In 2018, Canada published a strategic plan – a roadmap – to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) across the country. An SMR is one designed to generate 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity or less, compared to Canada’s existing CANDU power reactors which generate 500 MW or more.
According to the “SMR Roadmap,” the first demonstration SMR was expected to be operating in 2026. In this milestone year, our report analyzes the financial and developmental status of the 10 SMR designs with some kind of presence in Canada.
The report, published by the CEDAR project, was launched during a webinar on March 18, 2026 hosted by Nuclear Transparency Watch in Paris and co-hosted by the Sustainability Learning Lab at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
The video of the webinar will be published by the NB Media Co-op, CEDAR project partner. If you watch it from this page you will avoid the ads.
We were asked to share the webinar chat. It’s HERE.
We will post Ramana’s slides soon. Check back later, thanks.