On the 12th of January 2020, citizens in a 10-kilometer radius of the Pickering nuclear

generating station was pinged an emergency message onto their mobile devices. These messages warned that there was a reported

incident, but that there was no abnormal release of radioactivity. Now, not all countries do this this but in Canada we get little alerts from time to time

often a missing person's report to look out for certain vehicles to report to the

police and for the most part it works.

These amber alerts draw attention to what emergency services need

and allows a broader set of eyes to look out for something important, but this alert was different.

In the news, it was reported to be an accident, a mistake by the plant

when performing a routine training exercise

similar to the false missile alert sent out to the state of Hawaii

but a takeaway success that their system works

should an actual event like this happen.

But I'm one of the few people that can tell you.

It wasn't a mistake, nor was the information in the false warning correct.

It was something much worse.

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Plant publicly began construction in 1966.

Back then, they'd been up front about the idea to power a large front of the Ontario region.

And right now, it sits as one of the oldest nuclear power plants in the world and one of the largest.

On the surface everything seems sound.

An investment was made and the owners and workers are doing their best to get the most out of it.

But when you look deeper into the plant, you'll find that a number of discrepancies start to peel away the veneer of the plant and you may get a glimpse of

what's really going on. There were two stations at the plant, stations A and B.

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