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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988, PAGE 39 Design defects delay Hydro's tritiated water transportation By Debbie Luchuk Design defects in the bolts that secure Ontario Hydro's tritium transport flasks have forced the utility to again delay plans to truck the radioactive waste on Ontario roads. The Nuclear Awareness Project (Durham) has expressed concern about possible accidents from the transport of heavy water containing tritium through Durham Region along Hwy 401. The proposed transport of tritium heavy water is from the Pickering nuclear plant to the tritium removal facility at the Darlington nuclear station. Ontario Hydro's Sue Stickley, community relations officer, said Legion donations areannounced Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 112 (Whitby),' and the Ladies Auxiliary executive announced a $1,000 donation to Fairview Lodge for repairs to the pool table. Prior to the new executive, retiring president, Earl Ormiston confirmed a $3,000 donation had been given to the lodge for a moto lift; $2,000 had been sent to the Hostel Services of Durham Region; $2,000 was donated to the Whitby Sea Cadets towards the purchase of new instruments and $300 had been donated to the YMCA Summer Camp. The Whitby (Branch 112) Legion and Ladies Auxiliary held their annual Senior Citizens Day on June 23. A large turnout enjoyed the Auxiliary ' lunch, entertainment by Dorothy Manderson and dancing to music provided by a disc jockey. that the situation was "really not a big issue. "We found when testing similar casks that there were problems with bolts holding the heat shield in place. There is no potential for leakage of the water," Stickley said. "The heat shield is for gasoline fires for hours and hours (to prevent further contamination of the area)," Stickley said. When the fault was discovered, Stickley said that Ontario Hydro did other tests that were also indicating a fault. They recommended to the Atomic E- nergy Review Board that they withdraw the license for trucking the heavy water. 'We have modified the bolts, and are performing tests on a scale model in order to get Thomas Ambrose McAsey of Whitby died at Whitby General Hospital on June 4, 1988. He was 73. He was born in Glenelg Township (Markdale), Ont., on January 13, 1915, son of Jeremiah and Camilla (Sweeney) McAsey. He married Elsie Derry on April 25, 1952, and resided in Whitby since 1951. A member of the Armoured Corp., Grey and Simcoe Forresters, Mr. McAsey returned from overseas in 1947, joining the civil service at Sudbury and then Whitby. He was a stationary engineer at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, retiring in 1976. relicensed," Stickley said. She added that "we hope to get the license by mid-September." Tritium is an extremely toxic and fatal substance. One five-hundredth of a dose, accor- ding to the Nuclear Awareness Project, can be fatal. They say that each shipment of tritiated heavy water contains 45,000 fatal doses. Stickley said, "The water is not pure tritium. An individual would have to drink nine litres of the heavy water for it to be fatal. "It would be a risk if some of the water escaped, a risk of getting cancer. The risk is nothing like what the Durham Nuclear Awareness Project claims," she asserted. "Anything can cause cancer, even sugar. We never say it's He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church and the quarter-century club at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. He is survived by his wife and sisters Anna (Mrs. A. Black) of Mildmay, Margaret (Mrs. M. Burnett) of Markdale and brothers Eugene of Fort frances, Elzard of Markdale, Gerald of Cambridge and Vincent of Vancouver, B.C. Predeceased by sister Marie Scottie. The funeral service as held June 7, 1988, from the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel and St. John the Evangelist Church, Father Wilson conducting. Interment at Mount Lawn Memorial Gardens. nothing. The danger is that support workers would handle it," Stickley added. Ontario Hydro has apparently gone to fire departments, police and emergency services along the route to train them how to deal with a possible accident. "We would never say we're 100 per cent certain and not have a program (to deal with possible problems)," Stickley concluded, adding that Hydro is developing and maintaining contingency systems to deal with any possible accident. 6 Generations of Service, Quality & Trust Family Monuments • Granite or Bronze Markers • Inscriptions • Sandblasting 318 Dundas St. E. Whitby 668-3552 After hours: 668-4460 or 666-1513 Home appointments gladly arranged. We'd like to discuss something you don't want to talk about. 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