MONTREAL, Nov. 24,
2023 /CNW/ - AtkinsRéalis [SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]
(TSX: ATRL), a fully integrated professional services and project
management company with offices around the
world will introduce the next-generation of
CANDU® nuclear technology design and the most advanced
nuclear reactor in the CANDU portfolio at the World Nuclear
Exhibition 2023 in Paris next
week. The updated CANDU design combines the most modern and
advanced engineering solutions for utilities faced with meeting the
dual demands of Net Zero and energy security.
AtkinsRéalis is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of
Canadian-owned CANDU nuclear technology deployed around the world
and will offer the updated CANDU model to customers across
Canada and in key international
markets, with an initial deployment target of the province of
Ontario, which has a forecasted
2050 demand of an additional 18,000 MW of new nuclear power.
Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, November 28,
2023
Time: 12:45 PM (Paris
Time)
Location: World Nuclear Exhibition 2023, Canadian
Pavilion.
Background on CANDU
Technology
- AtkinsRéalis is the original equipment manufacturer of 31 CANDU
nuclear power units around the world.
- The company's global nuclear business performs work across the
full nuclear full lifecycle, including design and new build, asset
management, life extension, late life management, as well as
decommissioning and legacy materials management.
- Since the early 1970s, about 600 commercial nuclear power
reactors have been built around the world, with about 440 still in
operation. Many of these reactors are near the end of their
service.
- The world needs to double its amount of base-load electricity,
roughly equating to a market for 1,200 reactors. Highly advanced,
Canadian CANDU technology is well positioned to capture its share
of that market and maintain Canada's vital status as a Tier-1 nuclear
nation.
- CANDU reactors are one of only a handful of large reactor
technologies available in the Western world to build.
- It is a special technology with unique advantages that has
operators in Asia (Wolsong,
South Korea, and Qinshan,
China) Europe (Cernavoda,
Romania), and South America (Embalse, Argentina).
- It uses natural uranium as fuel, co-produces cancer-fighting
medical isotopes, can be refueled online, and boasts the highest
safety and operating efficiency standards in the world.
- CANDU technology is one of Canada's most successful commercial products;
a homegrown solution to solving its growing domestic energy needs,
while competing on the global stage through export
opportunities.
- CANDU reactor technology has been constantly modernized and
improved over the years, operating at an advanced, Gen III+
standard.
About
AtkinsRéalis
Created by the integration of long-standing organizations
dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-leading professional
services and project management company dedicated to engineering a
better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable
solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the
world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global
capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end
services across the whole life cycle of an asset including
consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent
networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering,
procurement, project & construction management, operations
& maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and
depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic
sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations &
Maintenance and Capital. News and information are available at
www.atkinsrealis.com or follow us on
LinkedIn.
About
AtkinsRéalis' Nuclear
Business
AtkinsRéalis has over 70 years' of global nuclear expertise,
delivering nuclear technology products and full-service solutions
to nuclear utilities around the world. AtkinsRéalis is the steward
of CANDU® nuclear technology, operating on four
continents, and provides advisory and engineering services to other
nuclear developers. With an innovative technology portfolio,
including access to over 500 patented solutions, AtkinsRéalis
solves technically complex challenges across the whole nuclear
lifecycle from design and new build through asset management and
from life extension and late life management through
decommissioning and waste management. AtkinsRéalis operates and
manages government nuclear research sites, transforming ageing
infrastructure and safely managing legacy nuclear waste.
AtkinsRéalis is also involved in developing medical radioisotopes
for cancer research through its partnership with TerraPower.
Learn more here on our website.
SOURCE AtkinsRéalis