Canada Looks to Build up to 10 New Nuclear Reactors, Sell More Candu Reactors Abroad

Canada Looks to Build up to 10 New Nuclear Reactors, Sell More Candu Reactors Abroad
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, in Pickering, Ont., is seen Jan. 12, 2020. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
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Canada is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years, sell Candu reactors to more countries and double uranium exports, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Monday as he released a new national strategy for nuclear power.

Hodgson called it a plan for a “new civilian nuclear renaissance” as the federal government looks to double the capacity of the electrical grid by 2050.