Inclusion of nuclear in the clean energy investment tax credit and making it eligible for a range of other tax incentives show the Government of Canada's "clear and strong" support for nuclear's indispensable role in the clean energy transition, according to the Canadian Nuclear Association.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden have pledged to coordinate efforts to develop secure and reliable nuclear fuel supply chains in North America and build partnerships to help ensure access to low-enriched uranium. They will launch a one-year task force to accelerate cooperation on critical clean energy opportunities and supply chains, and Canada is to join a US-led programme to support small modular reactors.

The Canada Revenue Agency has issued revised reassessments that will result in the Canadian company being refunded a total of some CAD300 million (USD219 million) - CAD89 million in cash and CAD211 million in letters of credit - but the company's broader tax dispute with the CRA continues.

ARC Clean Technology Canada, Inc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Alberta's Invest Alberta Corporation to jointly pursue activities to support commercialisation of ARC's ARC-100 small modular reactor technology in the province.

Cambridge, Ontario-based nuclear engineering firm BWX Technologies has been contracted by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to provide engineering analysis, design support, manufacturing and procurement preparations for the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the BWRX-300 small modular reactor.

Energoatom and Cameco have signed agreements covering the supply of Ukrainian uranium and the production of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants in Ukraine.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has completed a combined Phases 1 and 2 vendor design review of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 small modular reactor. The regulator said that no fundamental barriers to licensing were identified during the review.

Canadian-German nuclear technology company Dual Fluid has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian research centre TRIUMF to advance the development of a small modular reactor based on Dual Fluid technology.

A two-year USD65 million agreement will see Candu Energy, part of SNC-Lavalin Group, conduct pre-project work for the lifetime extension of unit 1 of Romanian nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica's Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

Bruce unit 3 has officially begun its Major Component Replacement outage. The Candu unit was removed from service on 1 March and is scheduled to come back online in 2026.

The USA's Department of Energy, the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency have pledged to develop "their long-standing collaboration on the successful decommissioning and remediation of legacy nuclear sites".

The Canadian government has launched a programme to support the commercial development of small modular reactors, providing CAD29.6 million (USD21.8 million) of funding over four years to develop supply chains for SMR manufacturing and fuel supply and security, and to fund research on safe SMR waste management solutions.