The price tag is in: $20.9 billion.
That’s the estimated cost of the design and building four small, modular reactors (SMRs) at the Darlington nuclear generating station on Lake Ontario east of Oshawa providing a total of 1,200 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 1.2 million homes as demand for power is expected to surge 75 per cent by 2050.
Energy Minister Stephen Lecce revealed the long-awaited dollar figure Thursday as construction on the first reactor began following years of preparations, approvals and site preparation.
In 2030 the first of 4 comes onstream. This is Canada remember have a salt shaker handy.
