As of 2024, Canada was planning the construction of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), an advanced type of nuclear reactor with a capacity of approximately 300 megawatts. According to a recent forecast, the generation capacity of conventional nuclear power plants will remain below 90 terawatt-hours over the next 25 years, while SMR electricity generation will reach 160 terawatt-hours by 2050.
Nuclear power generation in Canada in 2020 with a forecast until 2050, by reactor technology
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Conventional nuclear reactors
Small Modular Reactor (SMR)
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Canada Energy Regulator. (March 21, 2024). Nuclear power generation in Canada in 2020 with a forecast until 2050, by reactor technology (in gigawatt-hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477281/nuclear-energy-generation-canada-forecast-by-technology/
Canada Energy Regulator. "Nuclear power generation in Canada in 2020 with a forecast until 2050, by reactor technology (in gigawatt-hours)." Chart. March 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477281/nuclear-energy-generation-canada-forecast-by-technology/
Canada Energy Regulator. (2024). Nuclear power generation in Canada in 2020 with a forecast until 2050, by reactor technology (in gigawatt-hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477281/nuclear-energy-generation-canada-forecast-by-technology/
Canada Energy Regulator. "Nuclear Power Generation in Canada in 2020 with a Forecast until 2050, by Reactor Technology (in Gigawatt-hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477281/nuclear-energy-generation-canada-forecast-by-technology/
Canada Energy Regulator, Nuclear power generation in Canada in 2020 with a forecast until 2050, by reactor technology (in gigawatt-hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477281/nuclear-energy-generation-canada-forecast-by-technology/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Nuclear power generation in Canada in 2020 with a forecast until 2050, by reactor technology (in gigawatt-hours) [Graph], Canada Energy Regulator, March 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477281/nuclear-energy-generation-canada-forecast-by-technology/
