Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis company, in a joint venture with Aecon Group Inc has been awarded a contract by Ontario Power Generation in Canada to progress the early works associated with the Pickering nuclear generating station ‘Retube, Feeder and Boiler Replacement’ project. The contract covers professional engineering services, procurement, and execution planning associated with critical path activities for Ontario’s announced life-extension of four of Pickering’s Candu reactors, enabling them to operate until the mid 2060s. The mandates are worth approximately $1.1 billion to the JV for early works and roughly $1 billion for the definition phase.

AtkinsRéalis’ share of the early works portion of the contract was added to its nuclear backlog in the third quarter of 2024. Its share of the definition phase contract will be added to its nuclear backlog in the first quarter of 2025.

“Candu reactors are a low-cost, world-class technology with a proven track record in Canada and abroad of on time and on budget performance,” commented Ian L. Edwards, president and CEO of AtkinsRéalis. “As the original equipment manufacturer of the only Canadian-owned and developed nuclear reactor technology, we are proud to undertake this work to ensure the CANDU reactors at Pickering … it is part of the 19 Candu reactor life extension projects needed in the next 10 years.”