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Canada’s Nuclear Future: Can the Nation Become a Uranium Superpower?
14 Nov 2024 08:57 GMT
… Russian uranium for its commercial reactors. Canada’s reliable supply could … 100 nuclear plants have shut down worldwide, including Canada’s Gentilly-2 reactor … moratorium on uranium mining and nuclear power plants since 1980. The radioactive waste …
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Hydro-Quebec considering reopening nuclear power plant
10 Aug 2023 19:30 GMT
… is considering reopening the Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant in Bécancour.
The news … recommendation to close the Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant, in part because of … Plusieurs informations circulent actuellement concernant #Gentilly-2. Rappelons que la demande …
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Climate change part II: Nuclear ethics
08 Apr 2024 15:14 GMT
… Gentilly-2, a nuclear reactor that was operating in Quebec for economic purposes. Nuclear reactors … the amount of energy nuclear power plants produce, nuclear is seen as … of Nuclear Fission reactors. There are currently no nuclear fusion reactors operational …
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The Most Toxic Substance on Earth – and the Tiny Town Volunteering to Host It
13 Jan 2025 19:01 GMT
… , were operating some 438 nuclear power plants to generate electricity, all … currently has nineteen operating nuclear reactors, located in just two … . (One plant, at Gentilly in Quebec, was shut … , home of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, where an earlier …
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Quebec will take a fresh look at nuclear energy: Canadian Nuclear Association
07 Mar 2024 20:52 GMT
… , according to the Canadian nuclear industry, which just wrapped … recent history.
The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) held its … Thursday, Gorman said that nuclear power is enjoying a … modular reactors, new technology or the refurbishment of Gentilly-2, …
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Hydro-Québec to keep studying nuclear energy: CEO
30 Nov 2023 23:08 GMT
… of the mothballed Gentilly-2 nuclear facility, chief executive … to continue to study” nuclear energy, Sabia told … So-called small modular nuclear reactors, which produce large quantities … -Québec considers reopening Gentilly-2 nuclear power station
“We have to …
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'For now, we're not touching it': Quebec premier closes door on nuclear power
20 Sep 2023 00:27 GMT
… and building new ones.
"Nuclear power is not on the … premier seemed open to the nuclear question some time ago. In … had raised the idea of nuclear power in front of … the possibility of reopening the Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant, which has been closed …
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Here We Go Again: Ontario’s Reckless Nuclear Gamble
23 Aug 2023 03:34 GMT
… convened and the proposed power plants were never built. Peak … approval of new gas power plants, and we all … reopening the 675-megawatt Gentilly-2 nuclear reactor near Trois-Rivières, … a multi-billion-dollar nuclear power plant prototype.
History continues to …
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Quebec mulls relaunching nuclear plant as power demand grows
15 Aug 2023 02:08 GMT
… crisis effects on new nuclear power stations
Fitzgibbon said according to … viable.
Established in 1983, Gentilly-2 NPP was closed down … 39;s electricity, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) boosted … s nuclear power era to end as last 3 reactors set …
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Quebec government says it is open to studying whether to restart nuclear reactor
14 Aug 2023 21:14 GMT
… province's only nuclear power plant.
Fitzgibbon was reacting to … looking into restarting the Gentilly-2 reactor in Bécancour, Que., … , the provincial government closed Gentilly-2, located on the … sources available, which include nuclear, but we are far …