Giant nuclear project for Peace River

by ppeggy | March 14, 2008 at 10:34 am

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This is a "hot button" project for me and many others. The potential for disaster is huge.

The only private operator of nuclear plants in Canada, Bruce Power LP, plans to bring nuclear power to Alberta, saying Thursday it hopes to build a $10-billion-plus generating complex near Peace River.

Producing up to 4,000 megawatts of power from four reactors, it could be the largest operating nuclear generating station in the world.

Tiverton, Ont.-based Bruce Power said it has applied to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to prepare a 390-hectare site on Lac Cardinal, 30 kilometres west of Peace River, and that first power could be delivered as early as 2017. ....more