TORONTO – A federal government panel appointed to assess the impact of building new nuclear plants east of Toronto has concluded the project is not likely to cause major environmental risk.
The Ontario government is planning to build two new nuclear reactors at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington site in the hopes of eventually producing about one-twelfth of the province’s energy supply.
The move follows ongoing protests from environmentalists about the safety of the project.
Greenpeace protesters interrupted part of the panel’s 17-day public hearing in March and April.
The hearings went ahead despite the environmentalists’ concerns that the panel was ignoring safety questions raised by leaks at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant in Japan following a March tsunami.
The panel submitted its final report to the federal Minister of the Environment, who will be responsible for approving or denying the project.
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