When you’ve dug yourself into a world of trouble, the first step is to stop digging, the old saying goes. It’s a lesson Ontario’s nuclear industry would do well to learn.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) wrapped up hearings last week to consider a 10-year extension of operations of the aging six-reactor Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
The Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Canadian Environmental Law Association and Greenpeace all urged the CNSC to reject Ontario Power Generation’s request to extend the station’s operating licence to 2024. The plant is scheduled to close August 31.
Greenpeace’s senior energy analyst Shawn-Patrick Stensil likened OPG’s application to a request “to expose millions of people within the (Greater Toronto Area) to the possibility of a nuclear accident.”
Angela Bischoff – Now Toronto – July 10, 2018.
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