Bruce Power

Alberta was still building coal units 11 years ago. By 2023 it will be coal-free.

By 2023 Canada’s fourth-largest province will be fully transitioned from coal-fired electricity. It represents quite a shift, as coal represented more than half of Alberta’s fuel mix just eight years ago.

Four Canadian provinces release SMR strategy

Ontario, New Brunswick, Alberta and Saskatchewan released a strategic plan providing a path forward to advance small modular reactors (SMR) in the country.

SNC-Lavalin gets fuel channel inspection contract at Bruce Nuclear

Candu Energy Inc., under SNC-Lavalin Group, was awarded a three-and-a-half year, C$22 million ($17.32 million) contract to perform advanced non-destructive examination (ANDE) and associated maintenance of fuel channels for the CANDU heavy water reactors at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station. The ANDE tooling system performs ultrasonic inspections in a wet, defueled channel. It takes seven to eight hours to process each channel, according