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Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Nuclear Energy Strategy announced at CNA2026
At the Canadian Nuclear Association Conference (CNA2026) in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 29, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson announced that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is developing a new Nuclear Energy Strategy for the country. The strategy, which is slated to be released by the end of this year, will be based on four objectives: 1) enabling new nuclear builds across Canada, 2) being a global supplier and exporter of nuclear technology and services, 3) expanding uranium production and nuclear fuel opportunities, and 4) developing new Canadian nuclear innovations, including in both fission and fusion technologies.
2022 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference Speaker
A nuclear and systems engineer, Ethan has 12 years of experience in deep borehole repository and advanced reactor design. He uniquely dedicated his undergraduate and PhD research to the cost and performance optimization of deep borehole repository concepts, and his contributions to the field earned him awards from the Department of Energy (DOE) in 2011 and American Nuclear Society (ANS) in 2013. After graduating, he spent 6 years as a reactor and systems engineer with successful startups (TerraPower and Oklo) licensing advanced nuclear reactors and establishing himself as an expert on sodium fast reactor design, safety, and product development. Currently, as Director of Systems Engineering at Deep Isolation, he manages the product roadmap and technical risks of the reference architecture and conducts options analysis for new waste forms and repository configurations. Ethan has authored 9 conference and journal papers related to deep borehole disposal and continues to advance the field in his role at Deep Isolation.
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