Ontario Gives Green Light for SMR Construction

May 12, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Canadian province of Ontario is aligning itself to be the first location in a G7 country to have a grid-connected small modular reactor (SMR). SMRs are nuclear reactors that generally generate a few hundred megawatts and come with much smaller price tags and footprints than traditional nuclear facilities. While licenses, application and development of the technology are on the table in the U.S. and Europe, Canada is the first of these to actually give the go-ahead for construction of an SMR. The reactor will be built next to the Darlington Nuclear Power Station in Bowmanville, Ontario.