Everyone invited • register for the zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o8BIIOUvQ2ONJR1nta65DQ#/registration
Host: Nuclear Transparency Watch • Paris, France
Co-host: Sustainability Learning Lab, St. Thomas University • Fredericton, NB, Canada
Speakers:
Susan O’Donnell, PhD • St. Thomas University
M.V. Ramana, PhD • University of British Columbia
Moderator:
Madis Vasser, PhD • Senior expert on SMRs for Friends of the Earth Estonia
An Assessment of SMR Projects: The Case of Canada
In 2018 Canadians were first introduced to a strategic plan coordinated by the federal government and several provinces to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) across the country.
In the eight years since then, the federal and provincial governments in Canada have spent more than $4.5 billion on SMR activities. No SMR is operating in Canada. Although an SMR is to be built at the Darlington site, so far concrete has not been poured into the ground, which marks the traditional start of reactor construction.
Our webinar will review SMR activities, briefly introduce the different SMR designs that have been considered, and discuss the different players engaged in and profiting from SMR activities and discussions.
Wednesday, March 18 at 1 PM EST (2 PM Atlantic) • Zoom registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o8BIIOUvQ2ONJR1nta65DQ#/registration
Susan O’Donnell is Adjunct Research Professor in the Sustainability and Environmental Studies Program and Primary Investigator of the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
M.V. Ramana is Professor; Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security; Director pro tem School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Everyone who registers will receive a link to the report by the same authors, to be published in March 2026 by the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University: “Eight years on the roadmap: Assessing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in Canada”