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of the station from 2024 to 2055 will prevent consists of the four units that generate more than
greenhouse-gas emissions equivalent to roughly 20 per cent of Ontario’s electricity needs, or about
297 megatonnes of carbon dioxide or the removal of 31 million megawatt hours of electricity annually —
2 million cars off Ontario’s roads per year. enough to power 2 million homes.
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station lies 70 Ontario Hydro built the facility between 1981 and
kilometres east of Toronto in Clarington, Ontario. It 1993, with Unit 2 being the first to be brought
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