Bob
17th May 2014, 02:07
Judge quashes plans for new nuclear reactors at Darlington plant
TORONTO—A Federal Court ruling has thrown out the preliminary approvals for a series of new nuclear power reactors in Ontario.
Ruling in a case brought by environmental groups, Justice James Russell says the environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of the Darlington nuclear plant in Clarington, Ont., east of Toronto, fell short.
Russell says the assessment should have examined the environmental effects of radioactive fuel waste, a Fukushima-type accident and hazardous emissions.
As a result of the decision, the whole project is stalled until a panel can redo the assessment.
The plan pitched by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to expand Darlington has been in the works since 2006 and would have seen as many as four new reactors built.
Environmentalists welcomed the ruling.
“This is a win for Canadians’ right to meaningfully participate in environmental reviews and understand the risks of nuclear power."
link: http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/regulation/federal-judge-quashes-plans-new-nuclear-reactors-darlington-plant-137659?utm_source=CMO&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CMO-EN05162014&e=1v1M3s0q27W6x08yM2vx
An earlier thread detailing the burying of nuclear wastes on the Great Lakes Shores, on the Forum is HERE:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?65868-Canada-plans-to-bury-Nuclear-Waste-Near-Lake-Huron&p=763565&viewfull=1#post763565
http://www.opg.com/generating-power/nuclear/stations/darlington-nuclear/PublishingImages/Darlington_Nuclear_Masthead.jpg
From OPG's website explaining their power plant:
"PG’s Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is a four-unit station with a net output of 3,512 megawatts (MW). Located in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, 70 km east of Toronto, Darlington Nuclear provides about 20 per cent of Ontario's electricity needs, enough to serve a city of two million people."
TORONTO—A Federal Court ruling has thrown out the preliminary approvals for a series of new nuclear power reactors in Ontario.
Ruling in a case brought by environmental groups, Justice James Russell says the environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of the Darlington nuclear plant in Clarington, Ont., east of Toronto, fell short.
Russell says the assessment should have examined the environmental effects of radioactive fuel waste, a Fukushima-type accident and hazardous emissions.
As a result of the decision, the whole project is stalled until a panel can redo the assessment.
The plan pitched by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to expand Darlington has been in the works since 2006 and would have seen as many as four new reactors built.
Environmentalists welcomed the ruling.
“This is a win for Canadians’ right to meaningfully participate in environmental reviews and understand the risks of nuclear power."
link: http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/regulation/federal-judge-quashes-plans-new-nuclear-reactors-darlington-plant-137659?utm_source=CMO&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CMO-EN05162014&e=1v1M3s0q27W6x08yM2vx
An earlier thread detailing the burying of nuclear wastes on the Great Lakes Shores, on the Forum is HERE:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?65868-Canada-plans-to-bury-Nuclear-Waste-Near-Lake-Huron&p=763565&viewfull=1#post763565
http://www.opg.com/generating-power/nuclear/stations/darlington-nuclear/PublishingImages/Darlington_Nuclear_Masthead.jpg
From OPG's website explaining their power plant:
"PG’s Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is a four-unit station with a net output of 3,512 megawatts (MW). Located in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, 70 km east of Toronto, Darlington Nuclear provides about 20 per cent of Ontario's electricity needs, enough to serve a city of two million people."