Quebec to shut down its only nuclear reactor [View all]

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Source: CBC

Quebec's new government has confirmed it won't proceed with the multibillion-dollar refurbishment of the province's lone nuclear reactor and will instead shut it down.

A spokesman for incoming premier Pauline Marois gave the confirmation Tuesday, one day after the first public screening of a new film on the reactor that raises questions about its safety for people living nearby.

The government of outgoing Premier Jean Charest decided in 2008 to rebuild the Gentilly-2 nuclear plant at a cost of about $2 billion, but stopped work after the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/09/11/montreal-gentilly-nuclear-reactor-shut-down.html