Chapter 3: Electricity — What Is It?
Section 3.2 Generating Electricity, page 84
Nuclear Energy
Check out these links and answer the following questions about each one.
- Has the author identified her/himself?
- Is the author for or against nuclear energy?
- Does the site provide you with enough facts to allow you to make your own
decision about using nuclear energy?
- Could this site be classified as an advertisement?
Nuclear
Technology - A Primer
The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility produced this
"primer" on producing and using nuclear power.
Nuclear
Energy Agency
The NEA is an international organization with a website putting forward its
views on the topic.
Nuclear
Energy Institute
Click on "About NEI" to find out where the Nuclear Energy
Institute, an American organization, is coming from.
Frequently
Asked Questions about Nuclear Energy
A retired professor from Stanford University, in the U.S.A., put this page
together. It ends with lots of links to other websites that deal with the
nuclear issue.
Atomic
Energy of Canada Limited
AECL is a global nuclear technology and engineering company, based in
Canada, that designed and developed the CANDU nuclear power reactor.
Environmental
News Network Inc.
Environmental News Network Inc. is a Califoria-based company that covers
environmental stories from around the world. This one focuses on nuclear
energy.
Nuclear
Power - CANDU Reactors
This article, on Energy Probe's website, has a very particular point of
view.
Section 3.2 Job Link: Interview with Ontario Power Generation Employee, page
90
What are the requirements to be a power system electrician?
CareerMatters
TVOntario's career pages give details of many careers, including that of power
system electrician.
Electrical
Power Line and Cable Workers
The Canadian Government's Job Futures 2000 website describes the education and
main duties of electrical power line workers. Can you find the job description
for industrial electricians, too?
Chapter 4: Practical Electricity
Section 4.1 Consumers and Electrical Devices, page 111
What safety precautions are needed for someone who installs light fixtures?
Installing
Light Fixtures
A web page from Wisconsin gives you all the basics about installing light
fixtures.
Home
Safety
The Electrical Safety Authority has some good, practical suggestions on what
to do before doing any electrical work in the home. Click on "Home
Safety" and select a topic.
The
Truth About Electrical Injuries
This pamphlet, sponsored by the Electrical and Utilities Safety Association of
Ontario and other organizations, cautions electrical workers about the dangers
of careless behaviour.
Bob's
Home Page - Free Electrical Answers
If you have any questions about electricity in the home, Bob's Home Page is
likely to have the answers!
Section 4.4 From the Power Station to You, page 129
Electromagnetic fields: Are you concerned about EMF?
Electric
and Magnetic Fields at Extremely Low Frequencies
This is an excellent, factual website put out by Health Canada.
Electromagnetic
Fields
BCHydro presents the results of studies relating to EMF.
Leukemia
and Power Lines Correlation Probed
The Medical Post published this article in July, 2002.
Power
Lines and Cancer - FAQs
This website, owned by the Medical College of Wisconsin, contains a long list
of questions and answers about the possible link between power lines and
cancer.
Electromagnetic
Fields
What are the established health effects associated with exposure to EMF? The
UK's National Radiological Protection Board gives its answers.
Electromagnetic
fields and cancer: Scientists use statistics, biology to study suspected link
This summary of an article by Dave Jackson, a UC Berkeley physics professor,
indicates that "there is no evidence to support the claim that stray low
frequency (50 or 60 Hz) electromagnetic fields cause leukemia."
Power
Lines and Cancer: Nothing to Fear
Dr. Farley is Professor of Physics at the University of Nevada. He has written
an article outlining his research on whether there is a link between EMF and
cancer.
Section 4.4 Job Link: Emergency Preparedness Team, page 134
What happens if a disaster strikes in your city or town? Are there enough
employees to handle it? What is the government's role?
Office
of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness
The OCIPEP is a civilian organization operating within the Department of
National Defence. Click on "Partnerships" to learn more about how
this organization may affect you.
Safeguard
SAFE GUARD is a national program based on partnerships and aimed at increasing
public awareness of emergency preparedness in Canada.
Health
Canada Emergency Preparedness - Working with our Partners
This site outlines some of Health Canada's partnerships and working
relationships with a number of international, federal, provincial/territorial
and local organizations. These partnerships combine expertise resulting in a
strong, effective response to emergency situations.
Emergency
Management
Here you will find probably more than you'll ever want to know about disaster
preparedness in King County, Washington, U.S.A.
Emergency
Preparedness
Vancouver, B.C. has produced a site to help citizens help themselves in times
of disaster. Of course, there will be city and provincial employees involved
also.
