Port Hope’s past fuels pushback on nuclear reactor

Canada August 21, 2026 02:04 PM

The Ontario government announced earlier this year that it will build one of the world's largest nuclear power plants in Port Hope, Ontario. Though the news was welcomed by some, it shocked a generation of Port Hope residents old enough to have lived through or learned of the community's fraught history with the nuclear industry.

Port Hope’s past fuels pushback on nuclear reactor

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