{"id":19255,"date":"2023-07-08T01:14:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T08:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ontario-power-generation-and-province-plan-3-more-small-modular-reactors\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T01:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T08:14:31","slug":"ontario-power-generation-and-province-plan-3-more-small-modular-reactors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ontario-power-generation-and-province-plan-3-more-small-modular-reactors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Power Generation and province plan 3 more small modular reactors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CLARINGTON, ONT. \u2014 Ontario Power Generation and the province are planning three more small modular reactors (SMR) at the site of the Darlington nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n

One SMR is already being built there, with\u00a0construction\u00a0of the first unit set to be complete by 2028.<\/p>\n

OPG president Ken Hartwick says the planned fleet of SMRs would produce 1,200 megawatts of electricity, enough to power the equivalent of 1.2 million homes by the mid-2030s.<\/p>\n

That is around when rising electricity demand is projected to surpass supply by about 5,000 megawatts and Energy Minister Todd Smith has made a number of recent announcements aimed at closing that gap, including a new, large-scale nuclear plant at Bruce Power on Lake Huron.<\/p>\n

Smith says it is part of Ontario\u2019s plan to meet electricity demand with emissions-free power, though some critics have warned about relying on SMRs as a relatively untested power source. Small modular reactors use similar technology to traditional nuclear power plants, but they are much smaller.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2023 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n