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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Not from BC, but I've long thought that existing hydroelectric dam sites are perfect locations for nuclear plants.

Lots of cooling water, if that's still required for the newest designs.
Not just a ready connection to the grid, but one designed as a power source.
Geologically stable (at least I hope nobody is building dams in earthquake zones!).
Normally pretty nice places to live with plenty of outdoorsy stuff to do that also typically have room for at least small communities to develop.

I'm retired now, but I'd have jumped at the chance to work in a nuclear plant or supporting industry at Gardiner or E.B. Campbell Dam and live on the shores of the associated lakes or in a nearby community. Saskatchewan is already a major source of uranium and could stand to add refinement, use, and storage (put the waste right back into the geologically stable mines it came from).

On that last note, done right, the waste storage could be right on-site. That's what's happening in many cases anyway, and most hydroelectric dams are located away from major population centres and are geologically stable.