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

The Nuclear Model

Expensive to maintain
Ontario’s nuclear plants are lemons  — and they are aging badly.  In 2006, Ontario’s nuclear fleet operated at only 69% of its capacity.  Unplanned shutdowns are routine and units are essentially falling apart long before their planned lifetimes.  Ontario ratepayers and taxpayers have been hit with tens of billions of dollars in repair costs and the bills are not going to stop coming anytime soon – refurbishment of the Bruce A Units 1 and 2  is already anywhere from $350-$650 million over budget and far from complete.

Every month, you pay a surcharge on your power bill to help cover the $20 billion nuclear debt that the old Ontario Hydro racked up.  Keep your wallet handy.

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Unplanned shutdowns are routine and units are essentially falling apart long before their planned lifetimes. 

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