Canada’s national nuclear laboratory announces plans to add nearly two hundred research personnel to support growing demand for nuclear science and technology

Chalk River, ON, October 17, 2017 – Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, announced today that it has released a summary report to its Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) on small modular reactors. This initiative yielded responses from 80 organizations around the world, including 19 expressions of interest in siting a prototype or demonstration reactor at a CNL campus. CNL launched the RFEOI this summer to gather feedback and initiate a conversation on the potential for an SMR industry in Canada, and the role CNL can play in bringing SMR technology to market.

Chalk River, ON, October 05, 2017 – Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, welcomed Chuck Commanda, a Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation Master Canoe Builder to CNL to display a traditional birch bark canoe that was built using materials harvested from its Chalk River Laboratories site. Chuck is raffling the 12 foot canoe to raise money in support of Kijicho Manito Algonquin Nation, a nearby First Nations community.

Fredericton, NB, September 25, 2017 – Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, announced today that it will establish a new cyber security research facility at Knowledge Park in Fredericton, NB, joining a growing list of companies that are transforming the province into a cyber security research and innovation hub in Canada. CNL’s President and CEO, Mark Lesinski, made the announcement during an economic development event at the University of New Brunswick alongside Deputy Premier Stephen Horsman, from the Government of New Brunswick.