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Saskatchewan Research Council nuclear power plant

Cancelled Canada Microreactor
Gross capacity
5MW

Saskatchewan Research Council nuclear power plant is a microreactor unit at Saskatchewan Research Council nuclear power plant in Canada rated at 5 MW gross. It is cancelled.

Specification
Reactor type microreactor
ModeleVinci
Size classMicroreactor
Coolantnot disclosed
Moderatornot disclosed
Gross capacity5MW
Net capacity (reference)not disclosed
Net capacity (design)not disclosed
Thermal outputnot disclosed
Typical enrichmentnot disclosed
Ownership & location
SiteSaskatchewan Research Council nuclear power plant
Unitnot stated
CountryCanada
OwnerSaskatchewan Research Council100%
Coordinates 54.3076, -105.9938approximate
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
not established for this unit's type
Enrichment
not established HALEU dependency
Upstream

Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.

RosatomUrencoCNNCOrano

This design needs HALEU — enrichment above 5%. Western production is currently measured in hundreds of kilograms a year.

Conversion
CamecoCNNCConverDynOranoRosatom
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units — utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

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