Nuclear-safety agency not adequately inspecting power plants, watchdog says

As reported by Gloria Galloway in an article entitled "Nuclear-safety agency not adequately inspecting power plants, watchdog says" appearing in The Globe and Mail:

The federal agency charged with ensuring the safety of Canada’s nuclear power plants is unable to prove that it is inspecting those facilities often or thoroughly enough or that it has the number of staff required to do the job, says a new report by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.

The audit released by the commissioner, Julie Gelfand, on Tuesday as part of her fall report calls into question whether the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), which is often accused by environmentalists of being too close to the industry it was established to monitor, is providing proper oversight of the country’s nuclear reactors. [Read the entire article here.]