Nuclear Shock and Awe in Ontario (updated)
Looks like Premiere Dalton McGuinty is poised today to announce a $40-billion nuclear construction program for this province — though we’re still paying for the one in this photo. People talk about the ugliness of wind farms, but your average nuclear plant has got to be a close second. Actually, PNGS would have come in first place, ‘cept the judging seems to have been rigged. This issue is not over.
Update: Make that $46 billion! How is it they can announce the cost before they’ve done feasability studies or know how many new reactors are “needed”?