Pickering, Ontario nuclear power plant gets five-year licence extension

A federal regulator is allowing the nuclear power plant in Pickering, Ont., to keep operating for another five years.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has renewed the plant’s licence — which was set to expire next month — until the end of August, 2018.

The plant’s operator — the Ontario Power Generation — says it intends for the plant’s six active reactors to stay operational until 2019 ... Read More....