Why Canada Is (Politely) Beating The US On Nuclear Power

you forgot mention the huge cost of heavy water in the candu

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Could we put one of these reactors in a home grown nuclear powered submarine for our Royal Canadian Navy? If yes then let’s get on with it.

How much are advantage of the can do reactor is fuel flexibility I can take thorium fuel as well as American used fuel. Nuclear should be used in Alberta for oil sands development how to replacement of coal fired power plants process heat can be used as well. Using natural gases expensive the long-term natural gas supply in Canada is not assured

I would like to ask an honest question as someone who has no vested interest in any side of the argument:

Why is nuclear energy presented as being ‘clean’ energy when the end result is nuclear waste that we can do nothing with aside from burying in a hole somewhere?

There is a growing global stockpile of nuclear waste - definitely not something that by any metric could be considered ‘clean’.

While claims of newer, more efficient technology is being developed, the reality of it likely being the costlier option means it likely won’t be the option that gets implemented.

While there may not be air pollution coming out of a nuclear facility, the nuclear waste remains a huge, ignored problem that isn’t being discussed.

Rating the nuclear share a 4 based purely on how much nuclear power is generated seems asinine and stupid. For several provinces Hydropower makes the bulk as you mentioned, why is it bad that alternative carbon neutral sources are used? What you SHOULD be rating is how much share of LNG and fossil fuels could be replaced by Nuclear.

Personally I think we should do district heating with nuclear

Polite??? Here, we give zero tabernacs...trust me, we're not as polite as it seems.

Where have all the insects gone?

As a Canadian I can say that if you are heating with electricity you are going broke. The only reason rural and remote areas heat with electricity is because the gas network does not reach them.

Hydroelectric is so common in Canada that in much of Canada people will call electricity "hydro", like "I have to pay my hydro bill" meaning paying the electricity bill.

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So have the smart folks figured out what to do with the radioactive spent fuel rods? Last I remember, no one wanted them buried in their back yard; certainly not the members of the indigenous / first nations.

As I understand it, Candu reactors are expensive to build compared to other designs. So while they have operational advantages, it takes a big hit on the wallet.

Canada should be cautious of relying on foreign corporations for power generation. We currently have no means to enrich fuel and would have to rely on foreign help, which can be stopped at a moments notice. CANDU doesn’t need enriched fuel and has worked well for 50 plus years.
CANDU technology has room for improvement as it has languished for 30 years since Darlington was built. Maybe it’s figurative wandering the desert will leave it ready for a renaissance.
The ever increasing needs of electrical power may benefit CANDU technology as it can produce base load power reliably and in large quantities. Let’s hope it is picked up by Alberta or BC for once instead of being almost exclusively Ontario based.

Wrong. As per Stats Canada, 25% of Canadians get their heating from Electricity.
The CANDU system is gone. Sold off by Govt. Years ago. Big part of that system is safety, non enriched uranium, which requires expensive Heavy Water to function.
Canada should go Natural Gas for further electricity plants.

Canada's biggest problem is the enviromentalist telling us carbon is a pollutant .

As a Canadian I feel obligated to distinguish this myth that we are friendly. There is passive aggressiveness beyond belief, Canadians are just mean in other ways.

The east? The west bc produces more hydro power than it could consume and exports power to the states as well.

Nova Scotia has uranium reserves similar to northern Saskatchewan, but mining it in the province is illegal

Energy is not a federal jurisdiction in Canada. All the individual provinces have their own plan on how they want their energy sector to work, with different regulations in each province. A Canadian nuclear plan doesn’t mean anything in that context. Quebec for example is fairly opposed to nuclear power and decommissioned its only nuclear power plant after fukushima

You say one thing and then say the opposite. Shitty video. 😊

I worked a single fuel channel replacement at OPG Darlington. Working on the face of the reactor was pretty cool

I would like to add that you are actually wrong, most people heat their houses with gas, I’m not sure how true it is but many people say that gas heating is better at dealing with the cold

Canada has NO enrichment technology. That means unlike with CANDU the fuel would need to be imported from the US or France.

God I hate capitalism. Government giving up its tech to industry. Ugh.

CANDU can do. One of the best nuclear power technologies available.

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The CANDU refurbs should get more credit. Instead of throwing away tens of GW of output, Darlington, Bruce, and now Pickering - are all being (or have been) refurbished. It is a wonderful thing and even though "expensive" up front, it is a great investment which will pay off for decades, both in power and medical isotopes. Thanks to those reactors, Ontario hasn't burned coal for over 10 years for power. Amazing. Looking forward to seeing more Canadian reactors built!

Canada is also a major contributor to the geniva hand book. It is in all of our best intrest that hey have a good supply of beer and the hocky season runs long.

the nuclear industry has been technologically stagnate since its inception. It was preferable to go all in on an inappropriate design method than spend money on a better one. The old method was meant for a submarine, not a national power grid. Burning off spent fuel should be a more primary concern than producing weapon's grade material.

Im Canadian, but ill say this without apologizing, too many ads.

Ontario has just announced 4 new plants on sites of old coal plants ... a full referb of Pickering & more... our power output needs to double in 50 years

American companies are corrupt and incompetent.

According to available information, Canada is widely considered to have the safest nuclear reactor safety record in the world, with many experts stating that their nuclear industry has an unmatched safety record compared to other countries.

Good on you Canada

Listen to this woke

Alberta is going to build SMRs to use in the oil sands to produce steam to extract oil and cause environmentalists to have a total mental breakdown.

$5000 says solars less then half the price then nuclear. so your stupid and shill for dangerous expensive tech why... dont you know it costs even way more in hundreds years future obligations of storage of the fuel... solar can be installed in theory and recycled 100% by robots in future will be 5x less .... 2 cents kwh in mexico solar... any new nuclears 10-15 cents kwh lol 4 x cost not 2x

It's disgusting how we keep voting in Aholes that keep selling off our infrastructure to the direct detriment to Canadian citizens.
Canada had a closed Nuclear Energy system, i.e. not needed any other countries products for any reason.
Canada has their own, incredibly safe, design with it's own fuel, all operated in Canada by Canadians.
Now they want to purchase a foreign design that will require foreign refined fuel.

Only cheaper to heat home and water with electricity in Quebec due to electricity generated by water sources aka dams. In all other provinces it's less expensive to use natural gas.

lot of good points but the part where electric heating is cheaper than natural gases is not accurate , atleast for the GTA

we have access to the best Uranium deposits... WE NEED TO BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

"I boil water for a living"

Absolutely loved that

I'm a Canadian and most (not all) of my homes both growing up and now where natural gas heated.... always an electric stove and oven though...

I'm disappointed. I thought they had been designing a new nuclear system. Candu is so old. And we could really contribute to reducing CO2. And they can make a fortune. Just don't sell any to countries in the ring of fire.

Uhmm? A rather discombobulated video that has left us quite confused! Best of luck!