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by bluGill 387 days ago
I said build not operate. The world situation has changed, 50 years ago nuclear power was a good idea to build. If you have a working nuclear power plant I'd generally keep operating it, and do small upgrades over time. However building a new one is something you should only do if you have military needs. (note that showing off is sometimes a military need)
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CANDU 9 and Advanced CANDU reactors were developed and built during a time when Canada had no active military nuclear program.
both cancled actording to wikipedia thus proving my point. both were started near the end of when of when making a civial nuke might make sense
There are 12 CANDU 9 units: Bruce A & B, and Darlington. Both either undergone recent refurbishment or refurbishment underway.