Deputy Leader Mark Bigland-Pritchard noted: "In the wake of the still continuing Fukushima Daiichi disaster, it is amazing that anyone is still taking the nuclear option seriously. Instead of listening to the nuclear PR men, we should recognize that it is an industry with no long-term future except for the need to manage its highly-radioactive, highly-toxic and very long-lived wastes. Besides the risks posed to human health and ecosystems, it is also very expensive -- 20 cents per kilowatt-hour according to the quote given by AECL in Ontario two years ago (Sask. residents pay roughly half that price today using coal). And it is irresponsible to generate nuclear waste when nobody has secure knowledge as to how to store it safely."
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