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World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Being Planned in Canada
- Bruce Power to study adding 4.8 gigawatts to Ontario facility
- Demand for nuclear is growing in battle against climate change
Bruce Power power plant in Tiverton, Ontario.
Photographer: Norm Betts/Bloomberg
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A Canadian utility is starting early work to expand a nuclear plant, potentially building the world’s biggest facility as growing demand for clean energy spurs interest in atomic energy.
The Ontario government said Wednesday Bruce Power will conduct an environmental assessment of adding as much as 4.8 gigawatts of capacity to its plant in Canada’s most-populous province. The plant’s eight reactors currently have about 6.2 gigawatts of capacity and supply 30% of the province’s power.