This rendering from
Moltex's WATSS system brochure really shows how much potential there is for further nuclear developments at Point Lepreau:
Moltex Canada's CEO, Rory O'Sullivan gave a pretty comprehensive overview of their SMR and WATSS system on a podcast I watched a few years back now.
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I've heard Moltex's parent company in the UK is having some financial issues, which is impacting Moltex Canada's plans for their molten salt reactor project at Point Lepreau.
Though, Moltex has recently claimed to have had some promising results with its recycling technology. Their recycling plans for Point Lepreau could still be promising, but NB Power may have to find another firm to build the SMR if neither Arc cannot get it built in a timely fashion.
I've always been a fan of nuclear power, and still find it quite impressive that a small province like New Brunswick has a nuclear generating station to begin with. I've still got my fingers crossed that these local, Saint John nuclear companies will prove their doubters wrong.
A future where NB has a second CANDU reactor, multiple SMRs, and a medical radioisotope facility could very well be a future within reach.
