As the provincial government pushes for small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) as a potential energy source, SaskPower took time to answer the public’s questions on it. SaskPower hosted two open houses on Wednesday and gave explanations on what nuclear energy would mean for the province. People who attended heard from representatives from the Canadian Nuclear […]
Saskatchewan could be going nuclear, at least with its power. The province announced that the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) and Westinghouse Electric Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance micro-reactors. Both Westinghouse and SRC will jointly develop a project to locate a reactor in Saskatchewan to develop and test industrial, research, and energy […]
Nuclear power is not clean energy. That, from the President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, who explains that although it doesn’t produce greenhouse gas emissions, it does produce radioactive waste that has to be buried, and its longevity “dwarfs the history of the human race”. Gordon Edwards adds that burying it underground has […]
Hoping to reduce their carbon footprint and combat climate change, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick are turning to small nuclear reactors for future power. The province’s premiers, who are all against a federal price on carbon emissions, made the announcement together in Mississauga Ontario on Sunday, a day before the premiers took part in The […]
