Safe

Nuclear energy is very safe for your family

Ontario Power Generation was recognized in 2009 with the Zero Quest Gold Award from the Electrical and Utilities Safety Association for its high levels of safety management and performance.

Here is a powerful fact about nuclear safety - in more than 45 years of using nuclear energy, not one single fatality has resulted from radiation exposure at a Canadian nuclear power plant or waste storage facility.

Very few other industries have such a strong public safety record as does the nuclear power industry.

There is nothing more important than safety in the nuclear industry. It is more important than cost, reliability, or any other concern. Without a very strong focus on safety, there would not be a Canadian nuclear industry.

Nuclear energy is also very safe for our workers

Nuclear workers enjoy outstanding levels of workplace safety. For example, at Ontario Power Generation where more than half of the employees work in the nuclear business, the company's accident severity performance was the best ever in 2008 and the all injury rate was the second best in company history.