Natural Resources committee  I would have to say that we are very encouraged at the signs we've gotten, both from this government as well as the previous government to some degree. This new government has been very open-minded and supportive, from a political perspective, in terms of supporting nuclear. I t

Natural Resources committee  That's a very good question. The seemingly widespread adoption of carbon levies or carbon pricing mechanisms is a big opportunity for the nuclear industry. We think it really levels the playing field for nuclear energy, because we believe it takes into account the full cost of e

Natural Resources committee  It's a very good question. As the discussion with your colleague alluded to, we are looking at the market opportunity in the medium term—we'll say five to 10 years—of approximately five to eight new CANDU reactors to be built internationally. Each one of those contracts or projec

Natural Resources committee  It would most likely be EC6. We offered the EC6 in the Ontario government procurement process as a design. AFCR is applicable in Canada. We will have the intellectual property rights to deploy that in Canada. If so, likely the challenge in that regard is availability of recycled

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. The chemical and physical compositions of CANDU spent fuel are quite different from light-water reactor spent fuel. There are technologies—I think some colleagues mentioned fast reactor technology—that could use CANDU spent fuel as a waste product, to feed into it as

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. The joint venture agreement that we signed was for a joint partnership to complete the development of the advanced fuel CANDU reactor for deployment, initially in China, but then for international deployment together. With the geneology of CANDU reactors, the CANDU 6

Natural Resources committee  That's a very good question. Thanks for letting me have the opportunity to answer it. I'll talk about the international front first. I talked a little bit about how we've been successful in exporting CANDU technology. We are pursuing right now four major new-build opportunities

Natural Resources committee  Sure. I'd be happy to comment. There were two procurement processes for nuclear new-build run by the Government of Ontario, actually, not the federal government. In 2009 I was an employee of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, a federal crown corporation. There was a lot of discuss

Natural Resources committee  That's a very good question. We do have a number of significant project commitments in our pipeline, as I'll call it, playing a significant role in the life extension of both the Bruce and Darlington stations. I mentioned the commitment for new-build in Argentina. Candu Energy'

Natural Resources committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Justin Hannah. I'm the director of marketing and external relations for SNC-Lavalin and Candu Energy. I'd first like to thank you for the opportunity to speak to this committee to discuss the future of the nuclear energy