Human error has been cited as the main reason for a false alert about the Pickering Nuclear Station last month.
A final report on the January 12 incident was released yesterday.
Area residents received messages of an incident at 6:37 a.m. warning of an incident at the nuclear power plant.
More than ninety minutes passed before a corrected message was issued saying there was no emergency.
Solicitor General Sylvia Jones says the report states human error was to blame.
The message was part of routine testing but was mistakenly put out to the public.
Jones says steps have since been taken to ensure such a message is not sent out in error again.
“We have already put in place a number of initiatives and changes including staff upgrades and training to ensure that this doesn’t happen again. And if it ever happens again, everyone knows exactly what their roles and responsibilities are,” says Jones
Jones says they have moved forward on 13 of the recommendation put forward.
One of the measures being put in place now is to ensure any correction to an alert is made as quickly as possible.
