TORONTO — Aecon, with joint venture partners SNC-Lavalin and AECOM, have been awarded a $475-million contract by Bruce Power to execute the Unit 6 Fuel Channel and Feeder Replacement at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ont.
The joint venture will work together under the banner Shoreline Power Group, with Aecon holding a 40 per cent share in the project.
As a part of Bruce Power’s Life Extension Program, which will allow Bruce Power’s CANDU units to continue to operate safely through to 2064, the project is the centrepiece of the Major Component Replacement (MCR) program to replace the main components of the reactor, indicates a release.
Unit 6 is the first of six reactors being replaced by Bruce Power through the MCR program. The scope of work includes the removal and replacement of calandria tubes, pressure tubes and feeders for Unit 6 as well as construction management and trade labour, adds the release. Work will be performed through Aecon’s industrial segment and is scheduled to commence in June 2020, with expected completion in the third quarter of 2022.
The joint venture has also signed a Preferred Supplier Agreement with Bruce Power under which the joint venture could be awarded similar contracts for the subsequent five units, the release states.
“As Canada’s largest public-private partnership, Bruce Power will continue to meet all investment requirements related to this multi-year program and, through continued strong and efficient performance, will provide low-cost power to the province for decades,” said Mike Rencheck, president and CEO of Bruce Power, in a statement.
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