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As Alberta grapples with the climate crisis and the need to reduce carbon emissions, it may look to replace the role of fossil fuels in its electricity grid with another controversial energy source β€” nuclear.

Calgary-based company Energy Alberta, which was involved in a previous attempt to bring nuclear power to the province, has been quietly working on a new proposal since late last year, including meeting with Premier Danielle Smith and other officials.

Scott Henuset, president and CEO of Energy Alberta, told CBC News that the project details are still being finalized, but that the company's plan is to build a nuclear power plant with two β€” and eventually as many as five β€” Candu reactors in Alberta's Peace Region, about 400 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

A specific site has not yet been chosen, and the company is evaluating multiple locations about 25 kilometres north of the town of Peace River. The reactors would have a lifespan of 60 to 70 years, and the total power plant would be licensed for a maximum output of 4,800 megawatts. (Alberta's largest natural gas-fired power plant, the Genesee Generating Station, can produce about 1,300 megawatts.)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

it may look to replace the role of fossil fuels in its electricity grid with another controversial energy source β€” nuclear

I wouldn't be so sure about the "replace" part. Refining oil sands is an energy-intensive process. Couldn't the nuclear power wind up going to that? I thought they were even advocating for this.