OLDER NEWS
July 2019
The IAEA is in the game of promoting small modular reactors, including through the " IAEA INPRO Forum Tackles Opportunities and Challenges in Small Modular Reactors" hosted by the IAEA in Korea in July 2019
June 2019
Anishnabek Nation opposes small modular reactors in their territories.
April 2019
The CNSC posted a notice on their website on April 1, 2019 that "on March 20, 2019, Global First Power submitted an application for a licence to prepare site for a small modular reactor on Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s property at the Chalk River Laboratories location."
July 2018
The CANDU Owners Group, its members and the supply community along with other industry partners are using their existing nuclear expertise to lead the next wave of nuclear generation — small modular reactors (SMRs), that offer the potential for new uses of nuclear energy while at the same time offering the benefits of existing nuclear in combatting climate change while providing
reliable, low-cost electricity. [CANDU.org]
July 10, 2018
A Maryland-based company and its Canadian subsidiary have joined with a Canada utility in a project to develop, license, and build an advanced small modular reactor (SMR). Advanced Reactor Concepts of Chevy Chase, Maryland, along with ARC Nuclear Canada—operating collectively as ARC Nuclear (ARC)—and New Brunswick Power (NB Power) on July 9 said their SMR would be based on ARC Nuclear’s mature Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor technology.[Powermag]
June 28, 2018
The U.K. government has announced that U-Battery has been successfully selected to receive funding in the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Programme. U-Battery is a micro modular nuclear reactor being designed to provide secure, low carbon embedded power at industrial sites and remote locations, currently focused on the U.K. and Canadian markets.[JWNEnergy]
June 26, 2018
The New Brunswick government is committing $10 million to establish the province as a leader in the field of small, modular nuclear reactor technology.
June 12, 2018
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that four small modular reactor (SMR) project proponents have submitted responses to CNL’s recent Invitation for SMR Demonstration Projects at a CNL-managed site. [CNL]
April 18, 2018
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has issued an invitation around the world for small modular reactor project proponents to apply for siting at one of the company’s facilities.[JWNEnergy]
March 14, 2018
Interest in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Is Growing. So Are Fears They Aren’t Viable SMRs are the future of nuclear. Will they always be the future? [GreenTechMedia]
November 17, 2017
Canadian regulators announced that Terrestrial Energy has completed the initial phase of a design review for its molten-salt nuclear power plant, giving the Ontario-based company a small early lead in the race to commission the first commercial fourth-generation reactor in North America. [MIT Tech Review]
Apr 19, 2017
Ontario Power Generation [OPG] plans to fill a predicted supply gap in the 2030s with new nuclear capacity and the utility is collaborating with Saskatchewan on the potential for a Pan-Canadian fleet of Small Modular Reactors, Nicolle Butcher, OPG's Vice President of Strategy & Acquisitions, said.[Nuclear Energy Insider]
The IAEA is in the game of promoting small modular reactors, including through the " IAEA INPRO Forum Tackles Opportunities and Challenges in Small Modular Reactors" hosted by the IAEA in Korea in July 2019
June 2019
Anishnabek Nation opposes small modular reactors in their territories.
April 2019
The CNSC posted a notice on their website on April 1, 2019 that "on March 20, 2019, Global First Power submitted an application for a licence to prepare site for a small modular reactor on Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s property at the Chalk River Laboratories location."
July 2018
The CANDU Owners Group, its members and the supply community along with other industry partners are using their existing nuclear expertise to lead the next wave of nuclear generation — small modular reactors (SMRs), that offer the potential for new uses of nuclear energy while at the same time offering the benefits of existing nuclear in combatting climate change while providing
reliable, low-cost electricity. [CANDU.org]
July 10, 2018
A Maryland-based company and its Canadian subsidiary have joined with a Canada utility in a project to develop, license, and build an advanced small modular reactor (SMR). Advanced Reactor Concepts of Chevy Chase, Maryland, along with ARC Nuclear Canada—operating collectively as ARC Nuclear (ARC)—and New Brunswick Power (NB Power) on July 9 said their SMR would be based on ARC Nuclear’s mature Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor technology.[Powermag]
June 28, 2018
The U.K. government has announced that U-Battery has been successfully selected to receive funding in the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Programme. U-Battery is a micro modular nuclear reactor being designed to provide secure, low carbon embedded power at industrial sites and remote locations, currently focused on the U.K. and Canadian markets.[JWNEnergy]
June 26, 2018
The New Brunswick government is committing $10 million to establish the province as a leader in the field of small, modular nuclear reactor technology.
June 12, 2018
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that four small modular reactor (SMR) project proponents have submitted responses to CNL’s recent Invitation for SMR Demonstration Projects at a CNL-managed site. [CNL]
April 18, 2018
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has issued an invitation around the world for small modular reactor project proponents to apply for siting at one of the company’s facilities.[JWNEnergy]
March 14, 2018
Interest in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Is Growing. So Are Fears They Aren’t Viable SMRs are the future of nuclear. Will they always be the future? [GreenTechMedia]
November 17, 2017
Canadian regulators announced that Terrestrial Energy has completed the initial phase of a design review for its molten-salt nuclear power plant, giving the Ontario-based company a small early lead in the race to commission the first commercial fourth-generation reactor in North America. [MIT Tech Review]
Apr 19, 2017
Ontario Power Generation [OPG] plans to fill a predicted supply gap in the 2030s with new nuclear capacity and the utility is collaborating with Saskatchewan on the potential for a Pan-Canadian fleet of Small Modular Reactors, Nicolle Butcher, OPG's Vice President of Strategy & Acquisitions, said.[Nuclear Energy Insider]
