“These five investments alone are going to increase annual electricity demand by eight terawatt hours a year,” Smith said.
Small modular reactors use similar technology to traditional nuclear power plants, but they are much smaller. The IESO has said that natural gas is required to ensure supply and stability in the short to medium term, but that it will also increase greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector. OPG president and CEO Ken Hartwick said that with work already underway on one SMR at Darlington, a fleet is a logical next step there.
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