Experts and parliamentarians look ahead to SMR action plan to be released in near future

Natural Resources parliamentary secretary Paul Lefebvre confirmed on Nov. 18 that the action plan will be delayed.

Canada's federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, pictured in 2019 on the Hill. At the Canadian Nuclear Association's annual conference in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020, Mr. O'Regan's keynote speech extolled the virtues of nuclear energy and said it was the time to put it 'front and centre.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

December 7, 2020

When Seamus O'Regan was sworn in as minister of natural resources on Nov. 20, 2019, his mandate letter didn't explicitly mention nuclear energy, although it did use language like "clean technology" but he's clearly communicated his intention to make nuclear a big part of Canada's clean energy future...

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