kets as well, with trade missions to coun-
tries like China, India, South Korea, Ro-
mania, USA and the UK in recent years
“In those markets we help our members
connect with local customers and bring
them into local situations where they can
perhaps secure offshore contracts,” says
Oberth, who notes that OCNI-led trade
missions slowed in the last year while
most members are focusing on height-
ened domestic activity.
OCNI alsoworks hard on behalf of itsmem-
bers to demonstrate both to local and pro-
vincial politicians how an investment in the
nuclear industry translates into good jobs
in local communities such as Cambridge,
Barrie, Peterborough, etc. Most recently,
OCNI was in Whitby to celebrate a local
aerospace company who helped create a
modern, repeatable procedure for the ap-
plication of corrosion and wear resistant
coatings on nuclear reactor components.
"Companies [like this] demonstrate the
strength of Ontario's vertically integrated
supply chain of many small and medium
sized enterprises that develop and imple-
ment innovative technologies for the fab-
rication of important components for the
Darlington and Bruce refurbishment proj-
ects. Oberth says that provinces such as
Saskatchewan, Alberta, and New Bruns-
wick may start or expand their own nu-
Ontario Energy Minister GlenThibeault celebrating the start of Darlington Refurbishment Project with OPG staff
at the Darlington Energy Complex on October 15, 2016.
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