![]() Read the Small Modular Reactor Roadmap report (PDF, 7.7MB). The Roadmap marked the beginning of Canada's plan to lead the world in this game changing technology. The Action Plan builds on the momentum of Canada's SMR Roadmap, which convened Team Canada to chart a vision for this emerging area of nuclear innovation. Collectively, these chapters demonstrate the breadth of engagement on SMRs across the country and outline the depth of progress and ongoing efforts. The Action Plan is the result of a pan-Canadian effort bringing together key enablers from across Canada, which we call “Team Canada” – the federal government, provinces and territories, Indigenous Peoples and communities, power utilities, industry, innovators, laboratories, academia, and civil society.Įach of these key enablers has contributed a chapter to the Action Plan, describing a concrete set of actions they are taking to seize the SMR opportunity for Canada. Department of Energy (DOE) approved Part I of Holtec International’s loan application for building small modular reactors (SMRs) and invited the company to apply for a federal loan to help build four SMR-160s and to expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to build the first wave of nuclear reactors in large numbers. Canada’s SMR Action Plan brings together essential enabling partners, leveraging their strengths to lock-in these benefits and lead the world on SMRs. SMRs are a promising new technology that could unlock a range of benefits: economic, geopolitical, social, and environmental. Learn more and get involved: SMRActionPlan.ca About the Action PlanĬanada's Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Action Plan is Canada's plan for the development, demonstration and deployment of SMRs for multiple applications at home and abroad. ![]() Now, Canada’s SMR Action Plan brings together over 100 partners from across the country to turn our SMR Roadmap into reality In 2018, a pan-Canadian team developed a path for success through Canada’s SMR Roadmap. ![]() They're factory constructed, meaning lower up-front costs, easier assembly, and more flexible applications on- and off-grid. SMRs produce reliable carbon-free electricity 24-7. And help reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are an emerging non-emitting energy technology Indian engineers further improvised the design to increase the power generation capacity to 540 MWe, and two such reactors were made operational at Tarapur in Maharashtra.įurther optimisations were carried out to upgrade the capacity to 700 MWe.CANADA’S SMALL MODULAR REACTOR ACTION PLAN VIDEO SCRIPT The second reactor had to be built with significant domestic components as Canada withdrew support following India's peaceful nuclear tests in 1974.Īs many as 14 PHWRS of 220 MW each with standardised design and improved safety measures were built by India over the years. India's first pair of PHWRs of 220 MW each were set up at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan in the 1960s with Canadian support. The PHWRs, which use natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as moderator, have emerged as the mainstay of India's nuclear power programme. ![]() One 700 MW reactor at Kakrapar in Gujarat was connected to the grid on January 10 last year, but it is yet to start commercial operations. Under the fleet mode, a nuclear power plant is expected to be built over a period of five years from the first pour of concrete.Ĭurrently, India operates 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6780 MW in operation. It was for the first time that the government had approved building 10 nuclear power reactors in one go with an aim to reduce costs and speed up construction time.īulk procurement was underway for the fleet mode projects with purchase orders placed for forgings for steam generators, SS 304L lattice tubes and plates for end shields, pressuriser forgings, bleed condensers forgings, incoloy-800 tubes for 40 steam generators, reactor headers, DAE officials said.Įngineering, procurement and construction package for turbine island has been awarded for Gorakhpur units three and four and Kaiga units five and six, they added.
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