Who we are
We are a grassroots non-profit organization composed of Canadian scientists, doctors, engineers, energy workers, policy experts, and citizens who believe that nuclear energy must be part of Canada's path forward on climate change.
Canadians for Nuclear Energy in Queen's Park, Toronto
Why Nuclear Energy?
Canada is a party to the Paris Agreement, whose goal is to keep the global average temperature below 2°C. The country has agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below 2005 levels by 2030.
All four representative pathways published by the IPCC that limit global warming to 1.5°C require an expansion of nuclear energy compared to today’s levels. Nuclear energy is uniquely capable of phasing out fossil fuels, providing good union jobs, and even enabling health care.
1. Goodbye, fossil fuels
Nuclear energy has a proven record of permanently displacing polluting fossil fuels. In Ontario, it provided 90% of the electricity needed to phase out coal for good.
Canadians for Nuclear Energy
For Climate, Clean Air, and a Bright Future
2. Good union jobs
Nuclear energy provides high paying jobs in STEM and skilled trades to over 60,000 Canadians, with 95% of the supply chain within Canada.
3. Medical isotopes
Canadian nuclear reactors produce most of the world's Cobalt-60, used for life-saving medical treatments, medical instrument sterilization, food safety, and much more.
