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Article: : Setbacks slow Bruce Power reactor restarts.
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- November 6, 2009
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Byline: prashant03
First the cost overrun was announced. Now it's the dreaded delay. Nuclear operator Bruce Power originally hoped the two reactors it was refurbishing would be back in service in late 2009 or early 2010. But one of the project's key investors, TransCanada Corp., disclosed Wednesday that the first of the two reactors now won't be online until mid-2011, with the second reactor following about four months later.
It's the latest sign that the nuclear "renaissance" in Canada is off to a slow start, if not stalling altogether. Plans to build a new nuclear plant in Ontario are on hold and the only two refurbishment projects in the country the ...