Premiers’ nuclear announcement a potential boon, but issues remain: experts

Energy experts say SMRs could be an environmentally friendly baseload option compared to intermittent sources like wind and solar.

An aerial shot of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont., taken in March 2006. Nuclear power generation accounted for 15 per cent of Canada's electricity in 2017, according to Natural Resources Canada. Photograph courtesy of Chuck Szmurlo

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

December 11, 2019

Canadian nuclear energy experts say the recent announcement by three provincial premiers of plans to develop small and modular nuclear reactor technology, which could provide large amounts of greenhouse gas-free electricity, but one environmental expert says serious issues with the technology remain...

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