No to Nuclear at Wesleyville

I am against this proposal for many reasons. First, I live in that area and am very aware of how good farmland is at risk here. Ontario loses 319 acres of good farmland A DAY, and once it's gone, it's gone. I am also very concerned about how this giant facility will impact nearby wildlife habitats and wetlands, and how much water it will use up. 

Our local water systems are often taxed by multiple months of drought, wells go dry, Baltimore community water system is suffering, farmers often don’t have enough  ground water for their crops and livestock, and we have water use restrictions for months. We had a 6 month drought in 2017 and last year the drought lasted months. A nuclear power  plant and its construction, cooling pools, and the electricity generation itself will take enormous amounts of water 24/7/365. We do not have enough water here for our agriculture, and existing homes and businesses so there certainly is not enough for the  construction of this mega project.

Also, the huge financial cost concerns me, especially considering using renewables would be far cheaper: "A study done by Ontario’s electricity operator found that wind and solar energy combined with battery storage can meet about 99.5% of Ontario’s electricity demand. Renewables can power Ontario’s future. 

Background Information

In August 2025 the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) released a report demonstrating that wind and solar energy combined with battery storage can meet almost all of our peak¹ and base-load² electricity needs. 

Additionally, the report found that using renewable energy storage was significantly cheaper than using nuclear reactors.³

With Ontario in the midst of one of the biggest energy acquisition processes in the province’s history - it is important now, more than ever, that we get the facts straight on how and why our communities need renewable energy."

Also, we know that spent nuclear fuel must be disposed of, and can stay radioactive for 100,000 years or more! Super dangerous.

Ontario Power Generation is hosting one sided information sessions in some of the areas affected by this proposal but they are not telling the whole story; the technology to be used, the cost of the project, its ongoing costs, the risks to our health and security, the disruption and destruction to our farmland, forests, grasslands, plants, animals, insects, and fish, what kinds and extents of infrastructure will be required, why this is needed here and why it cannot be elsewhere, and what alternatives are available.

We need a full environmental assessment that details disclosure of the total land footprint not just the reactor site, water sourcing and discharge, agricultural and environmental impacts, independent studies of the hydrogeological assessments and economic impact on agriculture vs energy jobs.

For these and many more reasons, I am strongly against the Wesleyville project.

Yours truly,

Marie-Lynn Hammond