Catastrophic explosion could have happened at Kruger’s Corner Brook mill, expert says

By Abby Cole
CBC News
June 24, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada East

NEWFOUNDLAND — The Corner Brook Pulp and Paper mill’s failure to maintain its boiler’s pressure safety system could have resulted in a disaster, says a boiler expert. In April, operations ceased at the mill for a couple of weeks after the provincial government found that Corner Brook Pulp and Paper had failed to comply with safety regulations. In May, documents obtained by CBC revealed that the company, a division of Montreal-based Kruger, had neglected to inspect the facility’s boiler system’s pressure relief devices. Seventy-eight devices had not been serviced in over 30 years. “It can be catastrophic,” said Desmond Saldanha of the Canadian Boiler Society, a group of energy and environmentally concerned companies in the boiler industry. …The documents obtained by CBC News found that the Corner Brook paper mill had significant code violations.

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