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Modular Molten Salt Reactors Starting 2028
Late in 2021, Terrestrial Energy has unveiled an upgraded 390-MWe design of its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR®) power plant to meet utility requirements and boost its cost-competitiveness as part of an effort to ramp up its candidacy for deployment at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. Terrestrial Energy announced a series of …
Richest Canadian is Chinese Canadian Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao, 44, is worth about $100 billion and owns 90% of Binance and an unknown amount of cryptocurrency. Zhao was previously a member of the team that developed Blockchain.info and also served as chief technology officer of OKCoin. In April, 2021, Zhao said that nearly 100% of his liquid net worth was in the …
Canada a 22nd Century Superpower By Being a Great Place to Live
Canada has an 88-page immigration focused plan that would increase Canada’s population to the level of the USA in about 150 years. By 2171, Canada would use good schools, good universities and comfortable quality of life, solid economy to continue attracting high quality immigration to reach a population of about 300 million. This would be …
Plan for Canada to Triple Population to 100 Million by 2100
Canada’ century Initiative calls for a bigger, bolder Canada with over 100 million people by 2100. Former Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney supports the new national policy that would commit to tripling Canada’s population by 2100. By 2026, Century Initiative says Canada should pin the annual immigration target to 1.25 percent of its population per year. …
Canada’s Population Will Be Over 39 Million in 2022
Canada’s population was estimated at 38,436,447 on October 1, 2021, an increase of 190,339 persons (+0.5%) from July 1, 2021. Canada’s realtime population estimate for Dec 25, 2021 is 38.56 million. Canada’s population increases about 2000 people per day. Ontario is passing 15 million people. Quebec is at 8.65 million. BC is at 5.3 million. …
ARC 100 MWe Modular Reactor Targets 2029 Start in New Brunswick Canada
ARC Clean Energy Canada CEO Bill Labbe says a 2029 start-up for an ARC-100 advanced small modular reactor in New Brunswick is aggressive but achievable target. The company is preparing to begin the second phase of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s Vendor Design Review (VDR) process. The Government of New Brunswick earlier this year announced …
Stronger Canadian Dollar Edging Canada into 8th Place in World GDP
Canada’s nominal GDP is $1.80 trillion. Canada’s dollar converts to a US dollar at C$1.26 to $1 USD. The Canadian dollar was at C$1.45 to $1 USD in March 2020. The Canadian dollar was at C$1.31 to C$1.35 to $1 USD through much of 2019. The Canadian dollar has strengthened by 7-8% over where it …
Canada Boosts Immigration Targets to 1.2 Million Over Next Three Years
Canada 2021-2023 immigration plan has 50,000 more immigrants in each year over the prior plans. Canaada had only half of its immigration target during COVID in 2020. Canada new targets are : 401,000 immigrants in 2021 411,000 in 2022 421,000 in 2023. Canada’s plan is to grow its economy and its population through immigration. Nextbigfuture …
Pilots to Reduce COVID Quarantines from 14 Days towards 48 Hours Using Rapid Testing
Canada will have a pilot program for international travelers for the option to shorten the 14-day self-isolation period for COVID-19 to about 48 hours if a traveler receives a negative COVID-19 test result at one of two border crossings in the province. If the test comes back negative, travelers will be allowed to leave their …
A Dozen Nuclear Reactor Designs Under Regulatory Review in Canada
There are dozen nuclear reactors that in applying or in the process of getting vendor design reviews from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. The VDR is divided into three phases, each requiring increasingly more detailed technical information: • Phase 1: Compliance with regulatory requirements. The conceptual design is expected to be completed and described. For …