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The hidden agenda in the purchase of Point Lepreau

targets hidden in the purchase of Point Lepreau

At a time when Canada, the United States, Germany, France and all nuclear countries are wondering what to do with their nuclear waste to toxic thousands of years;

At a time when cases of radioactive contamination reported by the media flourish and French nuclear giant Areva is accused of knowingly exposed its workers and local populations in Gabon and Niger at very high levels of radioactivity;

At As the world faces a looming shortage of uranium to fuel its reactors and when China built many plants without knowing where it will source its scarce because deposits are not even sufficient for current needs;

At where water resources must be protected and where the nuclear industry uses and contaminates vast amounts of water to cool its reactors;

At a time when green energies such as wind and solar power are making progress spectacular in their efficiency and have become real economic alternatives ;

At a time when private investors are willing to assume the financial risks of nuclear adventure and that all new power projects are rejected by U.S. law;

At a time when independent medical studies show beyond any doubt, the serious harm to human health in all activities of the nuclear industry, forcing more and more doctors and civic groups to speak out against this industry

At where the threat of proliferation of plutonium for nuclear weapons is at its peak and it is recognized that the civil and military sectors are inseparable;

How the Charest government can consider getting a good deal by acquiring the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant , the same one that almost caused the bankruptcy of New Brunswick Power? It is true that this transaction would allow NB Power to Hydro-Quebec to advantageously position to export energy to the United States. However, in light of the considerations listed here, one wonders if the government seeks other goals undisclosed to the public?

Presumably, the purchase of Point Lepreau complicate the task of those who want to stop the project of rebuilding the Gentilly II and finally to its decommissioning Quebec completely out of the production of nuclear energy.
Moreover, the need to supply two nuclear power would justify the exploration and exploitation of uranium in Sept-Iles, in the Otish Mountains and elsewhere in Quebec, without regard for those who are calling for a moratorium or a law prohibiting such activities.

Finally, since the government of Quebec should managing radioactive waste from its two plants, it could decide to adjust its territory, a permanent storage site for nuclear waste. This site could, for that matter, receive radioactive waste from Canada and why not, other countries that would pay top dollar to get rid of.

decidedly advantageous positioning of Hydro-Quebec on the North American energy is the coating of large iodine pills hard to swallow. Nicole Beland

, B.Sc. Geology
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