How is the nuclear industry funded in Canada?
Atomic Energy ofCanada Limited (AECL) is the federal crown corporation that designs andmarkets CANDU reactors. Since it was founded in 1952, AECL hasreceived over $20 billion in tax-payer subsidies. Since 2000, AECL hasbeen given over a billion dollars in subsidies. In addition, theOntario government has indirectly subsidized Ontario Power Generation’snuclear power plants by relieving them of billions of dollars of debt.
