Good afternoon,
I’ve been asked to supplement my colleagues presentations on the nuclear
industry with some information on climate change and some discussion of the
role nuclear energy mightplay in
meeting that challenge.
Dr. Don Lemmen,
Director , Terrain Services Division of the Geological Survey of Canada made
a most interesting climate change presentation to the Alberta Irrigation
Projects Association Conference in Lethbridge in November last year. I thank
him for providing his introductory overheads.I’m making use of these to help provide some background on the climate
change issue and Canada’s actions to address it. I’ll then focus on the
ability of nuclear energy to provide process heat and electricity with
minimal greenhouse gas emissions and provide a few examples of potential
application in Alberta in the context of controlling atmospheric greenhouse
gases.