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Better Never than Late: The Climate Fall-Out of Ontario’s Nuclear Electricity Plan

05 November 2008

Unless the McGuinty government changes its electricity strategy to one of prioritizing quick-to-deploy green energy, Ontario may fall short of meeting its greenhouse gas emission targets and drive up the risk of nuclear accidents.

Ontario's climate plan is built on a faulty foundation: the Ontario Power Authority's (OPA) proposed long-term electricity plan—which assumes the province's ageing nuclear stations will operate better than they ever have historically and that a massive nuclear construction programme will be on time and on budget.

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Table 10: Implications of Waiting for New Nuclear to Replace Pickering B: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

05 November 2008