Aerial (drone) images of the DNGS- Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. And stage one construction of Ontario Power Generation (OPG)'s small modular reactor (SMR) at Canada's Darlington New Nuclear Project site. The first in a G7 country.
Nuclear power in Alberta is becoming less and less of a distant possibility and more of an energy reality. Reactors will require a workforce qualified to design, build and operate and experts say Alberta is well-positioned to rise to the challenge. But why?Aerial images of the DNGS- Darlington Nuclear Generating Station near Oshawa, Ont. Soon, plants like this could be in Alberta. Nuclear power in Alberta is becoming less and less of a distant possibility and more of an energy reality.
Reactors will require a workforce qualified to design, build and operate and experts say Alberta is well-positioned to rise to the challenge. But why?Alberta's strong oil and gas sector has primed a path for workers in that industry to get trained to work in the nuclear field, said Agatha Ojimelukwe, dean of the school of energy and natural resources at NAIT.
NAIT's apprenticeship enrolment stood at 7,000 in 2022-23, up from about 6,500 the year before. More than 1,950 apprentices graduated from their NAIT programs in 2022-23. Ojimelukwe used the hydrogen industry as an example of how places like NAIT have adjusted their programming to meet the need. There's no need to reinvent the wheel, she said. Small adjustments in curriculum go a long way.
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