Ontario Adds to its Robust Nuclear Capacity
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) struck a deal with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to deploy a small modular reactor at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Durham Region, the only site in Canada currently licensed for a new nuclear build.
Edited by Margo Ellis
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Artist rendering of the planned small modular nuclear reactor. Photo credit: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Nuclear supplies 61 percent of the Ontario’s electrical power, the largest energy contributor by far. The nearest competitor is hydro, which supplies 24.5 percent. Wind provides 7.4 percent, while solar amounts to less than one percent of the province’s electricity.
Without nuclear energy—which supplies power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year—Ontario simply could not function.
In December 2021 it was revealed that OPG and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy are slated to deploy a small modular reactor.
“We are so pleased to be working with OPG to bring SMR technology to life at Darlington,” said president and CEO of GE Hitachi Jay Wileman. “This is a significant and concrete action in the fight against climate change that will also create jobs across Ontario and Canada as we leverage the robust and growing nuclear supply chain.”
Read more of the story in the Niagara Indepedent here.
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