In the nuclear industry, we always use the term “success breeds success”. Part of the reason for the public sentiment realigning with nuclear baseload energy generation is the success we've seen at Bruce and Darlington over the last decade from major, multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects. It's clear that the climate benefits are there and the reliability of the energy system is there, but I think the public lacked confidence in our ability to execute these kinds of large, multiscale projects.
I don't know if people saw the announcement, but last week, the last unit at Darlington was brought out of refurbishment on time and on schedule. The project, as a whole, was months ahead of schedule and $150 million below target.
Those kinds of successes make people believe that the promises made by the nuclear energy sector are achievable.
