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International Trade committee Thank you for the question, Mr. Dhaliwal. When I started in the renewables business 20 years ago, we had 36% non-emitting electricity on the world's grids. Today, 20 years later, after a lot of investment and incredible adoption of renewables, we're still at 36% non-emitting ele
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman
International Trade committee Thank you for the question. I'd offer this observation. We recently observed something remarkable. This has to do with how our federal government financing strategizes over who it's going to support. Recently the Romania opportunity opened up to build two new nuclear plants and r
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman
International Trade committee Thank you very much, Mr. Blaikie. I would start by saying that, as the world moves to decarbonize and as we work to a net-zero 2050 future, we're seeing that economic opportunities globally are going to stem from that area. Nations like ours have two challenges. First is how w
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman
International Trade committee Conventional nuclear and CANDU technology in most nations have been sort of a proprietary thing. This is a comment on the regulatory side. With the advent of small modular reactors, which involve technology providers from all over the world, there are over 70 different technologi
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman
International Trade committee Thank you for the follow-up question. I do not have the information regarding the annual revenue generation coming from the CANDU reactors and the work we have going on in seven different countries around the world right now, but I will ensure to follow up with the committee to p
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman
International Trade committee Canada is the world leader in isotope production for nuclear medicine, primarily in the treatment and diagnosis of cancer. It is also used in a wide variety of other nuclear medical applications, including everything from diagnostics to sterilizing one-use medical equipment. We
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman
International Trade committee First of all, Canada really does have a first-mover advantage with small modular reactors. This is because of the extraordinary initiative that has been undertaken by government and industry to coordinate their plans and to lay a pathway forward that involves the utilities, the f
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman
International Trade committee Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss international trade and the opportunities associated with the export of clean energy technologies through the Canadian nuclear industry. My name is John Gorman. I've b
May 3rd, 2021Committee meeting
John Gorman