SaskPower and province to research large-scale nuclear reactors
CBC
Plans are already underway to evaluate the possibility of large nuclear reactors being developed in Saskatchewan, the provincial government announced Wednesday.
Work on developing small modular reactors (SMRs) will also continue, according to the province.
At a news conference, Jeremy Harrison, Minister for SaskPower, said the process for selecting a large nuclear site will be collaborative with site selection for SMRs.
SaskPower’s first small modular reactor (SMR) project is expected to begin later this year near Estevan.
“We have been working in a less formal context as a part of that energy security strategy, looking at large-scale nuclear, but today we are formally initiating that technology selection process,” Harrison said.
“It’s a process that takes time and we estimate that from the point of a large-scale nuclear decision, it can take up to 15 years or longer, which is much too long … But that means we need to start now.”
The reactors would be powered by uranium sourced in Saskatchewan.
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