Canada / Gov’t Backs Bruce Power With CAD50M For Pre-Development Work For New Reactors

Ontario site could become largest commercial nuclear power facility in world

Gov’t Backs Bruce Power With CAD50M For Pre-Development Work For New Reactors
The Bruce power station in Ontario has eight Candu units in commercial operation. Image courtesy Bruce Power.

Canada will spend up to CAD50m (€34m, $36.8m) to support pre-development work needed to build new reactors at Bruce Power’s existing site in Ontario, potentially making it the world’s biggest commercial nuclear power facility.

Canada’s minister for energy and natural resources Jonathan Wilkinson said the investment is for Bruce Power’s assessment of new generation opportunities at its site in Tiverton, Ontario.

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