Federal Government Continues Investment in Fusion Sector to Establish Centre for Fusion Energy
The Centre for Fusion Energy is a partnership between the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, Atomic Energy of...
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CNL shares continued progress on sustainability journey
Latest Sustainability Report details concrete actions underway to reduce emissions, protect nature and biodiversity, support employees, and forge new community...
12 November, 2025
Careers, Clean Energy, Community, Environmental Protection, Environmental Remediation Management, Health Sciences, Learning Centre, NSDF, Safety & Security, University
CNL announces 2025 Awards of Excellence winners
Employee recognition program celebrates achievements in medical isotope production, nuclear science and technology, waste management and workplace safety at annual...
Embracing the Circular Economy at Canadian National Laboratories: waste diversion in nuclear decommissioning
Nuclear may not immediately come to mind when thinking of the circular economy, but in many ways, circularity is integral...
CNL team’s first-of-a kind efforts in modelling achieve significant step towards SMR safety and licensing
Thermalhydraulics analysts at CNL are once again demonstrating the value of Canada’s national nuclear laboratory with their first-of-a-kind efforts in...
Researchers look to Canada’s first full-scale nuclear power plant for insights on the long-term performance of a ‘non-refurbishable’ CANDU™ component
The Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station was Canada’s first full-scale nuclear power plant, home to the 200-megawatt CANDU™ prototype reactor...
A sneak peek inside CNL’s Tritium Facility: Raising Unity-2 at Chalk River Laboratories
Unity-2 System Rendering. Construction of the world’s first fully integrated, commercially relevant fusion fuel cycle - UNITY-2 is underway at Chalk...
Refining Canadian drinking water guidelines: Chalk River Laboratories conducting research to clarify unclear effects of consistently ingesting small amounts of uranium
Communities located near uranium deposits that rely on underground well water for drinking are at higher risk of chronically ingesting...
Paving the way to a safe, hydrogen-fuelled future — Chalk River Laboratories investigating hydrogen explosions to better protect people, infrastructure
Knowing how to predict the impacts of an uncontained, outdoor hydrogen explosion is key to protecting the workers, public, and...
From concept to test model – CNL’s Novel Tooling Team readies for prototype build of the portable manipulator
It’s a multi-year project to better worker safety in high radiation fields, while advancing the field of nuclear site decommissioning...