November 2023

Nuclear Reactors 1294 - Ontario Power Generation Is Working On Construction Of Four Small Modular Reactors At Its Darlington Site

     Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will construct and operate four small modular reactors (SMRs) at its Darlington site. It is estimated that these SMRs will contribute about eleven billion dollars to Canada’s GDP. This will include about one billion dollars to Ontario’s GDP. The SMRs will create and sustain two thousand jobs every year in Canada over the next sixty-five years.

Nuclear Reactors 1293 - The European Council Is Working On Reforming Their Electricity Market Design

     Following months of negotiations, the European Council (EC) has reached an agreement on a proposal to amend the European Union (EU) electricity market design. They agreed to include existing nuclear plants in the reform. The agreement could result in France dropping a scheme forcing state-controlled utility EDF to sell part of its nuclear energy production to competitors below market-level prices.

Nuclear Reactors 1292 - The Canadian Government Is Working With Provinces To Switch From Coal Power Plants To Nuclear Power Plants

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     The Government of Canada has announced about fifteen million dollars in federal funding to support the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to help enable a phase out-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030. The funding includes five million dollars for a small modular reactor (SMR) at Point Lepreau in New Brunswick.

Nuclear Weapons 835 - U.S. National Laboratories Are Building A Machine Called Scorpius To Help Improve Computer Models Of Nuclear Materials - Part 2 of 2 Parts

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Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
     One of the major questions that will be answered by Scorpius is how effective the plutonium in the U.S. nuclear stockpile may prove to be, given its age.

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