Uploaded February 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Greenpeace is calling on the Stephen Harper government to stop protecting nuclear companies. Sign the petition here: greenpeace.ca/nukepolluters

Greenpeace Nuclear Analyst Shawn-Patrick Stensil explains the Nuclear Liability Act, the special federal law that protects the nuclear industry.

Because of a similar law in Japan, the nuclear companies that helped cause the Fukushima disaster have been allowed to walk away from the disaster without compensating the hundreds of thousands of victims who have lost their homes and livelihoods. That's wrong.