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Nuclear power proposal for Alberta withdrawn by company
By Nicki Thomas and Elise Stolte, edmontonjournal.com December 12, 2011 9:06 PM

EDMONTON - Bruce Power has abandoned plans to build a nuclear power plant in northern Alberta, the Ontario-based energy company announced Monday.

The company had proposed building up to four nuclear reactors that could produce 4,000 megawatts of electricity at a site 30 kilometres north of Peace River. The option had been under consideration since 2007 and the project appeared to be moving along, with the company conducting an environmental assessment last year.

A statement from the company gave little explanation for the decision, other than a renewed focus on its existing nuclear facility in Ontario.

“We’ve decided the new nuclear option in Alberta is not something our company will be progressing further,” Duncan Hawthorne, Bruce Power’s president and CEO, said in a news release. “I’d like to thank the many people in Peace Country who stood with us to investigate an option for Alberta’s energy future and for welcoming us into your community. I have no doubt there will come a day when nuclear will have a place in a balanced supply mix in Alberta.”

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