Canada province says sorry after training mistake sparks false nuclear alert

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The Canadian province of Ontario sent out a false alert on Sunday that there had been an incident at a massive nuclear power station near Toronto, ...

OTTAWA: The Canadian province of Ontario on Sunday apologised for wrongly raising the alarm about an incident at a massive nuclear power station near Toronto and blamed a training exercise mistake.

"The alert was issued in error to the public during a routine training exercise," Ontario's Solicitor-General Sylvia Jones said in a statement. The initial message said there had been no abnormal leak of activity from the plant, which is located on the shores of Lake Ontario some 50km east of downtown Toronto.Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan said on Twitter that locals had been very troubled and added:"I have spoken to the province, and am demanding that a full investigation take place".

Human error during a training exercise was also blamed for an incident in Hawaii in January 2018 when authorities issued a false alert about an impending ballistic missile attack.The plant came online in 1971 and has a power-generating capacity of 3,100 megawatts when fully active. It is scheduled to be shut down in 2024.

 

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