WE must not jump headlong into using nuclear energy to produce electricity.

Nuclear power is unsafe and uneconomical to use.

The Chernobyl and Third Mile Island disasters may be one-offs, but what is never highlighted are the smaller accidents that occur on a regular basis at the numerous nuclear power plants. European scientists have concluded that nuclear energy is not the most cost- effective source of power.

Canada is trying to find the money to shut down its aging reactors, which have been plagued with problems.

Look into solar, wind and geothermal energy instead.

DR A. SOORIAN

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