Westinghouse and the North Shore Mi'kmaq Tribal Council have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the selection and deployment of Westinghouse technology for nuclear new build projects in New Brunswick.

The USD525 million acquisition of the Canadian nuclear services company Kinetrics "creates a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end lifecycle services for customers in the small modular reactor and traditional large-scale nuclear reactor markets".

Ontario Power Generation's Pickering Unit 4 was permanently shut down as planned at the end of 2024.

Framatome has been contracted by Bruce Power to upgrade the instrumentation and control systems at units 5, 7 and 8 of the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario.

Westinghouse Electric Company and Canadian construction company Aecon have announced the signing of two agreements, creating a collaborative framework for the development and deployment of advanced nuclear new-build projects in Canada and around the world.

The more than CAD1 billion (USD700 million) in purchase orders issued by Candu Energy to 350-plus companies this year highlights the strength of the homegrown Candu supply chain which is perfectly suited to a new build of Candu MONARK reactors, according to the company.

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.