Is the nuclear industry confident that a nuclear accident will never happen in Canada?
No. Despitenuclear industry claims that a Chernobyl-type accident is “not possiblein Canada,” the nuclear industry requires special financial liabilityprotection from the federal government in case of a major nuclearaccident. The federal Nuclear Liability Act limits that amount offinancial liability of any nuclear reactor operator to $75 million – aminiscule fraction of the likely actual cost of a nuclear disaster.
