BWXT Announces Expansion of Ontario Manufacturing Plant

BWXT Technologies is investing a total of CAD80 million in its Cambridge manufacturing plant to support small modular reactors, traditional large-scale nuclear and advanced reactors, in Canada and around the world.

Construction of BWXT’s new Cambridge plant starts in the third quarter of 2024, adjacent to the existing plant, and is expected to be completed by mid-2026.

BWXT notes that the total investment will significantly increase capacity, improve plant efficiency and create more than 200 long-term jobs for skilled workers, engineers and support staff in the region.

BWXT is currently supporting Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Bruce Power’s plant life extension projects at the Darlington and Bruce nuclear sites: a 2016 contract to manufacture 32 steam generators for the Bruce Power Major Component Replacement project was acknowledged as the largest and longest-standing contract ever signed by BWXT Canada in the company’s 175-year history.

In addition to the lifetime extension agreement, in 2023, BWXT was awarded an engineering contract to manufacture the reactor vessel for the first BWRX-300 SMR to be constructed as part of the new Darlington nuclear project.

According to World Nuclear News