The Nuclear Model

• High cost
• Low efficiency
• Expensive to maintain
• Prone to breakdowns
• Big environmental footprint

Nuclear is already costing you a bundle

Every month, your hydro bill includes a reminder of the long history of cost overruns from Ontario nuclear projects. In the 1990s, the massive $20 billion debt piled up by the then essentially bankrupt Ontario Hydro was handed over to Ontario ratepayers, who have begun the long process of paying it down through monthly installments.

And too think that nuclear advocates once claimed that nuclear power would be "too cheap to meter."

There are better answers to meeting our electricity needs >

You pay for Ontario's horrendous record of nuclear overspending every month

Sign the petition for a Nuclear Cost Responsibility Act for Ontario

Every nuclear construction project in Ontario's history has gone massively over budget. And we are all on the hook for these runaway costs, paying a nuclear debt surcharge on every kilowatt of electricity we use. Renewable and natural gas generating projects are strictly prohibited from passing on cost overruns to consumers or taxpayers. It’s time to level the playing field and end nuclear’s free ride.

Read our recipe for Ontario's Green Future