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Canadian company planning fleet of Generation IV reactors
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 05 August 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/terrestrial-energy-signs-agreement-for-imsr-fuel-pilot-plant-in-uk-8-5-2023
The joint report by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) establishes a common regulatory position on tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel qualification, for use in the licensing of advanced reactor and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 01 July 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian,-US-regulators-publish-joint-TRISO-report
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).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-selects-site-for-first-mmr-10858795
Fission Uranium Corp has filed its application to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) for a licence to construct a uranium mine and mill facility at the Patterson Lake South (PLS) high-grade uranium project in Saskatchewan and begun front-end engineering design for the project.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 28 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Licence-application-milestone-for-PLS
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
Advanced nuclear plant could power industries such as steel and mining
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/terrestrial-energy-reactor-completes-phase-2-vendor-design-review-4-2-2023
Ontario Tech University has begun pre-licensing activities for a new facility to support its undergraduate nuclear engineering programmes and for applied nuclear engineering research. The facility will be unique in Canada.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-university-launches-subcritical-assembly
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted a 20-year renewal of its Fuel Facility Operating Licence to Cameco Fuel Manufacturing (CFM) at Port Hope in Ontario. This will allow CFM to operate until 28 February 2043 during which it will have to undergo a comprehensive mid-point (10-year) review of its operations as well as a yearly regulatory oversight report meeting and compliance verification activities.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslicence-renewal-for-cameco-fuel-manufacturing-10539215
Canada’s McMaster University, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), and Global First Power (GFP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further examine the feasibility of deploying a Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) at McMaster University, or an affiliated site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 16 December 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadian-partners-to-study-deployment-of-micro-modular-reactor-10439214