Nuclear Industry Services

For more than 60 years, SRC has actively engaged with the nuclear industry on numerous fronts. Our work encompasses research to improve analyses and processes, project management and on-the-ground work with industry throughout each stage of the production cycle.

We have expertise in uranium, renewables and hydrogen and can provide environmental and regulatory support, applied technology development and links with industrial partners. For nearly forty years, we safely operated a SLOWPOKE nuclear research reactor.  

energy transition services

Industries such as mining, oil and gas, and agriculture are looking to reliable, low-carbon technologies like nuclear to economically increase production and reduce their carbon footprint. 

Nuclear energy is an important part of the clean energy mix, alongside renewables such as wind and solar, and could lead to sustainable hydrogen production that provides benefits to both industries and communities.

SRC is uniquely positioned to play a central role in nuclear development in Saskatchewan and across the world as part of a broader net-zero strategy. We offer a wide range of services to help broaden your energy mix, improve your existing operations and plan your energy transition. 

Small Modular Reactors

Saskatchewan is well-positioned to pilot both small- and large-scale small modular reactors (SMR), and provide additional supporting work. Successfully pursuing this initiative requires numerous players to be involved. SRC is capable of supporting SMR development and adoption, based on many years of both lab and field experience.

Exploring Uranium Deposits

SRC helps industry to efficiently and effectively identify new prospective resources for economic development by:

• developing mineral exploration tools, metallogenetic concept
• providing geological, mineralogical, geochemical and geophysical analyses
• conducting interpretations and modelling finds

SRC has also long supported environmental protection studies and assessments, including hydrocarbon and radionuclide contamination of surface materials (soil and water) and impacts on ecosystems (forests and wildlife).

Mining Uranium Deposits and Milling Uranium Ore

In Saskatchewan, both open pit and underground mines have been developed in the Beaverlodge and Athabasca Basin regions. SRC has been involved in the mining phase by providing geological analyses and interpretations, as well as instrumentation and electronics applications for underground mining.

We have helped clients develop, manage and improve their mill processes since the 1950s through mineralogical, groundwater/hydrogeology and quaternary geological investigations and pilot plant studies.

Nuclear Fuel Processing

In both Saskatchewan and Ontario, SRC helps uranium mining companies in the nuclear fuel processing phase with environmental compliance and sustainability.

SRC decommissioned its SLOWPOKE-2 nuclear reactor 2021, which operated without incident during its 38 years of operation. This is the only nuclear reactor that has existed in Saskatchewan to date.

Site Remediation

SRC is currently managing Project CLEANS, the clean up of 37 abandoned uranium mine and mill sites in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin region. This includes the decommissioning and reclamation of uranium mine and mill sites and the clean up of waste rock dumps and tailings.

Our technical work in this area includes environmental analytical monitoring and studies, hydrogeology, bedrock geology, mineralogy and data analysis.