Editing CANDU reactor (section)

===Sales efforts in Canada===
By most measures, the CANDU is "the Ontario reactor". The system was developed almost entirely in Ontario, and only two experimental designs were built in other provinces. Of the 29 commercial CANDU reactors built, 22 are in Ontario. Of these 22, a number of reactors have been removed from service. Two new CANDU reactors have been proposed for Darlington with Canadian government help with financing,<ref>{{cite news | first = David | last = Ljunggren | title = Canada nuclear firms seek Ottawa financing | work = Reuters | date = 7 August 2008 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0743618220080807?sp=true | access-date = 10 August 2008}}</ref> but these plans ended in 2009 due to high costs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2009/07/14/26b_cost_killed_nuclear_bid.html |title=$26B cost killed nuclear bid |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=14 July 2009 |first=Tyler | last= Hamilton}}</ref>

AECL has heavily marketed CANDU within Canada, but has found a limited reception. To date, only two non-experimental reactors have been built in other provinces, one each in Quebec and New Brunswick, other provinces have concentrated on hydro and coal-fired plants. Several Canadian provinces have developed large amounts of hydro power. Alberta and Saskatchewan do not have extensive hydro resources, and use mainly fossil fuels to generate electric power.

Interest has been expressed in [[Western Canada]], where CANDU reactors are being considered as heat and electricity sources for the energy-intensive [[tar sands|oil sands]] extraction process, which currently uses [[natural gas]]. [[Energy Alberta Corporation]] announced 27 August 2007 that they had applied for a licence to build a new nuclear plant at Lac Cardinal (30&nbsp;km west of the town of [[Peace River, Alberta]]), with two ACR-1000 reactors going online in 2017 producing 2.2 [[gigawatt]]s (electric).<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/company-begins-process-to-build-alberta-s-1st-nuclear-plant-1.642324 "Company begins process to build Alberta's 1st nuclear plant"], CBC News, 28 August 2007.</ref> A 2007 parliamentary review suggested placing the development efforts on hold.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170110162426/http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilsands-nuclear-idUKN2838636320070328 "Canada wary of nuclear power for oil sands"], Reuters, 28 May 2007.</ref> The company was later purchased by Bruce Power,<ref>[http://www.energyquest4nanticoke.ca/intent.htm "Bruce Power Signs Letter of Intent With Energy Alberta Corporation"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827032951/http://www.energyquest4nanticoke.ca/intent.htm |date=27 August 2011 }}, Marketwire, 29 November 2007.</ref> who proposed expanding the plant to four units of a total 4.4 gigawatts.<ref>[http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/IT-Bruce_Power_to_make_important_announcement_130308.html "Bruce Power to prepare Alberta site"], ''World Nuclear News'', 14 March 2008.</ref> These plans were upset and Bruce later withdrew its application for the Lac Cardinal, proposing instead a new site about 60&nbsp;km away.<ref>[http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=24286 "Bruce thinks again on Alberta site"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214220257/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=24286 |date=14 December 2011 }}, ''World Nuclear News'', 9 January 2009.</ref> The plans are currently moribund after a wide consultation with the public demonstrated that while about {{frac|5}} of the population were open to reactors, {{frac|4}} were opposed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=275218E7F1F68-B25C-81BE-9AF25F7ADE436D8A |title=Province releases results of nuclear consultation |date=14 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2016/04/13/though-there-is-potential-for-nuclear-power-in-alberta-theres-more-than-just-public-opinion-holding-it-back |title=Though there is potential for nuclear power in Alberta, there's more than just public opinion holding it back |first=Doug |last=Johnson |date=13 April 2016 |newspaper=Edmonton Examiner |access-date=24 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125110315/http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2016/04/13/though-there-is-potential-for-nuclear-power-in-alberta-theres-more-than-just-public-opinion-holding-it-back |archive-date=25 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>