But does Ontario really have cheaper power?

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Dutton praises Canada to sell nuclear plan. But does Ontario really have cheaper power?

[ https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... da-ontario ]

Graham Readfearn The Guardian August 1, 2024

QUOTE: "(Prof. Mark) Winfield says Ontario’s decision to sideline renewables and back nuclear will see the province relying more on gas, which he says will push up greenhouse gas emissions.

“The fundamental underlying problem, along with all of the other downsides with nuclear – waste management, major upstream impacts in terms of uranium mining and milling, security, catastrophic accident and weapons proliferation risks that just don’t exist in relation to other energy technologies – is that it hasn’t benefited from the kinds of learning curves you have seen with renewables and storage, where costs have fallen and performance improved,” he says.

“Rather, nuclear costs just keep rising.” . . . .

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