My hometown flirted with the idea of having a nuclear power plant over 10 years ago. There was certainly some pushback from some concerned citizens over a range of issues from enviornmentalism, NIMBYism (made worse by the fact that the energy was purposefully being used to export or for oil sands), growth of the town and introduction of "transients".
Ultimately, the proposal was approved. The company then sold their interest to Bruce Power and.... nothing.
I understand the support for Nuclear - I'm all for it. But if the economics were there, the plants would be built.
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