Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan Tina Beaudry-Mellor announced on Tuesday $11.6 million in new funding over the next five years for the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) should learn from the legacy of the NASA commercial orbital transportation services (COTS) programme to return the USA to a leadership role in nuclear energy, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) says in a report issued today.

'Alberta's always been a place where people are open to ideas,' says nuclear association director.

The International Energy Agency’s recent workshop Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System was "extremely timely and important" because "time is of the essence if we are to successfully decarbonise our economies", Jean-Bernard Lévy, CEO of EDF, said in a special address to participants in the meeting. The following is the text of his speech on 25 February.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is getting closer to choosing a site for a Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) to store spent nuclear fuel.

With most of Saskatchewan's coal power fleet set to close, a new option is being considered - small modular reactors.