Science and Research committee  I believe there are huge benefits that come with energy abundance and energy wealth in terms of the spinoffs that can be achieved beyond just keeping the lights on in the community. Dave Novog mentioned the ability to have agriculture in greenhouses in some climates, to produce

Science and Research committee  We think that an extremely important role in enabling the country to move forward with the adoption of SMR technology is to run our community demonstration deployment, as we have announced plans to do. If we are successful in our timeline, that will be one of the first demonstrat

Science and Research committee  There are not currently, but absolutely, our hope is that this will become the heart of a training program for nuclear engineers and also for the tradespeople and technologists that will feed this industry.

Science and Research committee  We don't have a direct relationship, but, for example, there was a benefit to being part of a workshop sponsored by the Canadian Nuclear Association, chaired by one of Ken's leaders, the VP of new nuclear, on workforce development. That was very pan-Canadian and included all sect

Science and Research committee  That is the feasibility study, the launch of which we have just announced. We're at the very beginning of that, but I think it's a very important step for the country to look at us as a model for community deployment. If we're going to realize the value of SMRs in remote communit

Science and Research committee  The feasibility study for our deployment will run for about 18 months, and that will answer some of these general questions. The most important question it will answer will be on the pathway to a campus deployment or a near-campus deployment for the university, which will let us

Science and Research committee  I will start and then, if you don't mind, I will ask Dr. Novog to add in. Fundamentally, generation of electricity through turbines is achieved by boiling water and making steam. That's true. Having a very clean, reliable, secure source of energy through SMRs to do that is an i

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good evening and thank you all so much for the invitation. It's an honour to appear here. McMaster is Canada's nuclear university. It's home to the McMaster nuclear reactor, which is the largest research reactor in the country. Our reactor is not a small