philowl
Junior Member
Posts: 62
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:41 pm
Every one ought to pressure our MPs to move the reactor away from Chalk River. It sits on an active earth fault line. The Atomc Energy Canada Limited stated the reactor is built to withstand magnitude 6 size quakes.
The following is from the US Geological Survey:
Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada
1935 November 1 UTC
Magnitude 6.2
Heavy damage occurred in the Timiskaming area, Canada. In the United States, chimneys and plaster sustained minor damage at Cortland, New York, about 50 kilometers south of Syracuse. Felt in eastern Maine, south to Washington, D.C., and west to Wisconsin, including 17 States and three Canadian Provinces.
Timiskaming is "just north" of Chalk River.