Ontario Urged to Ditch $13-billion Darlington Nuclear Rebuild
Jan. 05, 2016 09:32AM PST
Energy InvestingThe National Post reported that environmentalists are urging the Ontario government to abandon plans for a $13-billion refurbishment of four nuclear reactors
The National Post reported that environmentalists are urging theĀ Ontario government to abandon plans for a $13-billion refurbishment of four nuclear reactors at the Darlington generating station east of Toronto and instead import more electricity from Quebec.
According to the Ontario Clean Air Allianceās Hack Gibbons:
Every single nuclear project in Ontarioās history has gone massively over budget by two and a half times. OPG says this project will cost $12.9 billion, but if history repeats itself it will be $32 billion.