Nuclear Reno Job at Darlington Didn’t Include All the Work: Ontario government claims it was on time and under budget (leveller.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by leveller_ottawa@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 5 months ago

Many are scared of what they can't see (radiation), which isn't completely indefensible but tends to be exaggerated way beyond the actual risks.

Others are afraid of what they see as "unnatural", not realizing that nuclear fission is so natural that Mother Nature has at least once spontaneously created a fission reactor without the involvement of human hands. (Seriously—it was in Gabon. And there may be more whose remains we haven't found.)

Anyway, the big heavy-water CANDUs like the ones at Darlington are pretty damned safe by my understanding, and should shut down spontaneously under most failure modes. I'd rather live next to one of them than next to a coal plant.

[-] leveller_ottawa@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This article doesn't discuss nuclear safety. This writer's previous work on federal nuclear investments did:

...in a press conference on May 26 with the Kebaowek First Nation to denounce the construction of the disposal facility, raising concerns about the high cost of $1.5 billion, and the risk of leaks into the drinking water of downstream communities, including Ottawa.