Canada is about to build the largest nuclear power plant in the world

A Canadian company is starting the first works to expand a nuclear plant, which after these works will potentially become the largest nuclear power generation facility in the world, all as the growing demand for clean energy stimulates interest for atomic energy.

The Ontario government said Wednesday that Bruce Power will conduct an environmental assessment to add up to 4.8 gigawatt-hours of capacity to its already operational Tiverton power plant in Canada's most populous province. Currently, the plant's eight reactors have a capacity of about 6.2 gigawatt/h and supply 30% of the province's electricity. The new addition would add 10 gigawatt-hours of power, making it the largest nuclear power plant in the world.

The expansion would make the site larger than Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant, the largest in the world with seven reactors and over 8 gigawatts of capacity.

The announcement comes amid growing awareness that carbon-free nuclear power could play an important role in the global fight against climate change. Canada is developing plans to enforce a zero-emission power grid by 2035, and the Bruce project would be the first conventional nuclear plant in the province in three decades. Another utility in the region, Ontario Power Generation Inc. is developing a new type of advanced reactor.

"The new nuclear generation will be key to building the clean grid of the future," said Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith. In this way this industrious region obtains the energy necessary for its industrial development, also achieving a world record.

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