Massive Ontario-wide benefits from future nuclear build go beyond Port Hope, Clarington [Video]

A rising tide floats all boats, as the saying goes, and leaders in Durham Region are just as happy with the decision from Queen’s Park to “explore” building a large-scale nuclear power plant at the ‘ghost’ village of Wesleyville as those in the host community of neighbouring Port Hope.

The Ontario government has asked Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to begin their due diligence for the construction of a new nuclear power station at the Wesleyville site, which is maintained by OPG, located near all the right infrastructure and is already zoned for new electricity generation.

In fact, the site could host up to 10,000 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power, enough to light up the equivalent of 10 million homes. If the site is built to capacity it would instantly be Canada’s largest and one of the biggest in the world.

The Darlington Nuclear plant is just west of Bowmanville and …