With seven reactors and a capacity of more than 8 gigawatts, Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, the largest in the world, would no longer be the site after the expansion.
As the demand for clean energy rises and interest in atomic energy increases, a Canadian utility is beginning early work to expand a nuclear reactor, potentially building the largest facility in the world.
The most populous province of Canada’s Bruce Power will perform an environmental review before adding as much as 4.8 gigawatts of capacity to its facility, the Ontario government announced on Wednesday. The eight reactors at the plant currently have a capacity of roughly 6.2 gigawatts and provide 30% of the power for the province.
With seven reactors and a capacity of more than 8 gigawatts, Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, the largest in the world, would no longer be the site after the expansion.
The declaration comes at a time when it is becoming more widely acknowledged that carbon-free nuclear power will probably play a significant role in the worldwide fight against climate change. The Bruce project would be the first conventional nuclear reactor to be built in the province in three decades. Canada is now exploring plans to mandate a net-zero power system by 2035. Ontario Power Generation Inc., a different utility in the area, is working to create a new kind of advanced reactor.
“New nuclear generation is going to be critical to building the clean grid of the future,” said Todd Smith, Ontario’s energy minister.
The most populous province in Canada, Ontario, declared in a statement that it would carry out an environmental review before adding 4.8 gigawatts of capacity to Bruce Power’s power plant. The plant will be situated at Bruce Power’s current Lake Huron site.
| Read More: https://ciolook.com/ |
