I wonder if any thought has gone into extra protection for those running our nuclear facilities? If those highly specialized resources go down with infection and cannot report to work, leaving the operation of our systems and decision-making to lesser skills and experience, could we potentially be opening the door to another Chernobyl-like accident right here in North America?
Who's is looking after our Nuclear Reactors? Could COVID-19 cause another Chernobyl?
- Thread starter John Wick
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Thinking that these things run themselves and are virtually accident-proof feels on the surface to be a bit of a stretch. Would hope there are automated checks and balances in place, but not sure you could safely take the educated and experienced human element out of the equation and still be worry-free.
While Greenpeace as a source of information is typically very biased, radical and sensationalist in nature, this still gives one pause to consider...
https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/610/can-a-nuclear-accident-happen-in-canada-question-and-answer/
https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/610/can-a-nuclear-accident-happen-in-canada-question-and-answer/
Hmmmmm. 
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-no-adverse-impacts-from-tritium-spill-at-nuclear-reactor-bruce-power/
Wonder if there may eventually emerge a link from this 'accident' to the use of lesser experienced resources as a result of COVID-19 impacts to staff?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-no-adverse-impacts-from-tritium-spill-at-nuclear-reactor-bruce-power/
Wonder if there may eventually emerge a link from this 'accident' to the use of lesser experienced resources as a result of COVID-19 impacts to staff?
