Public interests must trump nuclear industry and union interests

The public interest requires reliable, affordable, and truly clean energy.

Mycle Schneider, a Paris-based energy consultant and anti-nuclear activist and lead author of the October 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR), explained in a UBC school of public policy webinar, that 'solar and wind alone cover a lot of what was called ‘baseload’ in the past' and hence, 'the baseload concept has flown out the window,' writes Gail Wylie. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY GAIL WYLIE

November 8, 2021

Re:"We need nuclear power to meet our goals," (The Hill Times, Oct. 20). Tom Reid’s opinion column claiming that Canada needs nuclear power as fossil fuel is phased out, reflects an o...

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