X-ray; .3 rems
•for a stomach and upper GI tract X-
ray and .6 rems for a lower G.I. tract
X-ray.
According to the book, people living
in Kerala, India receive five rems of
radiation per year due to the high
percentage of radioactive thorium in
the soil. In Canada, the terrestrial
background radiation is between .23
and ,90 rerns depending on where you
live.
Village wants arcade...
•from page 1
permission to hire 95 journeymen itorn
Europe, according to a spokesman.
Industry and. Tourism Minister Larry
Grossman told the Legislature that his
ministry also helped with the search.
"We saw quite clearly that efforts were
made to find skilled workers in Ontario
and Canada," he said.
A group of Ontario home owners has
filed a class action suit asking the
Supreme Court of Ontario to order the
Canadian Standards Association and
Ontario Hydro. to' pay for the rewiring of
every home in the province that contains
aluminum wiring.
The suit, filed by lawyers for the
Aluminum Wiring Home Owners Action,
estimates the rewiring job would cost
• $375 million, making it one of the largest
class action ever filed, •
Spokesmen for the CSA and Ontario
hydro said .they can't understand the
filing of the suit, or the presumption that
aluminum wiring is dangerous, in light of
the finding of Tuzo Wilson's one-man
royal commission that properly installed
aluminum wiring is safe. •
• From Queen' tg Park......
•from page 6
rent for the business for about six months.
She never encountered bad feelings about
an arcade opening in the village, while she
was looking for a place to rent..
Mrs. Dadson said she does not require a
business permit but does have a vendors'
licence to operate the arcade. She is
• planning to attend the council meeting to
clear up any misunderstandings and to
learn about a village by-law concerning
staying open on Sunday. She said she
closes on Sunday, but the new poolroom
• which just opened ::lown the street remains
open on Sunday.
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