• High cost
• Low efficiency
• Expensive to maintain
• Prone to breakdowns
• Big environmental footprint

The Nuclear Model

Prone to breakdown
The reliability of Ontario’s nuclear plants has been simply dismal.  For example, it was claimed that after hundreds of millions of dollars in repairs, the Pickering A Unit 1 reactor would operate at 85% of its capacity.  In 2007, it actually operated at 39% after being shut down once again for further unplanned repairs.

As the Globe and Mail put it, Ontario’s CANDU reactors are “the Edsel of nuclear power.”

The 1958 Ford Edsel - notoriously unreliable and a huge market flop

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Ontario’s CANDU reactors are “the Edsel of nuclear power"

Sign the petition for a Nuclear Cost Responsibility Act for Ontario

Every nuclear construction project in Ontario's history has gone massively over budget. And we are all on the hook for these runaway costs, paying a nuclear debt surcharge on every kilowatt of electricity we use. Renewable and natural gas generating projects are strictly prohibited from passing on cost overruns to consumers or taxpayers. It’s time to level the playing field and end nuclear’s free ride.

Read our recipe for Ontario's Green Future