Opinion: Where is the fuel for Canada’s COP28 nuclear commitments?

Canada is one of 25 countries that committed to the tripling of emissions-free nuclear energy by 2050 at last year’s COP28 climate summit.

As a Canadian energy scientist, I am bullish on the growth potential and the massive benefits of nuclear energy. However, I am concerned about the absence of a long-term nuclear energy plan that acknowledges Canada’s world-class uranium reserves are finite, and that our current once-through-fuel-cycle (OTFC) is both archaic and extremely wasteful.