Port Hope Area Initiative
Answer #5
Have
you considered an accident involving a truck spilling its waste?
Such
an accident is highly unlikely given the safety precautions proposed.
Nevertheless, an accident involving a waste truck would be dealt with under
the project’s transportation and emergency response plan. Emergency
personnel, including a radiation surveyor and safety officer, would be
notified immediately, and appropriate personnel would be dispatched. Access
to the accident scene would be restricted and monitoring and cleanup would
begin. Dust inhalation would be unlikely because of the waste’s high
moisture content. Radiation and contamination surveys would be carried out
to ensure areas where waste may have spilled were cleaned to background
levels.
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