The Nuclear Dilemma:

The photograph that brought you to this page is of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. This is a Candu Heavy-Water Nuclear facility. The photo was taken by Jason Paris, a communications specialist in Toronto. He labelled the photo: "Fancy an atomic swin?" That is a relevant question!

1. Nuclear has great potential, but accidents, pollution, radiactive waste, and waste heat are all problems.

2. Safety is a massive issue. Chernobyl and Three Mile Island are examples.

3. The Candu heavy water reactor was innovative, but waste and the potential to exploit by-products for weapons is problematic.

4. Ontario, Canada, has depended for many years on nuclear for baseload. But ...

5. In the past, political considerations have resulted in failure to develop other options.

6. Large nuclear plants are time consumming to build, very expensive to maintain, and then there is refit ...

7. Small modular reactors (SMR) show potential. But ...

8. The nuclear waste problem is one of half-life. Can that be accelerated? Most say no, but ...