Feb 12, 2020
On February 12 2020, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited announced the completion of a multi-year campaign to move spent highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Canada to the United States at the International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS) in Vienna, Austria.
This multi-year effort beginning in 2015, moved HEU from two Canadian research reactors at Chalk River Laboratories in Chalk River, Ontario, to the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, was completed in 2019 – 12 months ahead of schedule. It is identified as the largest removal of used fuel to the United States ever completed under the Nuclear Material Removal Program.
The material was used in the National Research Universal (NRU) and National Research Experimental (NRX) reactors at Chalk River.
“This is another great example of AECL and the NNSA working together to advance our shared non-proliferation objectives and advance global nuclear security,” said Alastair MacDonald, Vice President, Decommissioning and Waste Management at AECL. “By partnering with the NNSA, we are effectively addressing our liabilities while achieving our joint commitments to HEU repatriation.”
“Our collaboration on this project has demonstrated, once again, that when the United States and Canada work together, we can make the world a safer place,” said Lisa E. Gordon Hagerty, DOE Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions were key partners and played a pivotal role in the success of the campaign.
NNSA Press release (available in English only) : https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/united-states-canada-announce-completion-spent-nuclear-fuel-shipping-campaign-icons
Apr 9, 2018
On May 10 2018, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) will hold a public meeting. The forum will provide an opportunity to learn about the company’s governance model – the Government-owned, Contractor-operated model – as well as its plans for the future.
Claude Lajeunesse, Chair of the AECL Board of Directors, and Richard Sexton, President and CEO, will present at this meeting and will be available to answer questions from the public.
The meeting will take place in Pinawa, Manitoba. For those who cannot attend in person, it will also be webcasted live on this website.
Date and time:
May 10, 2018
18:00 – 19:30 central daylight savings time; 19:00 – 20:30 eastern daylight savings time
Location:
W.B Lewis Business Centre
24 Aberdeen Avenue
Pinawa, Manitoba R0E 1L0
Members of the public who will be joining the meeting via webcasting are invited to provide questions in advance of the meeting via email at communications@aecl.ca. This mailbox will also be monitored for any questions received during the meeting. Best efforts will be made to answer questions received via email during the meeting within the allocated time; unanswered questions will be addressed in writing directly to requestors.
For more information, please contact:
communications@aecl.ca
1-888-220-2465
Apr 7, 2017
On May 8 2017, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) will hold a public meeting. The forum will provide an opportunity to learn about the company’s new governance model – the Government-owned, Contractor-operated model – as well as its plans for the future.
Claude Lajeunesse, Chair of the AECL Board of Directors, and Richard Sexton, President and CEO, will present at this meeting and will be available to answer questions from the public.
The meeting will take place in Deep River, Ontario. For those who cannot attend in person, it will also be webcasted live on this website.
Date and time:
May 8, 2017
19:00 -20:00 (EDT)
Location:
167 Brockhouse Way, Deep River, Ontario
Voyageur Room (please note that the venue is not wheelchair accessible)
Individuals joining via the live webcasting who wish to ask questions must provide their questions in advance of the meeting by sending them to communications@aecl.ca no later than May 1, 2017. While not all questions may be addressed at the meeting, responses will be provided directly to requestors.
For more information, please contact
communications@aecl.ca
1-888-220-2465
