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Canada / Very Small Modular Reactors Can Provide Power For Remote Mines And Communities, Says Study

By David Dalton
25 June 2021

Very Small Modular Reactors Can Provide Power For Remote Mines And Communities, Says Study
OPG is part of a joint venture to build a vSMR in Canada. Courtesy OPG.
Very small modular reactors (vSMRs) could provide clean, economic and reliable power and heat to remote northern mines and surrounding communities in Canada, reducing or eliminating reliance on diesel, according to a study by Ontario Power Generation, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation, and Applied Research Corporation.

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