Ontario Moves to Build New Nuclear Reactor

Jun 20 - International Herald Tribune

With Ontario on the brink of an energy supply squeeze, and some of its aging nuclear plants facing an uncertain future, moves are under way in the province to build the first nuclear reactor in North America in more than two decades.

Ontario's energy minister, Dwight Duncan, said in a recent interview that in any overhaul of the power sector, the province would have to consider nuclear energy.