http://www.nucleartourist.com/world/canada.htm

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=canada+nuclear+power

25 miles contamination zone
50 miles minimum safe zone, to be sure
100 miles for major peace of mind.
although fallout might be as far away as Europe and Asia if a major catastrophe, those were the minimum distances given in the military training.

Thanks for the links and the info, Wilde.

http://www.nucleartourist.com/world/canada.htm

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=canada+nuclear+power

25 miles contamination zone
50 miles minimum safe zone, to be sure
100 miles for major peace of mind.
although fallout might be as far away as Europe and Asia if a major catastrophe, those were the minimum distances given in the military training.

We are sitting right on the 50 mile mark as the crow flies. It is a figure I picked many years ago long before the problems with Japan. We have a choice where we live and we plan on staying at or beyond that distance.

There are many more in Ontario that we need to think about as well.
Bruce is just one but from what I have read/heard about on the news, various websites, they have all had problems in the past. It is a ticking timebomb.

the first link shows the others that are in Ontario, see the map when the link opens up

lol yup! just saw that (and thank you)

Most of the reactor lists do not include schools, hospitals or research places.

the pickering nuclear power plant is a ticking time bomb for sure, here is a link for info on the many things wrong with it!

http://iicph.org/pickering-b-too-close

Oldschool,
the map shows the two main research project sites, as for the little stuff in hospitals, that would only make the room or floor glow, so if you more than 100mtrs from them, most likely no problems at all.

Oldschool,
the map shows the two main research project sites, as for the little stuff in hospitals, that would only make the room or floor glow, so if you more than 100mtrs from them, most likely no problems at all.

Thanks, that makes me feel better 🙂

Darlington, Pickering and Bruce. And there's another smaller research place, iirc, on Erie. If there's an emp event or something similar that would take the control systems down then you're looking at most of sw ontario being in the danger zone. You may be able to get out of the direct area but the wind patterns which follow the lines of the great lakes would ensure coverage. SW Ontario, and the great lakes in general, are like a dumping zone where any radioactive winds that make it over the prairies will follow the lakes and likely precipitate some of their "load". So, if any of the northern US nuke plants go down we'll get that wind too. Bruce Beach, the prepper who's buried those buses northwest of Toronto, has expressed this opinion. And already there have been some folks who have measured fukushima's rads on their outdoor equipment in Ontario. I think the deal is you want to be north east, past darlington and above Lake Ontario so you're at least somewhat removed from the wind patterns. Hope that helps.

Hi all,

New to the board, so don't want to get into debate on this, but from my knowledge (which I admit is limited.) on Canadian Nuclear plants...being the CANDu reactors....they are the safest in the world. You take away the heavy water...you take away the reaction...so in theory there is little to no chance of a "melt down" ever occuring. The "coolant" they use is integral in actually getting a reaction to occur for energy to be released.

That being said, the potential of a spill of heavy water (dangerous and radioactive in and of itself) or some breach of a container and loss of radioactive material would still weigh heavy on my mind if I was near a plant...

The reality of the situation is that nuclear is all around us. The refinery in Ontario is in Blind River...and to get refined Uranium to the plants they need to drive it down our roads. Every major university has radioactive materials...whether for nuclear research, or medicine, or various other projects.

The term "nuclear" seems to scare a lot of us. But....on the bright side...the regulations, and safety measures that are in place make me feel a lot better.....just from teh little i learned...

Of course it doesn't keep me from making preparations if there ever was a nuclear "accident" (and I use the term accident lightly). But I do feel good that Canada has fairly excellent record and system in place.

BTW, the IICPH referenced above is a "protest" group. I wouldn't put much stock into the propoganda they publish. It would be like going to NDP headquarters and asking for there unbiased opinion on Stephen Harper. 🙂