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Canada’s unreliable and super-expensive nuclear reactors

Pickering nuclear units among the most expensive, least reliable in the world. The Star.com 15 May 12,  The economic performance of Ontario Power Generation’s Pickering nuclear stations is among the worst in the world, says a report prepared for the Ontario Energy Board.

Not only is it the most expensive to operate, it lags at the far end of the pack in terms of reliability, with some units shut down almost 40 per cent of the time….. http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1178431–pickering-nuclear-units-among-the-most-expensive-least-reliable-in-the-world?bn=1

May 17, 2012 - Posted by | business and costs, Canada

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