Increasing pressure to produce stable and reliable electricity, without GHG emissions has led to a serious attempt to transform Canada’s electrical grid. While no nuclear power plants have been built for quite a while in Canada, but now several provinces are looking to build nuclear reactors. For decades nuclear power has provided electricity for Canada without emitting CO2. Now with Canada having picked a site for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and improved construction times with Small Modular Reactors, many provinces are looking seriously at building nuclear power plants.

Speaker: Prof. Jason Donev is a tenured professor teaching Energy Science and Physics at the University of Calgary. He leads EnergyEducation.ca, the world’s largest and most widely used open-access energy resource for adults. Prof. Donev teaches courses on nuclear power, solar power, hydropower, thermodynamics, as well as a broad introductory course on energy systems. As a reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Prof. Donev works to help people understand nuclear power's role in providing reliable energy without emitting greenhouse gases. (Image courtesy of J. Donev)