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An aerial view of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station—the world's largest nuclear generating station—on the shore of Lake Huron, near Kincardine, Ont. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY ERIKA SIMPSON

July 6, 2023

Nuclear reactors need cooling water to prevent nuclear accidents. That's why the largest operating nuclear generating station in the world—the Bruce reactor in Ontario—was constructed on the shore of Lake Huron, and the Pickering and Darlington reactors were built on the...

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