Ontario in running for C$12 bln fusion center
- TORONTO - Ontario is one of four locations in the running for a C$12 billion ($7.5 billion) nuclear fusion research center, the province's energy minister said on Thursday.
Ontario, Canada's most populous province and home to 12 operating nuclear plants, hopes to win the right to build the Iter fusion reactor research and development center. The center will study nuclear fusion as a means of generating electricity.
Representatives from Canada, the European Union, Russia and Japan are currently in Toronto to select a host country for the project.
"These discussions represent a major step toward making the Iter project a reality," Jim Wilson, Ontario's energy minister said in a release. "Ontario is recognized as a global leader in research, development and innovation, and this makes the province a perfect location for the Iter project."
If Ontario wins the bid it will build the center next to the province's Darlington nuclear plant, just east of Toronto.
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