How does Ontario Power Authority’s electricity plan increase nuclear accident risks?
The OPA wants to run aging reactors well beyond the safe date for normal shut down. This drives up the rate of risk for nuclear accidents at Ontario’s nuclear reactors. All of Ontario’s reactors are entering the most dangerous stage of their operational lives and will be more prone to unplanned shutdowns and to increased risk of accidents. The OPA wants to take this risk of running aging reactors longer to bridge the electricity gap caused by its delays in developing new reactors.
