Huge nuclear plant in works - Tyler Hamilton

With faster, larger and better reactors now available,, the Ontario Government is pushing ahead with its plans to build "alone two unit nuclear power plant."

The incoming government in Pakistan should look at all options including this one along with new cleaner coal powered hydro plants. (LINK: Huge reservoirs of coal were found in Thar region.)

The gas pipeline from Iran could be used too, with or without Indian participation. t

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The first nuclear power plant to be built in Ontario in more than 20 years could be more than three times larger than what the Liberal government said was needed when it first outlined its nuclear plan in 2006.

Environmentalists are calling it a classic "bait-and-switch" aimed at avoiding a public backlash when the plan was first announced.

According to a request for proposals to build the new plant, the province is now looking to construct "a stand-alone, two-unit nuclear power plant ... to provide roughly 2,000-3,500 (megawatts) of baseload generation capacity."