TheReview Wednesday, January 8,1992 — A8 Continued from Page A6 the hallways. In attending an open house ina condominium, during the sales talk the sales person pointed to an air grill high up on the living room wall, and said “That grill exhausts 90 cubic feet of air per minute.” When questioned, “How does it do that, when there are no moving parts to convey the air to the outside, and where does the room get the air to replace the exhausted air.” The sales person replied, “The hallways are pressurized and you could open the door to the hail- way. A very ridiculous statement, when the tenant is supposed to keep the door closed and locked at all times. The idea of a pressurized hall- way is a very good idea but many installations do not work properly because of very poor design (it’s all guess work) and very poor preheating control system of the incoming fresh air. Often the resulting is very cold hallways, requiring the system to be shut off, resulting in smelly hallways. Even when asked to do so, no attempt has been made by the installers to correct unsatisfactory ventilating systems. Our authorities who make the codes are dragging their feet, including the adoption of the National Building Code on resi- dential ventilation. The occupants are compelled to live with this dilemma or spend more money to corect this unhappy situation. Harry Bradley Sidney MP report wrong on nuclear subs Editor: The Winter 1991 report by Saa- nich-Gulf Islands MP Lynn Hun- ter contains a photograph on page three which is purported to be an American trident submarine, pho- tographed in Canadian waters. The vessel, identifiable by its side number 524 is the USS Pic- . kerel, a diesel electric submarine. The photo was taken in 1952, off | Hawaii, during a maneuverability ‘tal. Pickerel was one of the first submarines modified to the GUPPY standard (Greater Unde- rwater Propulsion Power). The trial evaluated the capabilities and design of the GUPPY boat. The photograph along with the statistics gratuitously and erron- ads Funeral Chapels 656-2932 or 388-5155 Offer a complete choice of Professional Service. —TRADITIONAL —MEMORIAL —DIRECT CREMATION —FULL PRE-ARRANGEMENTS SERVICES Semices from your church or in either of our chapels at 1803 QUADRA STREET VICTORIA Or 317 GOLDSTREAM AVE. COLWOOD eously perpetuated in paragraph three of the companion article argue that the risk posed by the presence of nuclear powered ves- sels in British Columbia coastal waters is considerable and hence unacceptable. Setting aside that the caption on the photograph is simply not the truth; the use of the photograph and its caption are an example of how unrelated data is used to create fear and misunderstanding surrounding the safety of nuclear powered vessels. The statistics in paragraph three are particularly exaggerated. The suggestion that these ves- sels are a nuclear explosion wait- ing to happen is offensive at the least and fear mongering at the extreme. There has never been a nuclear accident involving an American or British nuclear propelled submar- ine. Although naval vessels (con- ventional as well as nuclear pro- pelled) have been involved in a number of incidents, none has ever been related to the nuclear reactor in vessels of Allied navies. There has never been a signifi- cant radioactive release from a nuclear propelled vessel, at sea or in harbor, even after 84 million miles and 3,700 reactor years of operation by U.S. nuclear pro- pelled vessels alone. Nuclear propelled vessels and their propulsion plants are designed and built to prevent a serious accident even in severe conditions at sea. They are also built to withstand the rigors of combat and therefore sustain being damaged. Concem is expressed that sub- marines are a navigational hazard to fishing vessels. Submarines are designed to operated submerged, they are more maneuverable under water than when travelling on the surface. The waters at Dixon Entrance are wide and deep. There will be advance notice of transit, and passage will be avoided during the busiest fishing periods, further reducing any. haz- ard. The last thing a submarine captain wants to do is to become entangled with a fishing vessel and risk the safety of not only his ship and crew but that of another vessel as well. I have dealt with some of the concerns expressed in Ms. Hun- ter’s publication. The visits by Allied nuclear warships to Esqui- malt and Nanoose and the transits of Dixon Entrance occur in sup- port of Canada’s security policy and its commitment to collective defence. These visits do not present a meaningful risk and should not be a cause of citizen concern. My family and I live closer than anyone else, only a few hundred yards from the primary submarine berthing location in HMC Dock- yard at Esquimalt. I assure you that I would not support the presence of these ves- sels if I felt there was any real danger. Rear Admiral P-W. Cairns Commander, Maritime Forces Pacific Esquimalt Talk planned on heriiage A provincial heritage officer will be the guest speaker at an upcoming meeting sponsored by the Sidney and North Saanich — Historical Society. Kathleen O’Neill, a heritage programs officer with Heritage Trust, a Crown corporation, will give a talk on Jan. 16 at St. Paul’s United Church at 11 a.m. She will give a presentation on heritage awareness. O'Neill was one of the facilitators at a Novem- ber “Let’s Get Organized” work- shop sponsored by the Sidney heritage advisory committee. The Historical Society was appointed as a heritage advisory committee by North Saanich council in 1985. The society is to advise council on heritage matters when issues are referred to it. 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