At its height, the nuclear refurbishment at the Bruce power plant on the east shore of Lake Huron was the biggest capital infrastructure project in Canada. It generated 3,000 jobs, mostly in the building and construction trades, at a time…
Category: Ontario Power Generation
Why are Ontario electricity carbon emissions so low? Introducing the CIPK: the most important number in clean electricity
What is the most important number in clean electricity? It is the carbon intensity per kilowatt-hour (CIPK): the total amount of carbon dioxide, or CO2, in metric tons, emitted by the emitting generators feeding the grid, divided by the total…
Atomic Energy Canada: the biggest applied R&D payoff in Canada’s history
In the wake of last week’s federal budget, Canadian newspapers have been publishing a lot of material on the current government’s approach to research and development funding. I am a professional practitioner in this space: over the past half decade…
Darlington nuclear refurbishment: the hard crossing of the big water
France’s mass transportation system, based on electric-powered urban and national rail—the Paris metro and the Train Grande Vitesse (TGV) being the most spectacular examples—is the model the whole world should emulate. If you’ve never had the pleasure to ride the…
Nuclear jobs in Ontario: innovative federal budget hints at solution to ageing workforce
The skilled worker shortage that plagues important trades in Ontario could be addressed at least in part if a new federal job skills measure—apparently introduced in today’s federal budget—works out the way it has been reported. Early reports indicate that…