The Government of Saskatchewan and Regina, Canada-based utility SaskPower are planning to evaluate large nuclear reactors for potential deployment in the Saskatchewan province.
The technology selection process for large nuclear reactors will be in conjunction with SaskPower’s plans to select small modular reactors (SMR) projects, according to its Jan. 28 press release.
In October 2025, the Saskatchewan government released its energy plan, “the Saskatchewan First Energy Security Strategy and Supply Plan,” focused on nuclear power and leveraging the province’s uranium resource.
Since 2022, SaskPower and GE Hitachi have teamed up to deploy a BWRX-300 in Saskatchewan. The two companies continue their feasibility research for the current SMR project that will probably be near Estevan in Saskatchewan, Canada, according to the release.
The utility will now add the evaluation of large reactor technologies to its ongoing evaluation of SMRs as it pursues adding more electricity to the grid in the region.
“Our Energy Security Strategy sets out a pathway to nuclear power generation from both SMRs and large nuclear reactors, using Saskatchewan uranium,” Minister Responsible for SaskPower Jeremy Harrison said in the release. “Together with expanded intertie capacity, nuclear power will make Saskatchewan an export powerhouse and safeguard Saskatchewan’s energy security far into the future.”