Projects / prj-chalk-river-mmr
Global First Power Chalk River MMR (paused)
CNSC paused the environmental assessment and site-licence review in August 2024. Current regulator table specifies up to 45 MWth; the older 15 MWth / 5 MWe proposal is not treated as the current configuration.
- Stage
- Suspended
- Design
- Global First Power Micro Modular Reactor (Microreactor)
- Technology
- High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) · helium
- Operator(s)
- Global First Power
- Vendor(s)
- —
- Location
- Global First Power Chalk River MMR (paused) location · Canada · precision: undisclosed
Searchable without an invented map pin. - Coordinates
- undisclosed / not plotted
- Electrical capacity
- thermal only (no MWe) · scope: module
- Thermal capacity
- 45 MWth (nameplate_unspecified)
- Modules planned
- 1
- Inclusion basis
- microreactor_labeled
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-01 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- Commercial operation: — · target
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Sources
- CNSC Global First Power project status (regulator_primary, accessed 2026-10-01)