Canada, Ontario Pledge Billions to Build G-7’s First Small Modular Reactors
Engineers work in a unit that conducts experimental studies on Small Modular Reactors.
Photographer: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty ImagesCanada and Ontario are investing C$3 billion ($2.1 billion) to build what they expect to be the first small modular reactors in a Group of Seven country.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Doug Ford announced the funding at the Darlington Nuclear Station in Bowmanville, east of Toronto. Carney’s government has already pledged to fast-track the initiative — known as the Darlington New Nuclear Project — under his law to speed up permit approvals.