Saskatchewan Research Council nuclear power plant — Canada

Saskatchewan Research Council nuclear power plant is a 5 MW nuclear power plant in Saskatchewan, Canada. It ranks #979 of 1,210 Canada power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 13.1% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_saskatchewanresearch_canad.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (announced); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 5 MW, Saskatchewan Research Council nuclear power plant is below the median nuclear plant in Canada (941 MW). Technically it is described as microreactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #15 largest nuclear power plant of 15 in Canada by capacity.

Canada has 15 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 20,406 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Saskatchewan nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 2,000 MW · Saskatchewan

Location

Coordinates 54.3075888, -105.9937511 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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