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who would support a nuclear power plant near their town/city (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by phx@lemmy.ca to c/britishcolumbia@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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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We'd locate it where earthquakes - those not caused by fracking - have been historically very rare.

That's just room-temperature-IQ smart.

Also, Nuke plants are pretty resilient, as long as they aren't hit with a massive quake and then a massive tsunami.

Also, Nuke plants historically release LESS radioactive material over their lifetime than a coal plant; and it's not even close. Go look.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I'm pro nuclear and pro renewable. Maybe there'd be appetite for one in the interior but I live in the lower mainland and don't see how it could be done here (politics, unceded territory etc).