Programmes and agreements / prg-ca-mcmaster-usnc-mmr-feasibility

McMaster University, USNC and Global First Power Micro Modular Reactor deployment feasibility study (Ontario)

McMaster University, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and Global First Power announced in spring 2022 a feasibility study of deploying USNC's Micro-Modular Reactor at McMaster or an affiliated site as a training and demonstration resource. It is a study only, with no site decision or licence application in the sources read.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

Canada

Region named by the sources

Ontario

Participants and roles

• Research: McMaster University
• Developer or vendor: Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation
• Developer or vendor: Global First Power

Designs named

Global First Power Micro Modular Reactor

Scale as stated

Not stated by the sources

Announced or first reported

2022

Status

Status not established
Feasibility study for an MMR at McMaster or an affiliated site, outcome not verified, no site or licence application.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• McMaster and partners embark on Micro-Modular Reactor feasibility study (academic_primary, published 25 Nov 2022, accessed 2026-10-14)