Gentilly Or Not To Be

The Parti Québécois states plans to go ahead and close Quebec's only nuclear power plant, Gentilly-2.  Party spokesperson Éric Gamache said that it is something they have wanted to do since 2009, and that such action does not require a vote in the National Assembly where they are otherwise a minority.

The nuclear plant is the subject of a documentary premiere, Gentilly Or Not To Be.  From the Montreal Gazette:

The film, by Montreal filmmakers Guylaine Maroist and Éric Ruel, cites a German studying showing there are higher-than-normal cancer rates among children living in proximity to nuclear power plants.

Montreal doctor Éric Notebeart, a professor in medicine at the Université de Montréal and member of Physicians for Global Survival, said Tuesday that children and young families should not live close to the Gentilly 2 power plant.

“I wouldn’t have a young family within 10 kilometres of Gentilly 2, that’s for sure,” said Notebeart, adding he believes the facility should be closed.

Notebeart is a member of a coalition of groups that held a news conference Tuesday asking Marois to shut down the plant.

A news report with a chilling English portion:

  

A film trailer:




Other groups that have sought to close the plant include the David Suzuki Foundation, GreenPeace Canada, and The Canadian Coalition For Nuclear Responsibility.

Ya know, it's almost surreal to read anyone in politics stating that they are actually going to (just) do the right thing, for a change.  ("Whadya mean they're going to (just) close it???  They're not gonna keep it open while people are poisoned and die and someone makes millions and billions of dollars?  And while we endlessly plead and reason and petition to deaf ears and no avail?  I don't think I can stand the sanity!")