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Nova Scotia and Ontario memorandum of understanding on small modular reactors (2025)

Nova Scotia and Ontario signed a memorandum effective 23 October 2025 under which Nova Scotia will draw on Ontario's experience to explore SMRs as a clean-energy option. The provinces will share knowledge on SMR technology, regulation, supply chain, economics, waste and engagement, and advocate for federal support. Nova Scotia said SMRs would not be established in the province soon, no site or project is named.

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

Intergovernmental agreement

Countries concerned

Canada

Region named by the sources

Nova Scotia, Ontario

Participants and roles

• Government: Province of Nova Scotia
• Government: Province of Ontario

Designs named

—

Scale as stated

Not stated by the sources

Announced or first reported

23 Oct 2025

Status

Active
Interprovincial knowledge-sharing MoU, Nova Scotia said SMRs would not be established in the province soon. No site.

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

• Memorandum of Understanding on Small Modular Reactors (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Nova Scotia, Ontario sign SMR MoU (reputable_press, published 29 Oct 2025, accessed 2026-10-14)