A Saskatchewan family doctor disputes many of the claims made about small modular nuclear reactors as a future source of energy.
In order to make this claim, the nuclear industry overlooks the effects of radioactivity on both the environment and human health. Catastrophic accidents are ignored. Who speaks for the children? Over 60 research papers identify an increase in leukemia in children in the vicinity of nuclear power plants.
It is likely the culprit in the increased incidence of leukemia in children. Other gasses include krypton and radon. Minute amounts of cesium-137, strontium-90, iodine-131 and carbon-14 are also found in the released gas.Reactors that use water as their coolant return the water to the rivers and lakes at a higher temperature. A cascade of effects involves fish populations, algae growth and changed mineral content.
Why are the Canadian and United States governments pouring federal tax dollars into the nuclear industry? We are already committed to over $50 million and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the commitment will go to $5 billion! What is the attraction? The “Nuclear Age” was ushered into being for production of atomic bombs. Nuclear power was an afterthought. With the U.S. and the the United Kingdom “modernizing” their nuclear arsenal, we should not overlook the possibility that plutonium extraction is still the motivating factor.Article contentDr. Dale Dewar is a family physician in Wynyard, an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Saskatchewan and a member of International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War.
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