Earthquakes make nuclear too risky
By Jim Erkiletian, Times Colonist July 22, 2011
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It's interesting that nuclear industry supporters get plenty of press to
explain why "it can't happen here" as fallout from the Japanese disaster
continues to spread.
Some say Canadian nuclear accidents are less likely because our land is
more stable.
They should note the coming 200th anniversary of the New Madrid
earthquake that jolted America from December 1811 through May 1812.
Remarkably, it was predicted by the brother of Shawnee chief Tecumseh,
who led Canadian forces in the War of 1812.
At New Madrid, Missouri, people watched the Mississippi River hump up in
the middle, then overflow both banks and flow upstream, wiping out
forests on both sides. For more than five months, quakes shook and
demolished buildings from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Chicago, Illinois,
to North Carolina. Over 200 quakes were recorded in the newspapers of
the time. Geologists estimate more than 30,000 square miles rose as much
as eight metres, and an equal amount fell the same distance.
It's bad enough to leave our children with the huge debts required to
build nuclear plants. Even worse to saddle them with the cleanup costs
of radiated lands and rivers.
Jim Erkiletian
Nanaimo
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