This was the comment by Duncan Hawthorne, CEO of Bruce Power, when it was finally disclosed that a missing calandria tube insert had been discovered. The missing radioactive part had not been disclosed by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to the nuclear regulator, nor, supposedly, to Bruce Power. It was discovered when the radiation detector on an employee’s suit went off.
When my firm built the first turbine in 2002, I asked my wind expert the question. Will climate change have an impact on wind speeds? It is important to know the answer, as it could have an impact on revenues over the 20-30 year operation of a wind turbine. His response was that there had been no detectable changes in wind speeds as a result of climate change.
A column by Neil Reynolds in the Globe and Mail today is so riddled with inaccuracy, and false premises, that it calls into question the credibility of the Globe and Mail. I thought the media was supposed to check facts. The column is on line, under at globeandmail.com. Check under columnists, and search for Reynolds.
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I attended the World Wind Energy Conference in Kingston last week. It was quite invigorating.
Glen Estill
President, Sky Generation, Inc.
Post Office Box 1064191
Isthmus Bay Road
Lion's Head, ON N0H 1W0
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