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Fred Dermarkar

Fred Dermarkar is president and CEO of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). He joined the Crown corporation in February 2021, after spending 40 years in the Canadian nuclear sector. AECL is a federal Crown corporation with a mandate to enable nuclear science and technology and to protect the environment by fulfilling the Government of Canada’s radioactive waste and decommissioning responsibilities.

Nuclear is necessary to get to net-zero

Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | December 6, 2021
Aerial view of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont. The reality is that renewables alone cannot meet this need; we need stable, baseload electricity to power our homes and businesses when the sun isn’t shining, and the wind isn’t blowing. Otherwise, we face potential for grid instability and blackouts. These are important considerations as we plan for the sustainable and clean grid of the future, writes AECL's Fred Dermarkar. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Chuck Szmurlo
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | December 6, 2021
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | December 6, 2021
Aerial view of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont. The reality is that renewables alone cannot meet this need; we need stable, baseload electricity to power our homes and businesses when the sun isn’t shining, and the wind isn’t blowing. Otherwise, we face potential for grid instability and blackouts. These are important considerations as we plan for the sustainable and clean grid of the future, writes AECL's Fred Dermarkar. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Chuck Szmurlo
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | December 6, 2021
Aerial view of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont. The reality is that renewables alone cannot meet this need; we need stable, baseload electricity to power our homes and businesses when the sun isn’t shining, and the wind isn’t blowing. Otherwise, we face potential for grid instability and blackouts. These are important considerations as we plan for the sustainable and clean grid of the future, writes AECL's Fred Dermarkar. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Chuck Szmurlo
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | December 6, 2021
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | December 6, 2021
Aerial view of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont. The reality is that renewables alone cannot meet this need; we need stable, baseload electricity to power our homes and businesses when the sun isn’t shining, and the wind isn’t blowing. Otherwise, we face potential for grid instability and blackouts. These are important considerations as we plan for the sustainable and clean grid of the future, writes AECL's Fred Dermarkar. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Chuck Szmurlo
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | October 25, 2021
AECL is investing $1.2-billion at its Chalk River Laboratories—Canada’s largest science and technology site operated by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, writes Fred Dermarkar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | October 25, 2021
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | October 25, 2021
AECL is investing $1.2-billion at its Chalk River Laboratories—Canada’s largest science and technology site operated by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, writes Fred Dermarkar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | June 7, 2021
The Canadian Nuclear Laboratories campus in Chalk River, Ont., pictured on May 27, 2019. To avoid an energy supply crunch, Canada will need diversity of options: not just hydro, nuclear, wind, and solar, but also an optimum mix of different designs of each of these to allow us to adapt to unforeseen events, writes AECL's Fred Dermarkar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | June 7, 2021
Opinion | BY FRED DERMARKAR | June 7, 2021
The Canadian Nuclear Laboratories campus in Chalk River, Ont., pictured on May 27, 2019. To avoid an energy supply crunch, Canada will need diversity of options: not just hydro, nuclear, wind, and solar, but also an optimum mix of different designs of each of these to allow us to adapt to unforeseen events, writes AECL's Fred Dermarkar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade