For as long as he can remember, Carter Albis has been fascinated by nuclear energy.

"I grew up right next to Pickering Nuclear. I used to play on the beach, like right next to the plant a lot,” he said. “When you're that age, it's this cool, mysterious building. That's where it started for me.”

That fascination led him to apply to Ontario Tech University’s nuclear engineering program, not far from which sits the Darlington Nuclear Station in Bowmanville.

Now it’s there, where the first-year student sees a radiant future for his career.

“Nuclear energy is actually the backbone of Ontario's energy generation sector,” said Albis. “There's no shortage of opportunity."

On Thursday, Ontario and the federal governments announced a combined spending commitment of $3 billion to build Canada’s

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