Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
On this episode of Boom and Bust, host Tony Clement sits down with Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, to unpack how nuclear energy could shape Canada's economic future.
From Saskatchewan's world-class uranium reserves and the global nuclear renaissance to Canada's first-ever national nuclear strategy, they dig into the CANDU debate, the rise of small modular reactors, and the surging electricity demand from AI and data centers. It's a wide-ranging look at whether nuclear can make Canada a true energy superpower.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Why nuclear, and why now
1:56 - A global nuclear renaissance
3:04 - Tripling nuclear by 2050
3:35 - Nuclear in Canada's energy mix
4:38 - Ontario's power bottleneck: Bruce C and Wesleyville
5:34 - Canada's first nuclear energy strategy
7:40 - Ten large reactors by 2040
8:01 - CANDU vs the competition
10:02 - Westinghouse, Cameco, and what makes a reactor Canadian
11:04 - The rise of small modular reactors
12:30 - Canada leads the G7 on SMRs
14:12 - How data centers and AI drive demand
15:28 - Alberta's data center advantage
16:41 - Nuclear and consumer power costs
18:42 - Regulating nuclear in the prairies
20:08 - The future of nuclear in Canada
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• Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot: Sr. Fellow, & Dir- Natural Resources, Energy, & Environment - MLI
Boom and Bust
Host: Tony Clement
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#BoomAndBust #NuclearEnergy #Canada #Uranium #CleanEnergy #SMR #SmallModularReactors #EnergySecurity #TonyClement #HeatherExnerPirot #CANDU #OntarioPower #OPG #BrucePower #Saskatchewan #Alberta #DataCenters #AI #EnergyPolicy #NuclearPower #MacdonaldLaurier #Cameco #NetZero #Electricity #EnergySuperpower
On this episode of Boom and Bust, host Tony Clement sits down with Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, to unpack how nuclear energy could shape Canada's economic future.
From Saskatchewan's world-class uranium reserves and the global nuclear renaissance to Canada's first-ever national nuclear strategy, they dig into the CANDU debate, the rise of small modular reactors, and the surging electricity demand from AI and data centers. It's a wide-ranging look at whether nuclear can make Canada a true energy superpower.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Why nuclear, and why now
1:56 - A global nuclear renaissance
3:04 - Tripling nuclear by 2050
3:35 - Nuclear in Canada's energy mix
4:38 - Ontario's power bottleneck: Bruce C and Wesleyville
5:34 - Canada's first nuclear energy strategy
7:40 - Ten large reactors by 2040
8:01 - CANDU vs the competition
10:02 - Westinghouse, Cameco, and what makes a reactor Canadian
11:04 - The rise of small modular reactors
12:30 - Canada leads the G7 on SMRs
14:12 - How data centers and AI drive demand
15:28 - Alberta's data center advantage
16:41 - Nuclear and consumer power costs
18:42 - Regulating nuclear in the prairies
20:08 - The future of nuclear in Canada
GUEST
• Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot: Sr. Fellow, & Dir- Natural Resources, Energy, & Environment - MLI
Boom and Bust
Host: Tony Clement
FOLLOW US
• Subscribe: youtube.com/@TheNewsForum
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/thenewsforum_
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-news-forum
TAGS
#BoomAndBust #NuclearEnergy #Canada #Uranium #CleanEnergy #SMR #SmallModularReactors #EnergySecurity #TonyClement #HeatherExnerPirot #CANDU #OntarioPower #OPG #BrucePower #Saskatchewan #Alberta #DataCenters #AI #EnergyPolicy #NuclearPower #MacdonaldLaurier #Cameco #NetZero #Electricity #EnergySuperpower
