Broad approval across the whole board. It's nice to see our government doing something that makes sense and working with other Canadians. I hope they keep going.
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Feels like I've been waiting since elementary school for a solid source of nuclear energy in Alberta. Glad to see it's on the path to being ' a thing' now.
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What are the companies who will be sought out to be doing this? Happy to be moving to nuclear, especially in a stable landscape. Does potential harsh cold have an impact on nuclear? Hopefully this works out, love to see some diversification.
Been looking into this for a few years and glad to see some action!
Anyone know companies outside of BWXT for long term investments to support this?
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What are the companies who will be sought out to be doing this? Happy to be moving to nuclear, especially in a stable landscape. Does potential harsh cold have an impact on nuclear? Hopefully this works out, love to see some diversification.
This is a list of the SMR vendors who are currently working with the federal Nuclear Safety Commission. Global first power/Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp have already submitted an application to build at Chalk River.
Several other companies are working on variants of these reactors stateside and elsewhere including NuScale (Fluor) and Oklo (private) who are building pilots just south of us at Idaho Falls, but I think it would be more likely to see anyone engaging with the CNSC now to be the first to propose projects in Canada despite Oklo’s design being very appropriate for northern communities.
Biting some of SNC Lavalin or Fluor would expose you to some of these options.
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I think that last person I want lead designing a nuclear project is an O and Gas engineer with 25 years of o&g projects
Just like I don't expect my orthopedic surgeon to start doing general medicine for the Alberta government.
OPG or Bruce would jump at the chance to open offices out here and retrain. You’ll still need O&G engineers and other skilled workers focused on heat integrations and balance of plant for the cogeneration options available with these modular designs.
Edit: you’d be surprised at the % of executive suite O&G content in Calagary right now that also has direct experience with nuclear power. Many have worked in Ontario, New Brunswick or elsewhere.
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From an electrical perspective, fantastic news. Moving away from coal, while still keeping its reliability is huge. I hope this a way that us Albertans can reinvent our economy
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His strongest point is probably this, and it's tough to disagree with...
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As long as natural gas is cheap and plentiful, small nuclear reactors will not make economic sense.
Adding to that, small modular natural gas plants are also available now with the ability to power communities from wells that are remote enough that they don't have pipelines, but have enough gas to power communities for years. Almost free electricity for them. I'm aware of a few of these being looked into right now.
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His strongest point is probably this, and it's tough to disagree with...
Adding to that, small modular natural gas plants are also available now with the ability to power communities from wells that are remote enough that they don't have pipelines, but have enough gas to power communities for years. Almost free electricity for them. I'm aware of a few of these being looked into right now.
I guess the economic wild card is the emergence of a stiff carbon tax or net-zero policy
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