Western researchers Hamidreza Abdolvand and Samantha Gateman with an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer, which can identify the elements that exist within a material composition or are covering its surface, at Surface Science Western. (Jeff Renaud)
Western researchers Hamidreza Abdolvand and Samantha Gateman with an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer, which can identify the elements that exist within a material composition or are covering its surface, at Surface Science Western. (Jeff Renaud) Researchers Hamidreza Abdolvand and Samantha Gateman are studying safe production and used fuel storage for small modular reactors Small modular reactors (SMRs) are considered the future of nuclear energy because they are smaller and more importantly, safer. Preserving that safety is a key priority for Western researchers Hamidreza Abdolvand and Samantha Gateman. Abdolvand, Canada Research Chair in advanced materials for low-emission energies, and Gateman, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Industrial Research Chair, have each been awarded more than $1 million for the next four years from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Alliance program and Natural Resources Canada (NSERC-NRCan) to fund research on developing safe production and used nuclear fuel storage for SMRs. These are advanced nuclear reactors that generate approximately one-third of the power capacity of traditional nuclear power reactors. The Ontario government is currently building four SMRs at the Darlington Nuclear Station in Bowmanville, Ont. Expected to come online between 2034 and 2036, these new SMRs would produce a total 1,200 megawatts (MW) of electricity, equivalent to powering 1.2 million Ontario homes.
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