The conference is being held in Montréal, Québec. Montréal is the largest city in Québec, located at the junction of the Ottawa River and the St Lawrence River. It is the second largest municipality in Canada, with a population of 3,600,000 (2006). French is spoken at home by 70.5% of the population (2006).
Additional information on Montréal can be found at the following web sites:
Québec Nuclear Science and Technology
A few of Québec's nuclear-related activities are listed below:
- Montréal is home to L'Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, which operates a SLOWPOKE reactor.
- Hydro Québec owns Gentilly-2, a CANDU 6 reactor (designed and built by AECL).
- SNC Lavalin - Nuclear is part of SNC-Lavalin, a large international engineering company, headquartered in Montréal. SNC Lavalin - Nuclear has significant experience in nuclear construction (e.g., steam generator replacement in the Bruce Power refurbishment project)
- The Tokamak de Varennes was in operation from 1987 until 1999. It was operated by Hydro-Québec and used by researchers from Institut de Recherche en Électricité du Québec (IREQ) and the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS).