Nuclear energy represents a large up-front cost in terms of the capital costs of getting a reactor built, but it delivers. Our CANDU reactors have been running for 40 years. They're at mid-life, the time when we refurbish them and give them another 40 years of operation.
That capital expense is averaged out over many, many years, and the evidence speaks for itself. Right here in Ontario, hydro is about 7¢ or 8¢ per kilowatt-hour. Nuclear is about 9¢, gas is about 14¢ or 15¢, and solar is 50¢s per kilowatt-hour. The facts speak for themselves. It is an up-front capital investment. It's like building a bridge; it's like building an airport. These things take some resources to get going, but nuclear pays itself back over many, many years.