The Great Atomic Lake: Energy Policy, Security, and Nuclear Power On Lake Ontario, by Susan Peterson Gateley (pamphlet, 94 pages, 2002, $4, which is 1/3 the internet price)
"Power plants require massive quantities of cold water to re-condense the steam used to drive their turbines and generators, something the Great Lakes have an abundance of. Today more than thirty US and Canadian nuclear reactors stand on the great lakes' shores. On Lake Ontario 16 nukes along with several other facilities make this one of the most "nuclear-ized" bodies of water in the world, shared and ingested by two nations."
We probably do not have to worry about tsunamis, or hurricanes, but there is still the risks from terrorism, human error, and maybe even earthquakes. Oh, my. Sometimes I learn things when I blog that I would rather not have known. Which is what Gateley had in mind when she wrote this. Look for this pamphlet in the local section, avail. 12/21.
