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The Advanced Fuel CANDU Reactor & its contribution to a sustainable fuel cycle Justin Hannah, Director, Marketing & External Relations CNS Annual Conference, June 20, 2016

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›The Advanced Fuel CANDU Reactor & its contribution to a sustainable fuel cycle

›Justin Hannah, Director, Marketing & External Relations CNS Annual Conference, June 20, 2016

Global expertise delivered locally

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Power sector expertise

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Nuclear capabilities

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World-class safety

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› We put people first

› Our goal: ‘zero injuries and incidents’

across our offices and worksites

Ethics & compliance

› Strong ethics & compliance culture

› Compliance training and annual

certification for all employees

› Antitrust and competition policy

The AFCR™

& its contribution to a

sustainable fuel cycle

China – Canada partnerships

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› Long history of co-operation since the 1990s

› Qinshan CANDU project a great success

› Successful demonstration of Natural

Uranium Equivalent (NUE) fuel

› Collaboration on new build projects:

Argentina & Romania

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CANDU fuel cycle

AFCR advantages

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› No fundamental design changes needed

› No re-enrichment needed for NUE or RU fuel

› Neutron economy for Th fuel

› Synergies with LWR fleets

2014: Major AFCR milestones

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AFCR benefits

› Increase utilization of uranium reserves by 20%

› Increase low carbon electricity production by 2 billion

MWh per year

› Displace 26 million tonnes of CO2 per year

› Reduce overall spent fuel burden

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Vision for the future

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› CANDU technology key to “greening” China’s

nuclear energy production

› China – Canada co-operation mutually beneficial

› Our partnerships can power the world

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