Nuclear industry eyes more federal support of ‘small modular reactors,’ as advocates push for Ottawa to hit pause

Proponents tout 'small modular reactors' as nuclear energy's renaissance, but advocates don't buy their arguments.

A nuclear power plant in Germany is pictured, alongside wind turbines, with wind energy sometimes seen as a rival non-greenhouse gas emitting energy source.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

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BY JOLSON LIM

December 3, 2018

The Canadian nuclear industry is looking for more federal government involvement in supporting the development of a new generation of reactors, after Natural Resources Canada put out a “roadmap” report earlier this month, spelling out steps different players in the...

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