Lake Ontario Waterkeeper is quoted in this recent article by Stephen Leahy about nuclear regulation around the globe.
The industry is always overstating the safety and benefits and understating the costs and risks,” said Mark Mattson of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, a local environmental NGO.
“It’s impossible to get them to provide evidence to support their claims,” he said.
Most of Canada’s nuclear reactors are in the Greater Toronto region, where nearly six million people live.
Public hearings are being held next week for the construction of two more reactors. However, the decision to build has already been made at the political level, said Mattson.
“We don’t actually need the additional energy. The only reason this is going forward is to support the industry,” he said.
Stephen Leahy is an environmental journalist based in Uxbridge, Ontario. His writing has been published in dozens of publications around the world including New Scientist, The London Sunday Times, Maclean’s Magazine, The Toronto Star, Wired News, Audubon, BBC Wildlife, and Canadian Geographic. His independent journalism is also published on his website: http://stephenleahy.net/
