'This also presents the greatest economic opportunity our region has seen in decades. Perhaps ever.'
I must express my deep disappointment over council's vote in opposition of a spent nuclear fuel repository in Northwestern Ontario. Not only is our region the safest location for such a facility, but this also presents the greatest economic opportunity our region has seen in decades. Perhaps ever.By now most people should be familiar with Finland's spent nuclear fuel repository in Onkala.
Nuclear is the only non carbon emitting energy source which can produce vast amounts of energy and do so reliably, rain or shine, wind or no wind, low or high water levels. Powering our current economy, let alone meeting our future energy needs with wind and solar at the core of energy production is wishful thinking. We need an all of the above approach to energy production. This is why we need to embrace nuclear.
This is why I would ask council to reconsider its opposition to a repository being built in our region. Instead, council should put forward its conditional support. These conditions should improve highway improvements/twinning, nuclear research funding for LU and a promise to be included in economic opportunities arising from spent nuclear fuel recycling and nuclear technology advancements. This is our opportunity to build a thriving new economy here and help to virtually eliminate carbon emissions. The amount of good which can come from nuclear cannot be overstated. We could literally help save the planet.
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