Science and Research committee  It really comes down to how well we're supported and how well we're prepared to do the nth of a kind. If we're prepared to do the nth of a kind shortly after the first of a kind.... These are not conventional reactors. They're small modular reactors. If we take all the lessons le

Science and Research committee  There needs to be continued work on advanced modularization or advanced manufacturing technology to make sure we can develop these reactors at the scale we've been discussing and with the quality we've been discussing, and to meet the demand, essentially, for decarbonization. I

Science and Research committee  Yes, we need help with research and development. We have tremendous universities, partnerships, memos of understanding and collaboration within Canada and also with other countries associated with research and development. We need support, through research and development, for th

Science and Research committee  Yes, we do. We are looking ahead at what we're going to need for skills and labour. We presently partner with the University of New Brunswick. We partner with the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories in Chalk River. We also partner locally with New Brunswick community colleges to make s

Science and Research committee  If you're asking if we invest, basically, in private entities that are doing research for the small modular reactors, we do. Presently, at this early stage, it's mostly related to environmental studies on site that are associated with small modular reactors, and doing baseline

Science and Research committee  I do see nuclear playing a large role—not the only source, but playing a major role in hydrogen and ammonia generation, especially with the high-temperature reactors that can run the electrolyzers to generate hydrogen. I believe there is a perfect partnership between other energy

Science and Research committee  We've seen the report, and I'm not going to try to comment or discredit the report. I will give you our professional opinion from New Brunswick Power. We believe that in the future there's energy in used fuel. We need to take advantage of that energy. The world has been reproce

Science and Research committee  Is the question for me? I apologize.

Science and Research committee  No, we don't have any concern, because we have trust in the process through our regulators, again internationally and across Canada. From, basically, a fuel supply standpoint with the build-out that we're going to need in nuclear, and also from a national security standpoint, we

Science and Research committee  First off, we will need to standardize design. These are small modular reactors. They're very simplistic. They will not require the staff that's on some of our larger safe operating units, but we do need a standardized design. They will require some kind of support centre for all

Science and Research committee  We will need a tremendous amount of energy. You've already heard testimony that we're going to need two to five times the existing energy we have. This will be a combination of all of the above. A lot of it will be local, provincially driven by what you have for an advantage with

Science and Research committee  There are multiple documents out there. There's a very good study done by SNC-Lavalin on engineering net zero that basically has one model to achieve it within Canada. There's also information out there from international groups, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha

Science and Research committee  The small modular reactors we are developing operate at a high temperature, somewhere in the order of 600°C. This is very conducive to industrial heat. I will just make a point. When we think about small modular reactors, we think predominantly electricity, but we really need t

Science and Research committee  We were early movers on the small modular reactor in north America, and also in western Europe. We took the lead in basically collaborating, coming up with a pan-Canadian approach, a road map and an action plan. As a result, we're well down the road through a regulatory review

Science and Research committee  Yes. The policy we were referencing specifically was more around the environmental impact associated with licensing the first of a kind—and even more of a concern in my mind is the nth of a kind—as we build out.