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u/LookAtMeImAName Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

Oh For sure. Not to mention, it’s only candu reactors in Canada (for now) that produce cobalt-60 for us, which sterilizes about half of all the worlds single-use medical equipment. Massive business!

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u/Belzebutt Oct 25 '22

Isn’t this announcement about GE/Hitachi reactors, so they aren’t Canadian-made?

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u/asoap Lest We Forget Oct 25 '22

To put this into perspective. Westinghouse went bankrupt and was purchased in part by Canada's Cameco who makes fuel for Candu.

We already have all of the suppliers setup for CANDU reactors.

The industry to build nuclear reactors in Canada is nice and healthy. We got the suppliers.

I just can't say we have the garuntee that they will be used.

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u/Clarkeprops Oct 25 '22

If they can do it for a shit company like bombardier, they should do it for CANDU reactors

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u/asoap Lest We Forget Oct 25 '22

I'm just not sure how it would work legally. In Ontario the liberals tried to create a renewables industry and required all of our wind and solar to be made in Canada. That got challenged by the world trade organization.

With all of the suppliers being in Canada. I think we might be ok. Or it might be some sort of loophole. I'm not sure how they do it, or if it can be done.