Ontario’s SMR plans for Darlington advance

December 7, 2022, 12:00PMNuclear News

Representatives of OPG and GEH join Ontario government officials on December 2 to mark the start of site preparations for the Darlington SMR project. (Photo: Doug Ford via Twitter)

The Ontario government has announced the start of site preparation at the Darlington nuclear power plant for Canada’s first grid-scale small modular reactor: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH) BWRX-300.

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Ontario’s SMR plans for Darlington advance

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