Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report

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DIR10-131 - July 9, 2010

News

Government of Canada Invests in New Clean Energy Project in Alberta
The Government of Canada is investing up to $4.5 million through the Clean Energy Fund in Great Northern Power’s demonstration project of a new way to recover heat from industrial engines. This technology will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs by recovering waste heat at compressor stations. The project is also receiving $2 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
Source article – Natural Resources Canada, July 7, 2010

Chalk River Nuclear Reactor Safe to Reopen
According to the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) News Release from July 7 2010, the nuclear facility at Chalk River Ontario is safe and authorized to restart its operations after more than a year of repairs. On July 5, 2010, AECL appeared before the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) in a public hearing to consider AECL’s application to restart the reactor. A copy of the CNSC’s summary decision on the AECL’s application can be found on the CNSC website.
Source article – Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, July 7, 2010.

Governments Act to Help Prairie Farmers Restore Cropland
The Governments of Canada, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, will make up to $450 million available to help farmers take immediate steps to protect and restore damaged cropland due to excess rainfall resulting in flooding.  In addition, existing federal-provincial Business Risk Management programs, such as AgriInsurance (crop insurance), AgriStability and AgriInvest, will help farmers manage the impact of this situation as the first lines of defence in addressing income shortfalls.
Source article – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Areva, N.B. reveal nuclear plans
New Brunswick (NB) Premier Shawn Graham, Energy Minister Jack Keir and officials from the French nuclear company Areva announced their intent to explore building a second reactor at NB Power's Point Lepreau nuclear plant on Thursday.  The potential light water reactor may also come with a proposed clean energy park that may also include offshore wind, biomass and solar power generation.  While Areva said that it would help build a business case for the reactor, it would be entirely responsible for managing the design, construction and financing of the project.  NB Power would be responsible for operating the unit once it was completed.  The Point Lepreau station operated by NB Power is Atlantic Canada's only nuclear reactor. When the station was licensed in the 1970s it was permitted to hold more than one reactor.
Source article - Government of New Brunswick
Source article - CBC

Deepwater oil exploration approved
The regulator supervising Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry has approved new exploration in deep waters.  The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board called for bids for two parcels located in an area known as the Flemish Pass, which is north of the basin on the Grand Banks where four commercial fields have already been discovered, three of which are in production.  The new exploration areas have depths ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 meters. The Hibernia platform, by contrast, is just 80 meters above the ocean floor.  International oil industry interest in the Flemish Pass area spiked last year when StatoilHydro Canada announced it had found hydrocarbons in a property called Mizzen 0-16.
Source article - CBC

Hydro to spend $52M on infrastructure
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro announced Thursday that it will spend $52 million to maintain and upgrade its infrastructure across the province.  Hydro officials said most of the money will be spent on repairing and replacing equipment in rural parts of the province.
Source article - Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
Source article - CBC

Cyber tracking

CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 24 hours, CCIRC has not released any security publications.

CCIRC provides a list of recent and archived security publications.

Threat and vulnerability monitoring
CCIRC has not detected any new significant threats or vulnerabilities. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to monitor and apply appropriate security precautions.

Relevant links

Below are links to sites related to Canada’s critical infrastructure.

Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Health Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
Health Canada

Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization

Travel Health Notices
Public Health Agency of Canada

Transportation - Safety
Transport Canada

Travel Reports and Warnings
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Weather warnings for Canada
Environment Canada

Earthquakes
Earthquakes Canada

Hurricanes
Canadian Hurricane Centre

Hurricanes
U.S. National Hurricane Center

News Releases
Infrastructure Canada

 
 

Note to readers

Public Safety Canada collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and events concerning, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows Public Safety Canada to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products.

Links to sites not under the control of the Government of Canada are provided solely for the convenience of users. The Government of Canada is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The Government of Canada does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.

Public Safety Canada respects the Official Languages Act and is committed to ensuring that information products are available in both English and French. However, users should be aware that some links direct users to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and that these sources are only available in the language in which they are written.