Signing off on U.S. nuclear technology in Ontario during trade war a ‘clear and present danger’ [Video]

Canada’s most prominent nuclear advocate believes spending more than $6 billion on a small modular reactor powered by U.S. technology when Canadian nuclear tech is right in front of our noses is a mistake.

Deciding to spend that cash – nearly $21 billion on four of them when the site at Darlington Nuclear is fully built out  – on BWRX-300 reactors in the middle of a trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump will prove to be an even bigger gaffe, said Canadians for Nuclear Power President and co-founder Dr. Chis Keefer.

“What are we even doing,” Keefer asked. “This was a theoretical risk before the Trump era. It is now a clear and present danger.”

The Ontario government has approved Ontario Power Generation’s plan to build four small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Darlington site, a first of its kind in the G7 that will producing enough clean electricity …