"DO you have any reports or white papers to back that up? and water and water vapor are the only things coming out of a cooling tower and a redactor"
http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/progra...m-chg-6-01.html
"# In 1983, a pressure tube in Pickering Reactor #2 ruptured, dumping coolant into the reactor building. This accident resulted in the retubing of all four reactors at the Pickering "A" Nuclear Station, at a cost of about $1 billion (Cdn) -- more than the original cost of the station.
# In August 1992, a tube-break in Pickering Reactor #1 dumped 2,000 litres of heavy water contaminated with 2,300 trillion becquerels of radioactive tritium into Lake Ontario. It was the largest tritium release in CANDU history, shutting down a nearby drinking water plant, and raising tritium levels in Toronto drinking water. Tritium causes cancer and birth defects.
# In December 1994, Pickering reactor #2 had a major Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) spilling 185 tonnes of heavy water. The Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) was used for the first time ever at a CANDU reactor to prevent a meltdown.
# In May 1995, a valve failure caused a 25 tonne leak of radioactive heavy water at Bruce Reactor #5. This accident involved the same equipment which caused the December 1994 LOCA at Pickering reactor #2.
# In February 1996, 500 tonnes of water spilled from the Pickering #6 reactor. Primary and backup heat sinks were lost in the reactor core. A 30 kg. valve component blew two metres into the air, narrowly missing a worker, and service water shot up to the reactor building dome.
# In April 1996, Pickering reactor #4 had a heavy water leak that released 50 trillion becquerels of tritium into Lake Ontario. The level of tritium in local drinking water reached 100 times background level. "
http://www.friendsofbruce.ca/Special Reports/Tritium_in_Drinking_Water_Notes.html
"At the Bruce nuclear complex, tritium is released to the station cooling water effluent stream (Condenser Cooling Water) which discharges into Lake Huron."
right from our gubbermint website
http://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/pubs_catalogue/uploads/I210 r11_e.pdf
People working at the power plants would be getting cancer in record numbers... My brother worked in a power plant in France (near the German border) one summer for his engineering program and was educated on the safety of radiation and what precautions are taken to ensure workers do not see any more radiation than you would see at a yearly checkup at the dentists office during X-Rays.
