Under a memorandum of understanding with Westinghouse, BWXT Canada has the potential to manufacture key AP1000 and AP300 reactor components, including steam generators, reactor vessels, pressure vessels and heat exchangers.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has signed a letter of understanding with Canada's government-to-government contracting agency Canadian Commercial Corporation to collaborate on the pursuit of international commercial opportunities for Canada's nuclear sector.

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced it has received a letter of intent from Export Development Canada, for up to CAD2.02 billion (USD1.45 billion) to potentially support Poland's first nuclear power plant project.

Kinectrics Inc will continue to support Bruce Power's reactor operations, life extension programme and radioisotope production activities under a CAD2.5 billion (USD3.2 billion), 10-year agreement. Meanwhile, a new process data reconciliation/data validation and reconciliation system is improving the output of the Bruce nuclear power plants.

The provincial government has told Ontario Power Generation to begin discussions to determine community support for all types of new energy generation, including nuclear, at three sites in the southern part of the province.

Denison Mines Corp has filed its final Environmental Impact Statement for the Wheeler River uranium project with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission following completion of the federal technical review. The company has also agreed to form three uranium exploration joint ventures in the eastern Athabasca Basin.

Fourteen years after beginning its consent-based siting process, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace have been selected as the host communities for Canada's proposed deep geological repository.

Members of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation in northwestern Ontario have expressed their support for moving forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada's nuclear fuel.

Refurbishment activities have been completed five months ahead of schedule at the third of four nuclear units to undergo the process at the Ontario Power Generation plant, which will soon be reconnected to the grid.

Nicolle Butcher is to become president and CEO of Ontario Power Generation from 1 January, the company has announced. Current President and CEO Ken Hartwick is to retire at the end of 2024 after nearly nine years with the company.

Ontario Minister of Energy and Electrification Stephen Lecce announced plans for a new hot cell facility to process medical radioisotopes during a visit to the plant which will enter its Major Component Replacement outage on 1 February. Meanwhile, Ontario's Green Party has passed a resolution reversing its blanket opposition to nuclear energy.

Bruce Power has set out its plans to expand production of medical radioisotopes in its Candu reactors. As well as increasing long-term lutetium-177 production capacity, the company also wants to explore the production of other isotopes using its proprietary system.