Environment committee  Thanks, Laurie. The project was cancelled after the Saugeen Ojibway Nation did not vote to support it.

Environment committee  Canada's current regulatory regime aligns with international best practices from our perspective, so I agree with Mr. Gorman and Ms. Swami.

Environment committee  I think the way I would like to address that question, because I am certainly not an expert in the SMR technology, is that we have a team here at OPG, a large team, working with that project. If I could, I would provide a written response to your question as opposed to my trying

Environment committee  I think the most primary thing that nuclear power brings is the electricity that we're using today. As I said in my opening comments, it provides half of the electricity in the province. It's stable. It's reliable. It's cost-effective. At times, I think, in the discussion about n

Environment committee  Sure. To start, we respect the rights of all indigenous peoples. Our reconciliation action plan that we released this past year commits over $1 million over the next 10 years in economic benefits to try to work with indigenous nations. Locally here, we meet routinely with the S

Environment committee  Mr. Longfield, I'm not familiar with the ECCC—

Environment committee  We're very proud of our medical isotope program at OPG. We are very open to working with any government agencies. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has reviewed our application to produce molybdenum at Darlington. They've approved that amendment, which will allow us to fill

Environment committee  Bruce Power and OPG have done a wonderful job. Lutetium is about to be produced at Bruce Power, which is fantastic for cancer treatment.

Environment committee  We are satisfied with the current classifications of nuclear waste. We believe that in working with our nuclear regulator, we can move forward with things like free release. As we work through our low-level release minimization storing program, we find things like metals, steel

Environment committee  Sure. We have opened a clean energy sorting and recycling centre with the support of McMaster University. It's something we're very proud of at OPG. During the pandemic we were able to open the facility, which is fully licensed and audited by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commissio

Environment committee  I'm happy to speak about the waste handling and storage, but the subsidization is beyond my area of expertise. In terms of waste storage and handling, as has been noted in the discussion, most SMR designs are just entering into their detailed design phase. I can speak specifical

Environment committee  Certainly at OPG, we're interested in the opportunity to recycle used fuel. We have partly funded operations at Moltex, the venture in New Brunswick, but we see it as something that needs development. It's down the road and certainly doesn't negate the need for permanent disposal

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for inviting OPG here today. I am the vice-president of Ontario Power Generation's nuclear sustainability services division. Nuclear sustainability services handles all of the by-products of nuclear power generation from OPG-ow