Small Modular Reactors

Canada / Action Plan Says SMRs Can Create New Nuclear Industry Worth $150 Billion

By David Dalton
21 December 2020

Country wants to be global leader in the fast-emerging sector
Action Plan Says SMRs Can Create New Nuclear Industry Worth $150 Billion
Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) could be operating by the late 2020s. Courtesy Terrestrial Energy.
Small modular reactors have the potential to produce reliable electricity in Canada, supporting the country’s transition to net-zero emissions and creating a new nuclear industry that could be valued at over CAD150bn ($116bn) by 2040, an action plan released by the government says.

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