Ontario Construction News staff writer
Shoreline Power Group, a partnership including Aecon Group Inc. and United Engineers & Constructors Inc., has been awarded a $400 million contract at Bruce Power’s Unit 3.
The project includes completing a second fuel channel and feeder replacement.
“This new refurbishment work on Unit 3 is a continued vote of confidence by Bruce Power in our abilities as the OEM and steward of CANDU nuclear technology,” said Sandy Taylor, president, Nuclear, SNC-Lavalin. “We will continue to leverage our deep technical knowledge base, decades of CANDU experience and innovation to confidently fulfill the refurbishment needs for this reactor as we have been doing now for several years on Unit 6.”
The contract includes planning and execution activities for the reactor refurbishment. Planning will commence shortly in preparation for the outage scheduled to start in 2023 when the actual work to remove and replace the reactor related components — 480 fuel channels and calandria tubes, 960 end fittings — will be performed.
In addition, the team will also remove and replace 980 feeder pipes targeting a project completion in 2026. The JV is also responsible for the operations of the complex, robotic tooling required for the work, and the management and training of the full workforce.
“We are making this significant contract award with the confidence that the members of the Shoreline Power Group have demonstrated the experience and commitment to safety, quality and innovation to successfully deliver this key part of our Life Extension program,” said Mike Rencheck, Bruce Power’s president and CEO.
As a preferred supplier to Bruce Power since 2018, the group could be awarded similar contracts for the refurbishment of the four remaining units in their nuclear fleet.
“We are proud of the progress that has been made by Shoreline Power Group to successfully execute FCFR work on Unit 6, and the award of Unit 3 further strengthens our long-term partnership with Bruce Power to continue advancing the MCR program,” said Aecon Group president and CEO Jean-Louis Servranckx.
“We look forward to working with Bruce Power and our partners to deliver this important project safely and with unwavering execution performance.”