Canadian electricity generating plants Security is so lax
Canadian electricity generating plants Security is so lax
Security at two of Canada's most important electricity generating plants is so lax that terrorists would have no trouble at all getting in, according to a television report.A team from the French-language RDI channel wandered around the Manic-5 and Robert Bourrassa hyrdo-electric plants in the remote James Bay area of French-speaking Quebec without seeing a single security guard.
The plants, linked to a series of giant dams, supply power to Quebec and the north-eastern United States.
In a special report, which was aired on Tuesday night, the RDI team drove in an unmarked van to the center of the Robert Bourassa generating station. They then passed through an unlocked door and made their way to the control panels without once being challenged.
The plants are run by provincially-owned Hydro Quebec, which went to court on Tuesday to seek an injunction preventing RDI from showing the report on security grounds.
Hydro-Quebec president Andre Caille said in a statement he was troubled by the RDI report, adding that "we are taking all the means at our disposal to ensure the security of our installations."
The RDI team, which filmed the report last week, said they had not spotted a single close-circuit camera. At one point a reporter was seen scaling a gate near a major dam without being challenged.
