Federal Court Tosses Plans for New Ontario Nuclear Stations

A federal court judge in Canada has dismissed Ontario Power Generation’s plans to expand the Darlington Nuclear Generation Station, finding that its environmental assessment failed to address the impacts of radioactive fuel waste, hazardous emissions, and a Fukushima-type accident. The project had previously been put on hold by Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli, but now the environmental assessment would have to be redone before an expansion could proceed.