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  • From what I've seen out of Canada, this is likely overly optimistic and probably will not be possible in that time frame.

    I think it's better to just outsource it to Koreans at least that way you can stay on budget and on time.

    by zuzululu
  • Interesting to see the general opinion on nuclear swing so far from environmental and safety concerns (whether warranted or not) to pretty broad support for energy independence.

    I can't help but think its a sign that those concerns were easy to hold when energy was cheap and you could actually trust your neighbors. If that's the case, again huge speculation, it sure makes the concerns feel a bit hollow now.

    by _heimdall
  • The Ontario government is terrible at creating a structure which is capable of finishing any infrastructure project on time ...(see Eglinton Crosstown) and mostly seems to work as a funnel for moving public funds through public-private-partnerships to feed contractor/consultant income for projects that grow to many multiples of their time and budget.

    So, yeah, it makes sense that they love nuclear now -- blank cheque to drag on for multidecades over budget. Likely the right people donated the right funds to the PC party and/or attended/funded Ford Fest

    The first thing this government did when it got into power was pay out hundreds of millions in penalties for cancelling large wind projects, and for breaching its contract and exiting the cap and trade agreement with California and Quebec.

    Ford loves to waste money and then wag his finger about how everyone else is fiscally irresponsible.

    by cmrdporcupine
  • I’m not Canadian so news to me that Canada has built nuclear plants around the world.

    As in the UK we were previously asking a French-Chinese partnership to build here so not sure why Canada didn’t get chosen for that.

    by fsuts
  • To my surprise Canada are actually quite ahead with the Darlington New Nuclear Project. There is a construction site [0] with work taking place. Not sure how Kairos Power are progressing in the USA. Nice job, Canada.

    0 - https://www.neimagazine.com/news/darlington-smr-secures-fina...

    by p2detar
  • Always thought it was weird that the Commonwealth Realm nations had never pooled resources to have standardised reactor designs and expertise. Canada and Australia have loads of uranium - seems like an obvious strategic move. Instead, the UK turns to China, lol.
    by gaiagraphia
  • OK, so when does the first one come online? "The strategy calls for construction to start on two new large-scale reactors by 2035, for five more to be planned or under development by 2040 and for at least one reactor to be under construction outside Ontario by 2035."

    That's not serious. Construction start is too far away.

    by Animats
  • Makes alot of sense. Canada has:

    - one of the largest uranium reserves

    - a well respected and safe nuclear design in CANDU

    - experience with building and refurbishing nuclear reactors(Darlington)

    and for Ontario itself A need for more baseload to work with the large amount of solar and wind that Ontario has added in the last 10 years.

    Saskatchewan also now has a potential need for nuclear for industrial use now that wasn't present before from its existing population.

    if the government can clear the red tape by using a well tested reactor design then they could certainly get some of these reactors built in that time frame.

    15 seems...ambitions, but if we're going to spend at a federal level this is probably one of the better things to invest in.

    by chollida1

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