The radiation released by nuclear power stations constitutes a clear and present danger to health. Indeed, so stringent and cautious are the standards for nuclear power plants that if Grand Central Station were one, it would not be licensed. Indeed, the fact is, despite a massive research effort spanning decades, there has not been one single, credible study that has demonstrated any effect whatsoever of low level radiation on health. That includes the radiation for nuclear power. It also includes the much higher levels of low level radiation that naturally occur in the environment all around us.
Nuclear power is the most unsafe, untested and risky way to generate electricity.
54 per cent of Ontario's electricity in 1996 came from nuclear power. In not one of these jurisdictions has there been one death or injury related to commercial nuclear power. Clearly, this was a terrible tragedy. Any loss of life is. But events must be put in perspective and that is not what has happened here.