Oops, no cause for alarm: This actually IS a drill
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People throughout the Canadian province of Ontario awoke on Sunday to a cellphone alert warning them of an 鈥渋ncident鈥 at a nuclear plant just east of Toronto 鈥 only to later be told the message was a mistake.
The message, which was transmitted throughout the nation鈥檚 most populous province, was accompanied by a shrill emergency broadcast noise.
It said an unspecified event had occurred at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
There was no abnormal release of radioactivity, it added, and people did not need to take protective action.
More than an hour later, utility officials sent another message saying the alert 鈥渨as sent in error.鈥 They added there was 鈥渘o danger to the public or environment.鈥
鈥淣o further action is required,鈥 said the message, which was also sent to television screens.
The alert went out during a routine training exercise being conducted by the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre, Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said in a statement that apologized for the mistake.
She said the government had started a full investigation and would 鈥渢ake the appropriate steps to ensure this doesn鈥檛 happen again.鈥
Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan said he was 鈥渧ery troubled鈥 by the message. He said on Twitter that he spoke to provincial officials and demanded an investigation.
Toronto Mayor John Tory joined him, tweeting that there were 鈥渇ar too many unanswered questions鈥 about the warning that was sent across the province of 14 million people.
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