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A repurposed parking lot at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s (AECL’s) Chalk River campus has been selected as the site for construction of a demonstration Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR), according to a joint statement by AECL, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Global First Power (GFP).

Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-selects-site-for-first-mmr-10858795

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Global First Power (GFP) have announced a repurposed parking lot at the Chalk River campus as the location where they plan to build and operate a demonstration Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR).

Date: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Site-unveiled-for-Canadian-MMR

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is to collaborate with US-based Jubilant Radiopharma to develop alpha radiopharmaceuticals. The joint project comes under CNL’s Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative -Health (CNRI-H) programme. It is part of a broader CNL effort to develop radiopharmaceutical therapies using Actinium-225, a medical isotope produced by CNL.

Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscnl-and-jubilant-radiopharma-collaborate-on-actinium-225-10574940

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has issued a call for proposals for the fourth round of its Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative (CNRI), which is aimed at collaborative research initiatives on small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced reactors. CNL has now expanded the programme to invite project applications from Canadian universities.

Date: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CNL-invites-academia-to-join-CNRI-programme

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with New Brunswick-based ARC Clean Energy Canada, which is working to develop and licence its sodium-cooled advanced small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The agreement, funded through CNL’s Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative (CNRI), includes work to advance the fuel development and manufacturing processes to produce fuel for ARC Canada’s technology.

Date: Friday, 29 July 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadian-nuclear-laboratories-and-arc-canada-to-advance-fuel-development-9883946

ARC Clean Energy Canada has partnered with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to deliver a technology demonstration of the fuel fabrication process for ARC's ARC-100 advanced small modular reactor (SMR).

Date: Thursday, 28 July 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ARC,-CNL-team-up-on-SMR-fuel-fabrication

The governments of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta have released a joint strategic plan setting out a path for developing and deploying small modular reactors (SMRs). The plan builds on a feasibility study released by provincial power utilities in 2021.

Date: Thursday, 31 March 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-provinces-release-strategic-plan-for-SMRs

Canada’s Global First Power Ltd (GFP) announced on 19 May that its Micro Modular Reactor(™) (MMR(™)) Project was moving to the next phase of licensing with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The announcement moves GFP closer to owning, constructing, and operating Canada’s first small modular reactor (SMR) with first power slated for 2026. The CNSC website provided details on GFP's Licence to Prepare Site, indicating that the Project had fulfilled requirements to move to the formal phase in this process, which will involve a detailed technical review.

Date: Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadas-first-mmr-achieves-licensing-milestone-8766456

Global First Power Ltd's (GFP) application for a licence to prepare a site for a small modular reactor (SMR) at Chalk River in Ontario has moved to the technical review phase of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's (CNSC) licensing process. GFP plans to build and operate a Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) unit by 2026.

Date: Friday, 21 May 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Formal-licence-review-begins-for-Canadian-SMR