A report in Canada’s Toronto Star yesterday states that the four aging nuclear reactors at the Pickering B Nuclear Generating Station on the shores of Lake Ontario (arguably Canada’s most dangerous nuclear facility) will limp on to the end of the decade when they will be closed for good. It’s been decided that the four CANDU reactors just aren’t worth the cost of rebuilding them.

The news holds a mirror up to the nuclear industry across the world: the country is closing its nuclear reactors and its plans to build new ones are suspended or cancelled. Where Canada leads the rest of the world must surely follow.

(More details as we get them.)