Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd will once again receive near-record levels of federal funding for the coming year.
AECL will receive almost $1.2 billion in federal funding next year, to support both decommissioning and development at the Chalk River Laboratories, according to the federal government’s main spending estimates, published last week.
Total funding for AECL will be $1.174 billion for the fiscal year 2022-23, which begins April 1.
The funding is broken down into two components: $829.7 million for “nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management” and $344.9million for “nuclear laboratories”….
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