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Company says it is advancing long-term planning and consultation activities
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 08 July 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/bruce-power-starts-work-on-possible-expansion-of-ontario-nuclear-power-station-7-5-2023
The province's government has announced it is starting pre-development work to build up to 4800 MWe of new nuclear capacity at Bruce Power's existing site, in what would be Canada's first large-scale nuclear build in more than 30 years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 07 July 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ontario-government-announces-support-for-nuclear-e
Fuel loading has been completed at Bruce 6, keeping the project on track to resume operation later this year. Meanwhile, Canada's nuclear regulator has given the go-ahead for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to restart Darlington 3.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 May 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Refurbished-Candus-make-headway-towards-restart
Site development for 10 plants a ‘no regret action’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/ontario-needs-new-large-scale-candu-reactors-alongside-smrs-says-nuclear-group-5-3-2023
As a team at Ontario Tech University launches a new "Ontario-centric" research project to evaluate the economics and environmental impacts of low-carbon energy technologies including small modular reactors (SMRs), a new report from Canadians for Nuclear Energy says the province should "seize the moment" by building new Candu technology now.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ontario-urged-to-seize-the-moment-for-new-nuclear
Westinghouse Electric Company, Spanish engineering firm Tecnatom and US consulting and training services provider Accelerant Solutions have agreed to form the Nuclear Excellence Academy (NEXA), a nuclear training programme for utilities in the USA and Canada.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-North-American-nuclear-training-programme-laun
Inclusion of nuclear in the clean energy investment tax credit and making it eligible for a range of other tax incentives show the Government of Canada's "clear and strong" support for nuclear's indispensable role in the clean energy transition, according to the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-budget-underlines-government-support-for
The production of cobalt-60 is critical to healthcare and, with demand soaring, the challenge is to expand supply, writes Martin Comben from the International Irradiation Association.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-critical-production-of-cobalt-60-in-nuclear-re
The first commercial contract for a grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR) in North America sees Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi (GEH), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon team up in an innovative integrated project delivery model to develop, engineer and construct a BWRX-300 at OPG's Darlington New Nuclear Project.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Alliance-signs-Canadian-SMR-contract
Ontario is in a strong position to decarbonise its rapidly growing electricity grid, provided new storage, nuclear, renewables and expanded conservation efforts are ready to meet growing demand, according to a new report from the province's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ontario-can-decarbonise-with-help-of-nuclear,-repo