Why Canada should peacefully enrich its uranium

Peaceful uranium enrichment to feed the adoption of SMR technology is compatible with Canada’s long-standing domestic and international non-proliferation commitments.

As Canada and many of its allies deploy nuclear technologies that rely on enriched uranium, fuel security ought to become more of an imperative, write Alex MacDonald and Jeremy Whitlock. Photograph courtesy of Robert T Bell/Flickr

Opinion

BY ALEXANDER MACDONALD, JEREMY WHITLOCK

February 25, 2026

Canada has a world-class history of nuclear research and deployment, which, in the post-war period, has been guided by commitments to non-proliferation and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

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