The Township of Ignace in north-western Ontario has become the first community to confirm its willingness to move forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel.

Ontario Power Generation's new Sustainable Finance Framework replaces its 2021 Green Bond Framework and will permit funding of a broader range of clean energy technologies. It now allows net proceeds from the bond to be used for new nuclear projects as well as to provide funding for existing nuclear facilities.

Construction of a four-unit Candu Monark plant would boost Canada's GDP by more than CAD90 billion (USD66 billion) and create thousands of jobs over the project's lifetime - and each unit built overseas would have a GDP impact of CAD4.8 billion. So says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada.

Australia-headquartered Paladin Energy Limited is to acquire Canadian uranium project developer Fission Uranium Corp in a transaction the companies say will create a "globally significant uranium company" listed on Australian and Canadian stock exchanges and will help advance Fission's Patterson Lake South project towards production.

Saskatchewan Power Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Company and Cameco Corporation will evaluate the potential deployment of Westinghouse nuclear reactor technology - and a Saskatchewan-based nuclear supply chain - for Saskatchewan’s future clean power needs.

Canada’s national nuclear laboratory has unveiled its fusion roadmap report and announced plans to expand two of its flagship clean energy programmes encompass fusion technologies and accelerate fusion deployment in Canada.

Newly appointed Minister of Energy and Electrification Stephen Lecce visited Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear site to mark the completion of the first phase of site preparation for the province's first small modular reactor and recent trade missions to Romania and France.

Romania's Nuclearelectrica and Canadian Nuclear Partners have signed a long-term framework agreement to provide project management services for the refurbishment of Cernavoda nuclear power plant's unit 1.

Westinghouse has opened a new global engineering hub in Kitchener, Ontario, to support its growing Candu and global new-build business. Canada is now the third largest engineering centre for the AP1000.

Ontario Power Generation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Stellarex Inc to explore the development and deployment of fusion energy in Ontario which will see them work together to identify potential future siting and deployment of a stellarator fusion energy device in the province.

A test programme at the Midwest uranium project in Saskatchewan has validated that the Midwest Main deposit possesses the characteristics necessary for an in-situ leach operation, Denison Mines Corp has announced.

SaskPower has identified two potential sites for Saskatchewan's first small modular reactor to begin detailed site analysis ahead of a final site selection in 2025. Both sites are in the Estevan area in the south-east of the province.