By Lauren Krugel The chief executive of Saskatchewan-based uranium miner Cameco Corp. is on a whirlwind trip to Washington to discuss next steps in a massive nuclear reactor deal announced last year with the U.S. government. In an unusual move, CEO Tim Gitzel...
In the late 90s, we were told engineering software was going to replace engineers. My thermodynamics textbook came with a 3.5-inch floppy disk loaded with digitized steam tables. That felt revolutionary. Instead of flipping through paper charts and...
Happy Valentine’s Day, courtesy the geology of southeast Saskatchewan, Chinook Consulting Services and Pipeline Online. The Viewfield astrobleme in southeast Saskatchewan is shaped like a heart, with Bakken wells pointing at it from all sides. An...
What happens in Ontario will have major impacts on Saskatchewan’s nuclear future PORT HOPE, ONT. – Just two weeks ago, Saskatchewan announced it was starting the process to choose a design for large-scale nuclear reactors in the 1,000 megawatt range. That...
SASKATOON – The Saskatchewan NDP is pushing the federal government for expansion of provincial electrical grid interties by way of the “major projects” scheme. In Canada, each province operates its own internal power grid. Those grids are connected through...
