The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, July 8, edition that efforts to decarbonize the electricity sector have coalesced into support for designing and building new nuclear reactors, leading to a proliferation of announced nuclear projects. The Globe's Matthew McClearn writes that whether there is enough engineering talent to execute them all, however, is a question vigorously debated within the nuclear industry, here and abroad. Large employers include Ontario Power Generation, Bruce Power, Cameco and Canadian National Laboratories. Five years ago the nuclear industry directly employed 33,000 people. It appears that number has widened by another 10 to 15 per cent. Atkins-Realis, steward of Canada's homegrown Candu technology, is racing to develop a modernized 1,000-megawatt reactor it calls the Monark. It is among the most active hirers on Nuclear Jobs Canada, an industry job board. Some in Canada's nuclear industry say talent is not as scarce here as it is in the U.S. and Britain, thanks to major multireactor reactor refurbishments at Ontario's Darlington and Bruce stations over the past decade. Canadian Nuclear Workers' Council director Bob Walker says that has kept the regular worker at nuclear facilities engaged.