Day: May 25, 2012

Nuclear management in Ontario: the central lesson

by Stephen E. Aplin • May 25, 2012 • 0 Comments

Knowledge transfer is critical, even in small systems A couple weeks ago my brother and I opened the family cottage for the season. That involves turning on the water, which at our Muskoka cottage is not winterized. Turning on the…

Irony rules in the U.S. anti-proliferation community

by Stephen E. Aplin • May 25, 2012 • 8 Comments

The U.S. president, struggling to restore some semblance of maturity at the top of the nuclear regulatory commission (NRC), recently nominated an anti-proliferation activist to replace the outgoing Gregory Jaczko. This nomination is significant because it says a lot about…


Table A1: Total Ontario generation and related CO₂, by fuel, in the hour preceding 12:05 on 2023-05-31
FUEL	MWh	CO₂, tons
Nuclear	4,934	0
Hydro	0	0
Gas	0	0
Wind	0	0
Biofuel	0	0
Oil & Gas	0	0
Solar	0	0
TOTAL	4,934	0
CO₂ intensity per kWh (CIPK) in the last hour: 0.00 grams.

This content is updated at 50 minutes past the hour. Refresh at that time to see latest available data. Sources: www.ieso.ca and EmissionTrak™

**Table A3** Should we replace nuclear plants with natural gas-fired ones? This table compares actual Ontario grid CO₂ emissions from the last hour with those from a grid in which gas has replaced nuclear.
Actual Ontario grid	Gas replaces nuclear
0	2,714
0.00	550.00
Tons CO₂ CIPK, grams If gas had replaced nuclear last hour, Ontario power plants would have dumped enough CO₂ to fill Rogers Centre 0.9 times. As it was, 0 tons were dumped, which would fill Rogers Centre 0.0 times.