Rendering of a potential Moltex SMR site. Image: submitted.
The Moltex Clean Energy small modular reactor (SMR) should be installed and operational by the early 2030s, the company said in a virtual update Monday.
The Moltex “Stable Salt Reactor – Wasteburner (SSR-W)” is a small nuclear reactor being developing with NB Power. It will be installed at Point Lepreau and is expected to bring carbon-free electricity by the early 2030s.
Moltex Clean Energy announced their concept design of the SSR-W has been finalized with the engineering design in progress. The first phase of the Vendor Design Review is being finalized with phase two and licensing preparations underway.
April 5, 2021 – Small modular reactor developer Moltex Energy has received $50.5 million from Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) to advance its project to design and commercialize a molten salt reactor and spent fuel recycling facility.
Meantime, through its Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability (CCNS), Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has joined forces with Moltex, and is providing $1 million in funding to help the company demonstrate the technical viability of its process for recycling used CANDU fuel.
Moltex plans to build the world’s first 300-MW Stable Salt Reactor-Wasteburner (SSR-W) and WAste-to-Stable-Salt (WATSS) facility at the Point Lepreau Generating Station site in Saint John, N.B., and provide electricity to the grid by the early 2030s.
We asked our readers to send in their favourite jokes. Thanks to all those who contributed. These are the publishable ones
A polar bear goes to see a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist peers at him over the desk and says: âWell, the good news is, youâre not bipolar.â â
Anthony Moore
âI didnât see you at camouflage practice early this morning, Corporal Ryan!â âThank you, sir!â â
Thomas Devlin
My mother advised me to put on a fresh pair of socks every day during the winter months. After only four days I couldnât fit into my shoes. â
Sean Begley
A couple are having marital difficulties, and the wife suggests they see a marriage counsellor. At their first session the counsellor asks the couple to explain to each other how they feel about their marriage. The wife says: âWe are at a crossroads. To the left is bitterness, resentment, divorce and a life of unhappiness. To the right is reconciliation, love and lif