dialogue on Canada's path to a low-carbon
future.
There, he represented OCNI member
companies who make up a vital piece
to Canada’s clean energy future—for in-
stance, by helping to avoid approximately
45 million tonnes of CO2 emitted each
year, Ontario’s nuclear fleet is a significant
contributor to the province meeting its cli-
mate change goals. “Our view is that nu-
clear has an important role to play in clean
energy future, reliable base load non-car-
bon emitting source of generation,” says
Oberth. “Nuclear has a role to play along
with renewables, wind and solar. We think
we need an intelligent generation mix to
ensure that Ontario and Canada have a re-
liable, affordable, and clean energy future.”
“OCNI supports its members in achiev-
ing and maintaining of the competency
and capability to be good suppliers. We do
this by assisting members in developing
the quality programs they need to work in
the nuclear industry – specifically through
organizing a series of workshops on top-
ics such as human performance, safety
culture, and advanced manufacturing and
robotics… all topics they need to embrace
in order to be competent suppliers to our
industry.”
OCNI supports members in offshore mar-
Executives of small modular reactor companyTerrestrial Energy (William Smith, David LeBlanc and Simon Irish)
with Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation, Hon. Reza Moridi, and OCNI President Ron Oberth at the
OCNI Small Modular ReactorWorkshop on May 9, 2017.
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