The federal government's inclusion of small modular reactors amongst clean energy technologies eligible for a new investment tax credit has been greeted as a clear signal that it considers nuclear power to be "clean energy" on a par with all other low-carbon technologies.

Ontario Power Generation has submitted an application for a Licence to Construct a small modular reactor at the Darlington site, where it plans to build Canada's first commercial, grid-scale SMR.
 

Tim Gitzel explains the thinking behind the Cameco, Brookfield Renewable and Westinghouse deal - and why he thinks the nuclear industry is up to the challenge of playing a critical role in providing clean energy for generations to come.

Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu says Canada and the USA are both offering to help with the financing of the construction of Cernavoda 3 and 4 and said the US firms Fluor Corporation and Sargent & Lundy, Canada's SNC Lavalin and France's Framatome had agreed to "explore opportunities for cooperation in the civil nuclear field" with Nuclearelectrica.

Canada's Prodigy Clean Energy and America's NuScale have been collaborating since a 2018 Memorandum of Understanding with the "goal of bringing a competitive North American SMR marine facility to market".

The commercial production of lutetium-177 has begun using a new isotope production system that was installed in unit 7 of the Bruce plant in Ontario, Canada, during a planned maintenance outage earlier this year.

The Canada Infrastructure Bank has announced a commitment of CAD970 million (USD713 million) towards Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear Project, in the bank's largest investment in clean power to date.
 

Canada’s General Fusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority will collaborate on projects to "advance the commercialisation of magnetised target fusion energy".

The recovery of uranium-bearing solution during the ongoing Phoenix in-situ leach (ISL) feasibility field test (FFT) is a historic moment for uranium mining in Canada, according to Denison Mines Corp.

A master services agreement signed by Laurentis Energy Partners and Synthos Green Energy will support the development and deployment of small modular reactors in Poland. The agreement enables international collaboration between the two companies, beginning with early project planning.

A strategic partnership of Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Renewable Partners is to acquire Westinghouse Electric Company for a total enterprise value of approximately USD8 billion.

The Czech Republic's ČEZ and Canada’s Ontario Power Generation have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on "deployment of nuclear technology including small modular reactors (SMRs) to safely produce clean, reliable electricity in their jurisdictions".