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Ontario set to begin construction of Canada’s first mini nuclear power plant

Premier Doug Ford’s government has given Ontario Power Generation the green light to start construction on Canada’s first small modular reactor, a new nuclear energy technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant.  The small modular reactor (SMR) would provide 300 megawatts of power, enough electricity to …

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Trump wants U.S. control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants. How would that work, exactly?

U.S. President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows with his suggestion that American interests could somehow take control of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power station, which has been occupied by Russian forces for the past three years. How this would work and the likelihood of wresting the Zaporizhzhia plant from Russia’s hands are among the many questions raised by Trump’s proposal, which …

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Cutting off oil is Canada’s nuclear option. What would it mean if it happens?

In Canada’s arsenal of possible responses to a Trump tariff, the nuclear option is the threat to withhold, reduce or place export tariffs on Canadian energy. Already, the mere suggestion of such a tactic has caused a split between the government of Alberta, on one side, and the governments of …

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Nuclear ballistic missile: ਭਾਰਤ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਪਰਮਾਣੂ ਪਣਡੁੱਬੀ ਤੋਂ K-4 ਬੈਲਿਸਟਿਕ ਮਿਜ਼ਾਈਲ ਦੀ ਅਜ਼ਮਾਇਸ਼

ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ, 28 ਨਵੰਬਰ Nuclear ballistic missile: ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਲ ਸੈਨਾ ਨੇ ਨਵੀਂ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਪਰਮਾਣੂ ਪਣਡੁੱਬੀ ਆਈਐਨਐਸ ਅਰਿਘਾਤ (nuclear submarine INS Arighaat) ਤੋਂ 3,500 ਕਿਲੋਮੀਟਰ  ਤੱਕ ਮਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਸਮਰੱਥ K-4 ਬੈਲਿਸਟਿਕ ਮਿਜ਼ਾਈਲ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਖਣ ਕੀਤਾ। ਰੱਖਿਆ ਸੂਤਰਾਂ ਮੁਤਾਬਕ ਪ੍ਰੀਖਣ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਲੇਸ਼ਣ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ …

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Russia’s Putin signs updated doctrine that lowers threshold for using nuclear weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any country that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country. Putin’s endorsement of the new nuclear deterrent policy comes on the 1,000th day …

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Microsoft, Google and Amazon turn to nuclear energy to fuel the AI boom

The Current24:10AI needs a lot of power. So Google’s going nuclear Big tech companies are scrambling to secure nuclear energy deals worth billions of dollars in order to meet the growing demands of generative artificial intelligence (AI) — but critics say they need to rethink that and slow down. “Tech …

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant employee killed in bomb attack, Russia says

An employee at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was killed on Friday morning in a car bomb attack, Russian investigators said, in an attack the plant blamed on Ukraine. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes, said the employee, Andrei Korotkiy, died after a bomb planted …

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Ontario town to decide whether it’s willing to host a nuclear waste repository

A northwestern Ontario town is set to decide today whether it is willing to become the site of a deep geological repository for Canada’s nuclear waste. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization plans to decide this year where millions of bundles of used nuclear fuel will be placed in a network of underground …

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Nuclear reactor at Hamilton’s McMaster University relicensed for 20 more years

An unprecedented licence extension for McMaster’s Nuclear Reactor (MNR) means the facility can operate for at least another two decades in Hamilton, Ont. The 20-year renewal granted by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission means the operation has regulatory certainty to continue local production of medical isotopes, which are used to …

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Alberta, Saskatchewan sign agreement to share nuclear energy information

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 2, 2024 12:57 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan and Alberta have agreed to share information about nuclear power generation. The governments of the two provinces have signed a memorandum of understanding to keep each other …

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