How many nukes SaskPower is looking at, and switching from coal to natural gas

Climate Cult youmightbeinsaskatchewan 4 Comments

SaskPower president and CEO Rupen Pandya was in Estevan on Monday, and there’s a lot to unpack from that. He told city council how many reactors are being considered at Estevan and Elbow (SaskPower is currently planning for their first 2). And converting Estevan area power stations to natural gas could allow us to test carbon capture on natural gas exhaust. But that would mean the end of coal at Estevan.

4 Replies to “How many nukes SaskPower is looking at, and switching from coal to natural gas”

  1. I hope that they can build and operate these new modular nuclear power plants in Canada. If successful, you will have lots of good stable upper middle class jobs for engineers and maintenance workers created by these nuclear power plants.

    1. Your hopes are likely to be sustained. Look here.
      https://nuclearinnovationalliance.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/ANRT-Company-Compendium.pdf

      It’s filled with major Canadian companies operating in both Canada and the United States. Only time will tell, but the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor will likely be the first of the new generaton of small modular reactors to complete the licencing process through the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for application by OPG to build in Ontario at the Darlington site.

      Having completed the first of two phases of CNSC approval, there are at this time no regulatory barriers to carrying it forward. It meets all Canadian safety requirements. And because Saskatchewan and Alberta are major partners in this project, it is expected that a significant part of the manufacturing and maintenance base will be in those provinces.

      Please note that because of the current ongoing work on refurbishment and life extension of all of Ontario’s CANDU reactors, Canada retains a large industrial base capable and certified to perform nuclear work. Most of it is in Ontario, but there are elements of it in Quebec, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan.

  2. Stick with the coal and nuclear and forget the carbon capture fraud. This pitiful federal government hasn’t long to go.

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