Emergency detection and measurement of radioactivity for nuclear plant | CNIM Bertin Instruments, a CNIM Group company, has supplied the nuclear power plant operated by Bruce Power in Ontario with a monitoring system from its Saphymo range. The system is able to detect and measure the levels of gamma radiation in the air and also to identify remotely the composition of the radionuclides. The equipment has been designed to cope with the extreme weather conditions of the Canadian winter. The lessons of Fukushima Located in Ontario, 250 kilometers north-west of Toronto, the Bruce Power plant is one of the most powerful in Canada and one of the largest in the world. With its eight nuclear reactors, it meets 30% of Ontario’s needs for power. Drawing on the lessons from the Fukushima acci

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