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Moltex Energy Initiates Pre-Licensing Consultation of WATSS Technology with CNSC
Saint John, NB, 14 April, 2025 – Moltex Energy Canada Inc. (Moltex) has recently entered into a Service Level Agreement with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) in relationship to the development of the WAste To Stable Salt (WATSS) process.
This agreement lays out a framework for engagement and discussions with the regulator to receive feedback on key topical areas such as safety, security and safeguards, to ensure that regulatory requirements are suitably taken into account at every stage of the development.
This framework will in turn allow the CNSC to facilitate engagement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure that the WATSS facility and associated fuel cycle will be compatible with the application of international obligations under the Treaty on the non-proliferations of nuclear weapons, and ensure best practises are incorporated into the design as early as possible.
Moltex has recently validated the WATSS process with used CANDU fuel at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and is now progressing with the engineering design and safety analysis of the commercial facility.
Olivier Gregoire, Licensing Manager, Moltex said:
“We appreciate the opportunity to get early feedback on the design from the CNSC to ensure we are designing a facility that meets the highest standards. Early engagement minimizes the risk of late stage additions to the design which can create needless cost increases. This engagement will streamline site specific licensing.”
To explore how WATSS can transform nuclear waste management, download the full report here.
About Moltex
Moltex is an Intellectual Property company and nuclear technology leader at the forefront of developing breakthrough technologies for nuclear energy. These include the Stable Salt Reactor – Wasteburner (SSR-W) which uses recycled nuclear waste as fuel; a Waste To Stable Salt (WATSS) process for recycling nuclear waste to produce new fuel; and GridReserve thermal energy storage tanks, which enable the SSR-W to act as a peaking plant.
Moltex was selected by NB Power to progress the development of its reactor technology in New Brunswick, Canada, with the goal of deploying first-of-a-kind SSR-W, WATSS and GridReserve units at the Point Lepreau site.
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