Not everybody wants a nuclear plant near Victoria

See the video of Speak Up Victoria objecting to the proposed plant taking their water. I think there might be other reasons to object.

[Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research,] doesn’t like how supporters of nuclear energy down play the health risks. He showed a television clip where Exelon’s Thomas O’Neill, vice president of new plant development, said although the Braidwood plant in Illinois leaked tritium water, it was still below levels harmful to human health.

“Every increment of exposure, no matter how small, causes a proportional cancer risk,” Makhijani told an audience of about 150 people, including students as far away as Austin.

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“It’s quite possible and I think it likely that these reactors will become economic lemons,” he said. “There may be no buyers for this electricity.” More importantly, who would want to invest in electricity where the issue of spent fuel and nuclear waste has not been solved, he said.