That'll Learn Her
To do her job:
The Harper government is poised to fire Linda Keen, Canada's top nuclear watchdog, amid renewed accusations that public health and confidence in nuclear safety have been jeopardized by her uncompromising handling of the Chalk River medical isotope scare.
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Despite intense political pressure at the time, including a personal attack by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ms. Keen insisted the 50-year-old reactor, Canada's oldest, remain shut down until work was completed on a backup safety system to prevent the remote risk of a core meltdown during an earthquake or other disaster.That put the government in the position of having to enact legislation overruling the nuclear regulator in the name of nuclear medicine, embodied by Canada's world-leading global molecular imaging and radiotherapeutics market, led by Ottawa's MDS Nordion.
Gee, it's weird how politicians can change your perspective on almost anything, eh? I mean, I would have thought Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. was to blame for allowing the facility to operate without a properly functioning back-up system.
I guess that's why I'm not one of the big boys calling all the shots. I just don't know how to blame the right people.
