Science and Research committee  Absolutely. I'm a big fan of environmental assessments. I don't want to cut corners, but seven years for the Bruce Power environmental assessment was just way too long for a site that has been studied beyond anything that anyone could possibly ever do more. I was literally, just

Science and Research committee  I'd be happy to. We use a form of fuel called TRISO fuel. The beauty of this fuel is that it's been called, as I said in my opening remarks, “the most robust fuel on earth”. If you'll let me geek out for a moment, I'll tell you a bit about it. We take a poppy seed-sized kernel

Science and Research committee  Yes.

Science and Research committee  I do.

Science and Research committee  Renewables can only get us part of the way there. They're really ideally suited for electricity generation. The beauty of advanced small modular reactors is that they can do more than just electricity generation. They can replace the steam generators in the oil sands. They can re

Science and Research committee  Right now, we're seeing a lot of developers building in the U.S. as opposed to Canada because of their recognition of nuclear energy as a clean energy option. If we were to develop a moon shot program around advanced small modular reactors, we would give public recognition to adv

Science and Research committee  Yes.

Science and Research committee  The U.S. is a great example of what can happen when a government stands behind their technology. For instance, X-energy was provided with $1.2 billion to develop and deploy our Xe-100. What I think makes the government backing of a technology successful is that it's more saleable

Science and Research committee  Would you like that in written form?

Science and Research committee  Thank you. We're going to need everything. We're going to need every form of technology—renewables, non-renewables and anything that's not emitting. The beauty of advanced small modular reactors is that they can pair with renewables. They can load-follow up and down to meet fluc

Science and Research committee  That's correct.

Science and Research committee  Thank you. I'd like to begin by asking you all to imagine what a net-zero Canada would look like. In our vision, the transportation sector is powered by non-emitting electricity and GHG-free hydrogen; northern communities, especially remote communities, have 24-7 access to affo