Society of United Professionals-IFPTE Local 160 Applauds Ontario’s Announcement to Add 6 Gigawatts of New Nuclear
In an event at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station on July 5, Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith announced that the government is supporting Bruce Power’s pre-development work to consult with local communities on the appropriate site for the new reactors and prepare for the environmental assessment and other regulatory processes.
The government expects that this work will lead to up to 4,800MW of new nuclear capacity, which will almost double Bruce’s current output.
Society of United Professionals (SUP), Local 160 President/Canadian Area Vice President, Michelle Johnston attended the announcement, and commented that, “New large-scale nuclear power generation will create tens of thousands of good, unionized jobs in Ontario…”.