The experiment has failed, nuclear accidents have occurred globally with disastrous results. Concerns over health issues and safety have done little to discourage countries like Japan from aggressively pursuing nuclear energy. Struggling to meet the needs of an ever expanding population Japan is increasing it s dependency on atomic reactors. Currently Japan gets a third of it s electricity from atomic power, by 2010 Japan intends to make that almost half. There are no easy answers to our electrical energy dilemma.
Conservation is the key to our energy future.
We must be diligent and reasonable about energy usage. Use energy efficient appliances, replacing old inefficient appliances. The savings would result in one less nuclear power station being built. It would cost Ontario Hydro 7 billion dollars for the appliances, a new reactor would cost 17 billion. Up to 75 per cent of the energy used in homes today can be saved.