Is Nuclear Engineering a Limited Field in Canadian Universities?

[Dagenais]

I was searching around Canadian Universities for Nuclear Engineering departments (just out of curiosity).

I only found one.

University of Toronto.

That's pretty sad if Canada only has one University that offers Nuclear Engineering classes...

 

[BCRion]

Check out the Canadian Nuclear Society:

Click on the Education link and scroll to the bottom of the page.

http://www.cns-snc.ca/home_eng.html

 

[enigma]

Just curious: what percentage of Canada's power comes from nuclear plants?

 

[russ_watters]

Originally posted by enigma
Just curious: what percentage of Canada's power comes from nuclear plants?

Roughly 15%. Canada's nuclear industry is a real mess though and that number is dropping fast.

 

[Dagenais]

After a web search, I found NuclearFAQ of Canada. Old numbers though.

This are more detailed numbers if you're interested in them:

In Canada nuclear power contributes about 14% of the total electricity supply. In the province of Ontario in 1997 about 48% of the electricity supply was nuclear (along with 27% hydro, 24% fossil, 1% "other"). The other two provinces with nuclear power, New Brunswick and Québec, receive about 21% and 3%, respectively, of their supply from nuclear. (source: Electric Power in Canada 1997, Natural Resources Canada)

 

[e-o]

McMaster (in Hamilton, Ontario) also does nuclear engineering, its part of a program called Engineering Physics. They have their own nuclear reactor (for research purposes) on campus as well.

As for nuclear power in Canada, it's somewhere around 15% on average. However, in Ontario specifically, its over 50% and may increase in future years, since there are plans to completely phase out coal power by 2014. You can check out: www.ieso.ca for more information.