A provincially run facility that creates crucial materials used to detect cancer failed its latest Health Canada inspection after the regulator found the Winnipeg facility mishandled test results, didn’t follow proper sterility practices and inadequately trained workers.
“We found that small modular reactors will generate at least nine times more neutron-activated steel than conventional power plants. These radioactive materials have to be carefully managed prior to disposal, which will be expensive.” The study concluded that, overall, small modular designs were inferior to conventional reactors with respect to radioactive waste generation, management requirements,…
While a conventional nuclear reactor generates about 1,000 megawatts of energy, small modular nuclear reactors generate between 200 and 300 megawatts enough to power about 300,000 homes.