Craig Hotrum
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Craig Hotrum
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Nuclear professional, Licensed Control Room Shift Supervisor (SRO). Operations lead for station projects. All views are my own. RT not endorsement.
In my opinion, there will be continued Federal support as well as provincial support. There are currently two other provincial jurisdictions beyond Ontario where expansion is likely and SMR and Nuclear was identified as a priority area for the Canadian federal government for fast tracking approvals.
August 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Reposted by Craig Hotrum
Interestingly, for Ontario, the best looking package of all is a nuclear and solar combo, where ~20GW nuclear, 10GW solar, and 6GW of 12hr storage be a quite reasonable package.
For no nuclear, we are looking like 40GW PV+80GW wind+101hrs (1.57TWh) of storage.
December 27, 2024 at 1:30 PM
It can only help as it strengthens both the supply chain and the engineering expertise required to advance such projects. Remember at the end of the day it's all about the people and how you develop them.
December 13, 2024 at 10:06 PM
These announcements are about supply chain and export business. We have now secured agreements for BWRX300, AP1000 and obviously CANDU for out of the country builds. What we build for large Nuclear hasn't been decided and Monark has natural advantages.
December 10, 2024 at 5:33 PM
I wouldn't give up on the Monark yet.
December 10, 2024 at 4:37 PM
This demonstrates Westinghouse’s deep commitment to Canada’s economy by securing work for Canadian firms and trade unions For each AP1000 unit that is built outside of Canada, Westinghouse could generate almost $1 billion of Canadian dollars in gross domestic product (GDP) through local suppliers.
December 10, 2024 at 4:35 PM