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Amec Foster Wheeler to design ways to dismantle ITER fusion project
Amec Foster Wheeler is playing a major role in the ITER fusion energy project under construction in Cadarache in the South of France. ITER is an international collaboration to build a demonstration project for nuclear fusion power, which could become…
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Government to spend $800 million on Chalk River improvements
Canadian National Laboratories announced last week that the federal government had committed to provide $800 million over the next five years to transform the buildings and infrastructure at its Chalk River site near Renfrew, Ontario. Chalk River is a nuclear…
$12.8-billion Darlington Nuclear Project goes ahead
SNC-Lavalin-Aecon did unprecedented detailed studies and full-scale mock-up in preparation.
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Queen’s lab to help with nuclear plant design
This article was revised September 17, 2015. A specialized lab designed to simulate the conditions inside a nuclear reactor and test the effects on materials has opened at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. The Reactor Materials Testing Laboratory (RMTL) is…
Very Small Nuclear Reactors
The nuclear power industry believes that deploying very small modular reactors in Canada’s remote mines and communities will have substantial environmental and economic benefits.
Ontario could benefit from Quebec’s overflowing hydro electricity
Quote: “Quebec is the fourth-largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world and its electricity rates are among the lowest in North America. Its residential rates are 45 per cent lower than ours [in Ontario] and its industrial rates are…
Federal Court finds Darlington nuclear plant Environmental Assessment was inadequate
Environmental groups in Ontario are rejoicing that the Federal Court of Canada has ruled to halt a previous environmental approval for four new reactors at the Darlington nuclear power plant.
Japan uses ice wall to contain Fukushima damage
The Japanese government is stepping in to try and contain the leakage of radioactive underground water from the failed Fukushima nuclear power plant. After the plant exploded and was flooded by a tsunami in March 2011, the utility that operates…
Fukushima nuclear plant leaking contaminated water
The BBC’s Asia bureau reported on June 6 that the Fukushima nuclear plant was leaking contaminated water and that radioactive caesium had been detected in ground water around the plant.
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Hydro-Quebec finds nuclear refurbishment too costly
Hydro-Quebec has decided to shut down the only nuclear power generating plant in the province this December. The corporation’s chief executive officer, Thierry Vandal, said that the Gentilly 2 power plant will be prepared for “dormancy,” with a…
Report finds new explanations for Fukushima disaster
A report released by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission released July 5 has unsettled the standard explanations for what caused the meltdown and failure of the reactors in Japan in March 2011.
Fukushima prompts recommendations for Canadian nuclear plant upgrades
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission reviewed how well Canada’s nuclear power plants might withstand such an extreme event as happened in Japan this March when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake followed by a tsunami created one of the world’s worst…
Jobs set for SNC-Lavalin’s nuclear engineers
SNC-Lavalin Nuclear is to begin helping Atomic Energy of Canada Limited refurbish Argentina’s Embalse Nuclear Generating Station, following the signing of a contract on August 25 between AECL and Nucleoeléctrica Argentina Sociedad…
What to learn from Fukushima
“What Went Wrong at Fukushima?” on July 4 was so popular, the organizers had to relocate the evening lecture to the large OISE auditorium on St. George Street, Toronto.
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It’s a deal: SNC-Lavalin buys AECL’s CANDU business
On June 29, SNC-Lavalin confirmed that it had agreed with the Government of Canada to acquire assets of Atomic Energy of Canada’s (AECL) commercial reactor division.
SNC-Lavalin poised to buy Atomic Energy of Canada
According to reports in the Globe and Mail and CBC News on June 27, the Canadian Government is set to announce the sale of Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) to SNC-Lavalin of Montreal.
Japan nuclear reactor damage still “very serious”
The incident has faded from media headlines, but the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told a news conference in Vienna last week that the situation at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan…
Nuclear plants in Canada don’t pose the same risks as Fukushima
In the midst of the crisis in Japan, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is reassuring Canadians that our CANDU generating stations are built to withstand earthquakes.
Ontario plans $87 billion in power projects
The Ontario government has laid out its long-term energy plans for the next 20 years, which gives consulting engineers chance to see where construction projects are likely to materialize.
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Vancouver Rapid Transit Line wins top national engineering award
The 2010 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards were presented on Tuesday evening at a gala dinner at the Fa…
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SNC-Lavalin Nuclear Bruce A Steam Generator Replacement
The replacement of steam generators in Units 1 and 2 at the Bruce Power Nuclear plant near Kincardine, Ontario made history as the first steam generator replacement ever at a CANDU plant.
Nuclear station overhaul still delayed
The much-delayed refurbishment of the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in New Brunswick has been in th…
Troubles still plague Point Lepreau nuclear refurbishment
Atomic Energy of Canada has said it will be difficult to complete its refurbishment of the Point Lepreau nucle…
Nuclear industry faces challenges
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers has issued a statement in support of the nuclear energy indust…
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Project Updates – AECOM, ADI, Stantec, Smith & Anderson, Halsall, Candaras, Crossey, Kirkland, Barry Bryan
AECOM is involved with the design of both the NE and NW portions of the new Stoney Trail Ring Road around Calg…
Nuclear engineeers lose Darlington project
Thousands of engineers’ jobs will not materialize as expected, since the province of Ontario has decided to po…
