Seven hundred professional engineers are taking strike action after negotiations with employer Candu 抖阴传媒在线 broke down over a dispute centred on the increasing use of contractors.
After four years out of service, New Brunswick Power's Point Lepreau nuclear power plant is entering the final phases of its restart program with regulatory approval to increase power up to 35%.
Canada's environment minister has approved the environmental assessment听for the Midwest uranium project in Saskatchewan.
Canadian nuclear regulators have issued a site preparation licence for proposed new reactors at the Darlington site in Ontario. It is the first such licence to be issued in Canada in a quarter of a century.
Candu 抖阴传媒在线 has signed an agreement with three China National Nuclear Corporation subsidiaries to expand their cooperation in the development of thorium and recycled uranium听as alternative fuels for new Candu reactors.
Westinghouse will prepare detailed construction plans and cost estimates for two potential AP1000 reactors at Ontario Power Generation's听Darlington site.
Bruce A's unit 1 can restart following refurbishment, Canadian nuclear regulators have ruled. The reactor has been out of service since 1997._48.jpg "K9 for Candu (SPEA)_48")
Nuclear regulators in the USA and Canada are investigating an incident at a Canadian uranium refinery when the lid of a drum containing uranium oxide from a plant in the USA blew off, leading to the exposure of three workers to airborne uranium.
Cameco now owns over two-thirds of the Millennium uranium project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin following the completion of its purchase of Areva Resources Canada's 27.94% interest.
The听long-awaited return to service of the refurbished unit 2 of the Bruce A nuclear power plant in Ontario, Canada, has been delayed due to damage in an electrical generator on the non-nuclear side of the plant.