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The provincial government is supporting Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to go ahead with the refurbishment of units 5-8 at the Pickering nuclear power plant. OPG will now begin the initiation phase of the project.

Date: Thursday, 01 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ontario-minister-confirms-Pickering-refurbishment

Laboratory experiments carried out using simulated fuel have substantially derisked the Waste To Stable Salt - or WATSS - process, and experiments using real used fuel are currently ongoing.

Date: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Moltex-announces-waste-recycling-breakthrough

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.

Date: Friday, 07 July 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ontario-government-announces-support-for-nuclear-e

NB Power, in partnership with ARC Clean Technology Canada Inc, has submitted an environmental impact assessment registration document and an application for a site preparation licence for an advanced small modular reactor (SMR) at the existing Point Lepreau nuclear site.

Date: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Permitting-submissions-made-for-New-Brunswick-SMR

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.

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).

Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-budget-underlines-government-support-for

Chicago-based Clean Core Thorium Energy and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are planning a pre-licensing review of the Clean Core’s advanced nuclear fuel. The ANEEL fuel design uses thorium and High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU). Clean Core says the pre-licensing review process will provide it with clear and early feedback on use of the ANEEL fuel design in a Candu reactor.

Date: Friday, 17 February 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsclean-cores-aneel-fuel-to-begin-pre-licensing-review-by-canadian-regulator-10602596

Clean Core Thorium Energy and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) have begun the planning phase of a pre-licensing review of Clean Core's ANEEL thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, the company has announced.

Date: Thursday, 16 February 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Preparations-begin-for-thorium-HALEU-fuel-regulato

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.

Date: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Alliance-signs-Canadian-SMR-contract