IICPH - better options for N.B. than Nuclear

New Brunswick’s aging Point Lepreau nuclear power station still needs major refurbishment following major upgrades that have already cost taxpayers $1.2 billion. Even so, AECL is pushing for a second nuclear plant in New Brunswick using a model that is still under development. IICPH believes that New Brunswickers need to look at better options, considering the Auditor-General’s reports and the revealed deficiencies at Chalk River. This beautiful province has good winds, plenty of sunshine and tidal bores. If the tax dollars available for building a new power plant were spent on renewable energy, New Brunswick could fairly quickly replace it with affordable, clean and reliable energy. A switch to renewables would take less time than the present scenario. They’re doing this in many countries in Europe. It makes no sense to waste more money on nuclear power.

The International Institute of Concern for Public Health maintains that the problem of nuclear waste is ultimately unsolvable. There is still no satisfactory solution for disposing of the nuclear waste already accumulated; our children and future generations continue to be at extreme risk, even after years of trial and error. We believe there is sufficient evidence of harm to say that the use of nuclear reactors for any reason does not pass the test of the Precautionary Principle. Decisions to approve energy technologies must be based on the Precautionary Principle. When human activity puts human health or the environment at risk, we must take the road of precaution, even if all of the causes and effects aren’t yet fully proven by science.

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