A Fukushima-type disaster at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station could lead to 26,000 cancers and $125 billion in lost home values, according to a report released by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.
Groups opposed to the continuous operation of the Pickering plant, Durham Nuclear Awareness and the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA), hosted an event at the Pickering Public Library in March, addressing a new report by Ian Fairlie, radiation biologist from the U.K. His report considers what would happen if a serious nuclear accident, similar in extent to what took place in Fukushima, were to happen at the equally old six-reactor Pickering plant.
The event marked the seventh anniversary of a runaway triple nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Station in Japan. The effects of this catastrophe continue today, says OCAA.
Jack Gibbons, chair of OCAA, said 2.2 million people live within 30 kilometres of the plant.
Kristen Calis – Pickering News Advertiser – March 28, 2018.
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