Michael Ignatieff on Nuclear EnergyWorld section in the Toronto Star today features a 2-page piece of "journalism" on the dangers of nuclear power, based on the Fukushima disaster. He buries the fact that no fatalities have occurred due to radiation in the middle of the piece. He offers no comparison to the perils of burning various fuels, and doesn't acknowledge that renewables aren't yet capable of 24/7 baseload supply. Trouble is, people read this stuff. Quebec has an Environmental Assessment Agency that blocked a uranium mine and has successfully erected a ban on fracking in that province. (Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail, 28 Aug 2015: Uranium Report muddies science with sociology) There are forces at work in the court of public opinion, and at least one provincial government, that are an independent risk factor to the nuclear industry. Improvements in fuel cell/power storage are another. Anyone voting Yes to the merger must ask themselves, and management, for a timeline to monetizing RRR. Sooner is better; time carries significant risk. It's a balancing act between the coming increase in demand and future threats to the whole sector.