The study by Kinectrics and FuelCell Energy, supported by Bruce Power, will explore the potential of using nuclear-generated electricity to produce hydrogen and is one of six projects selected to receive a share of the first CAD7.5 million (USD5.5 million) of funding from the Ontario government's new Hydrogen Innovation Fund.

The strategy for radioactive waste other than used nuclear fuel will see Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization take responsibility for the disposal of intermediate-level waste and non-fuel high-level waste in a deep geological repository. Low-level waste will be disposed of in near-surface disposal facilities.

Laurentis Energy Partners and Nuclearelectrica are to collaborate on the production of medical isotopes at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant and explore the possibility of heavy water production in Romania.

The North Shore Mi'kmaq Tribal Council and its seven First Nation member communities are making financial investments in small modular reactor developers Moltex Energy Canada Inc and ARC Clean Technology Canada Inc under historic equity agreements.

A new joint report from World Nuclear Association, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Canadian Nuclear Association proposes regulatory steps which can be taken to minimise the time and cost for large-scale deployment of a fleet of standardised reactor designs that are acceptable in multiple countries around the world.

The Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson has announced CAD3 billion (USD2.2 billion) of export financing to Nuclearelectrica to support the building of two CANDU-6 reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania.

The first batch of uranium mined at the Eastern Mining and Enrichment Plant in Ukraine has been sent to Canada where it will be converted into natural uranium hexafluoride as part of the company's agreement with Cameco.

Unit 6 at the site in Ontario was declared commercially operational on 14 September - 39 years to the day after it was first declared in service on 14 September 1984.

The unit has been reconnected to Ontario's grid following a successful Major Component Replacement that was completed ahead of schedule and on budget.

In what it describes as an "unplanned event", the company has revised downwards this year's expected production for its Canadian uranium mining operations, citing equipment reliability issues at Cigar Lake and continued uncertainty over planned production at Key Lake as it ramps up after a lengthy period in care and maintenance.

Saskatchewan's Crown Investments Corporation is providing CAD479,000 (USD352,296) to the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association and its partners to prepare local companies for their future participation in provincial, national and global small modular reactor development.

Ontario Power Generation has launched a new public education campaign that uses the power of movies to tackle misperceptions of nuclear power.