The document discusses the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation. It notes that France generates the highest percentage of its electricity from nuclear power at 72%, while Canada generates around 15% of its total electricity from nuclear power plants located only in Ontario and New Brunswick. The amount of electricity generated from nuclear power in Canada is predicted to decrease from 2014 to 2040 as some nuclear plants require refurbishment. Small modular reactors are being developed as a potentially more scalable and portable nuclear technology that could provide electricity and desalinated water or steam for industrial uses. They may be in operation in Canada by the mid-to-late 2020s.
The document discusses the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation. It notes that France generates the highest percentage of its electricity from nuclear power at 72%, while Canada generates around 15% of its total electricity from nuclear power plants located only in Ontario and New Brunswick. The amount of electricity generated from nuclear power in Canada is predicted to decrease from 2014 to 2040 as some nuclear plants require refurbishment. Small modular reactors are being developed as a potentially more scalable and portable nuclear technology that could provide electricity and desalinated water or steam for industrial uses. They may be in operation in Canada by the mid-to-late 2020s.
The document discusses the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation. It notes that France generates the highest percentage of its electricity from nuclear power at 72%, while Canada generates around 15% of its total electricity from nuclear power plants located only in Ontario and New Brunswick. The amount of electricity generated from nuclear power in Canada is predicted to decrease from 2014 to 2040 as some nuclear plants require refurbishment. Small modular reactors are being developed as a potentially more scalable and portable nuclear technology that could provide electricity and desalinated water or steam for industrial uses. They may be in operation in Canada by the mid-to-late 2020s.
The document discusses the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation. It notes that France generates the highest percentage of its electricity from nuclear power at 72%, while Canada generates around 15% of its total electricity from nuclear power plants located only in Ontario and New Brunswick. The amount of electricity generated from nuclear power in Canada is predicted to decrease from 2014 to 2040 as some nuclear plants require refurbishment. Small modular reactors are being developed as a potentially more scalable and portable nuclear technology that could provide electricity and desalinated water or steam for industrial uses. They may be in operation in Canada by the mid-to-late 2020s.
Here, we're going to discuss the use of nuclear energy and specifically the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation. So, almost exclusively, the use of nuclear energy is for the generation of electricity. This map shows the amount of nuclear energy use which is essentially the same as the amount of electricity produced using nuclear energy. We see the United States produces the most, it's not the most as a fraction of how much energy it produced, how much electricity it produces in total, but in terms of gross numbers, it's the highest. France being number two, you see Canada is a little further down the list around number six. If we consider this as a percent of the total electricity produced in a country, we see that France is far and away the country that uses the highest percentage of their electricity being produced by nuclear energy, we see Canada is down around 15% or so. So, France at 72% is number one, and then there's a few countries, four countries that are around and over 50%, and then it drops off from there. So, as I mentioned, nuclear energy accounts for about 15% of the total electricity generation in Canada. This is, however, since the last nuclear plant closed in Quebec in 2012. This is only in two provinces, so it's 15% of the total, but it's only in Ontario and New Brunswick, where electricity is actually generated through nuclear power. In fact, between 2014 and 2040, the amount of electricity produced through nuclear power is predicted to decrease from about 100 terawatt hours down to 77 terawatt hours. Some of this is due to the fact that there needs to be refurbishment done to some of these nuclear units. So, it's scheduled during that period; afterwards it's not 100% clear what the electricity generation will be once these are refurbished. However, there are no nuclear units anticipated to be built in any province during that time period. Small Modular Reactors are SMR or SMRs are small, so both in power output and physical size, so you think in the kind of building blocks, which is why you think of them as modular as well, so you can put as many or as few together as you need for the uses. It's scalable and portable, so they're small both in physical size, but also in amount of power put more together you have bigger size, more power. So, this is what the small and modular is and, of course, the reactors. These use nuclear fission to produce energy for electricity. This hybrid system is also water desalination, or high quality steam for heavy industrial applications can be used from them as well. So, hybrid system that produces electricity, and also these other things. So, quoting from Canada's SMR action plan, "This technology has the potential for a range of applications. From grid-scale units that can provide non-emitting reliable electricity, to smaller units suitable for heavy industry, and powering remote communities. Several provinces are actively pursuing SMRs, and Canada's first SMR could be in operation as early as the mid-to late 2020s." So, this is something that could be promising, it would
without the permission of the owner. 1 be an advantage to some of the other for example, fossil fuel production also has some advantages over some of the drawbacks of hydro and also of large-scale reactors. So, summarizing this a little bit. The total amount of electricity generated from nuclear power is predicted to increase but not as much as the total amount of electricity produced will increase. So in the OECD countries, the total amount is staying fairly stable, but the fraction is decreasing. So, the total amount of energy produced is increasing and the total amount of nuclear energy is staying the same. So the fraction is decreasing. In other countries like China, India, for example, the amount of electricity generated through nuclear power is predicted to increase by quite a bit, and the total fraction of nuclear generation is predicted to decrease overall, however.