TORONTO – Ontario plans to extend the life of the major Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and is looking to see if it can keep the plant running for another 30 years in order to fill an expected energy shortage. Energy Minister Todd Smith said he had asked Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to keep the plant running beyond 2025.
Due to substantial pollution, climate change and 2011 disaster in Japan, Germany is shutting down its last three nuclear power plants end of this year, which will not cause supply shortages, according to researchers.