Nuclear Power

• Cameco and Brookfield Renewable acquiring Westinghouse Electric in $7.9-billion deal

  Saskatoon's Cameco has teamed up with Brookfield Renewable partners in acquiring nuclear power plant equipment maker Westinghouse Electric Company in a $7.9-billion deal.

  Environment

  Oct 12
  
• Ontario planning to keep Pickering nuclear power station open until 2026

  Ontario's long-term energy planning had assumed Pickering would close in a phased shut-down beginning in 2024.

  Politics

  Sep 29
  
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• SaskPower chooses areas around Estevan and Elbow as possible nuclear reactor sites

  Both sites meet SMR facility criteria because of their proximity to a suitable water supply and availability of infrastructure like roads and emergency services.

  Environment

  Sep 20
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• Ukraine accuses Russia of spreading ‘nuclear terror’, shelling power plant

  Events at the Zaporizhzhia site underline the very real risk of a nuclear disaster, said International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Mariano Grossi.

  World

  Aug 7
• N.B. looking to small modular reactors to help fulfill clean power needs but there are concerns

  Reliability issues at Atlantic Canada's only nuclear plant have some worried about New Brunswick's bet on small modular reactors in the move toward low-emission energy solutions.

  Environment

  Aug 4
• Canada’s oilsands look to tap nuclear power amid urgent global need to cut emissions

  The Pathways Alliance has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from oilsands production, and reaching a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

  Environment

  Jul 17
• Saskatchewan is one step closer to introducing SMR technology

  On Monday, Don Morgan said after three years of evaluating technologies, SaskPower has selected the GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 to proceed with the small modular reactor project.

  Economy

  Jun 27
• Federal budget boosts electric vehicles, but Trudeau says nuclear power ‘on the table’

  Climate modelling at Simon Fraser University suggests B.C. can't build enough hydroelectric dams to meet both its commitment, and Ottawa's, to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

  Politics

  Apr 11
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• Could nuclear power help B.C. reach its climate change goals? SFU research makes the case

  Recent modelling from SFU found that B.C. will need a massive boost in electrical generation if it hopes to meet its climate goals, and argues nuclear power could help do the job.

  Environment

  Jan 26
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• Cameco aims to be the fuel supplier of choice for small modular reactors

  Saskatoon-based Cameco has recently signed several memorandum of understandings to collaborate on the potential deployment of small modular reactors.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2021