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who would support a nuclear power plant near their town/city (lemmy.ca)
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I'm not sure if we're allowed to ask questions on this sub. It seems mostly news articles but I figured I'd give it a go.

So Bruce Power in Ontario is planning to build the world's biggest nuclear plant in the world (by expanding on an existing plant).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ontario-new-nuclear-build-1.6897701

BC is more well known for hydroelectric, but that particular source hasn't really been greatly expanded on in decades and site-C is pretty controversial.

This got be thinking:

How do we in BC feel about nuclear power? Would you support one near where you live? Why or why not, and what other power options would you prefer?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ontario is already like 40% nuclear. BC has regulations against nuclear technology in all forms as a non-nuclear province. They disallow hosting of missiles (not that we have any) and building of any power plants.

That being said, it's probably time to take a good look at those regulations because they were probably designed in the 50s and we've built several generations of impeccably safe reactors since then.

Post-Fukushima improvements incorporate a lot of proofing against natural disasters in addition to even more passive nuclear safety. The Americans used the opportunity of the overhaul to ask for reactors to be designed to withstand artillery strikes and high levels of damage (read: deliberate plane crashes) without melting down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Post-Fukushima improvements incorporate a lot of proofing against natural disasters in addition to even more passive nuclear safety.

The reactors we use in Canada are also already ridiculously safe compared to most

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The worst thing a CANDU reactor has done was accidentally produce enough tritium for the Indians to build a proper Teller-Ulam nuke. No meltdowns.