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Canadian govt sort of abandoning nuclear industry

Nuclear industry left hanging, Tim Hudak says Dalton McGuinty Liberals still debating whether to build another plant

Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau With files from Tanya Talaga  thestar.com 10 Feb 2010
The McGuinty government is leaving Ontario’s nuclear industry “drifting in the wind” after handing foreign-based Samsung a $7 billion deal to develop green power, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak charges.

The comments came after the Star revealed Crown-owned Ontario Power Generation is finalizing a plan to close its Pickering nuclear power plant …………..The province last month signed a $7 billion wind and solar power development and manufacturing accord with Samsung C&T Corp. and the Korea Electric Power Corp……….This gives the government a chance to ramp up efforts to have green energy replace nuclear, which now accounts for about half of Ontario’s power, said Shawn-Patrick Stensil of Greenpeace.

February 15, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, politics | cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, renewable energy, renewables