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> Nuclear is a legacy technology which is on the way out. Don't tell that to Ontario-Canada > Demand for electricity across Canada is forecast to double in th
by throw0101c 2y ago
> Nuclear is a legacy technology which is on the way out.
Don't tell that to Ontario-Canada
> Demand for electricity across Canada is forecast to double in the next 25 years, and all the signs from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government indicate that nuclear energy will supply the biggest portion of the province's additional power needs.
* https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-nuclear-power-electricity-1.6967927 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-nuclear-power...
and Poland:
> In December 2021, BWXT Canada signed an agreement, valued at up to $1 billion, to build key components in Ontario to support the deployment of Small Modular Reactors in Poland.
* https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004711/ontario-lands-major-nuclear-agreements-abroad-creates-jobs-at-home https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004711/ontario-lands-maj...
> German society didn't want to be stuck with it and footing a tremendous bill for subsidizing and later dismantling the technology in the end.
Ontario is not dismantling but refurbishing:
* https://www.opg.com/releases/opg-celebrates-the-early-completion-of-darlington-unit-3/ https://www.opg.com/releases/opg-celebrates-the-early-comple...
The bill is such that nuclear is the second-cheapest source of power in Ontario (Table 2):
* https://www.oeb.ca/sites/default/files/rpp-price-report-20231019.pdf https://www.oeb.ca/sites/default/files/rpp-price-report-2023...