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The Prince Albert Daily Herald: Letters | There are no merits to nuclear power

There are no merits to nuclear power
The Prince Albert Daily Herald Jacqueline Swiderski,4 Dec 08 :I am very concerned about the possible nuclear reactor in Saskatchewan, and scared to death that it could be in the Prince Albert area. It is bad enough that we are mining the uranium out of the ground, but to build a reactor would be insane. There is no safe storage option for uranium products and wastes. Radium, radon gas and polonium are highly radioactive byproducts. Storage methods are at best controversial and at worst responsible for death and a toxic legacy for generations.Mining poses serious health risks. Radon gas is a known cancer-causing agent. Uranium mining can poison water sources. Reactors need a lot of water. They, too, can leak radioactive substances into both watersheds and ground water.We cannot even know until it is too late, because radioactivity cannot be detected by our senses. We cannot see it, smell it, hear it or feel it. There is no such thing as clean nuclear power.The uranium industry and our politicians are trying to trick us by dangling jobs as a carrot to entice us into allowing a reactor.Our politicians should not waste time and resources revisiting the idea of a nuclear reactor. Instead, put that time and energy into developing renewable safe resources like sun, wind and tides in order to satisfy our insatiable thirst for electrical power in a way that is safe for our earth and our people. This would also provide jobs in an industry that permits our workers, their children and their grandchildren to live in health.

The Prince Albert Daily Herald: Letters | There are no merits to nuclear power

December 5, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized