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Nipawin Journal – Saskatchewan, CA

Revisiting nuclear power waste of time and resources I am very concerned about the possible nuclear reactor in Saskatchewan,……………………….Nipawin Journal Jacqueline Swiderski 11 Dec 08 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. All parts of the nuclear processes pose serious hazards.

The uranium industry and our politicians are trying to trick us by dangling jobs as a carrot to entice us into allowing a reactor. There is absolutely no value for people to be employed if the jobs cause their suffering and death. We as a society, can’t even remove oil from the tar sands without causing tremendous devastation to our earthly home. Oil sands wastes pose relatively passive and benign problems to the earth, compared to uranium.

Nipawin Journal – Saskatchewan, CA

December 12, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized