AtkinsRealis inks framework deal for SMRs in Poland

MONTREAL — Candu Energy Inc. has signed an agreement to support the planned installation of a fleet of GEH’s BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland.

Candu Energy is a division of AtkinsRealis, formerly SNC-Lavalin. The framework deal was signed with Orlen-Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) along with a teaming agreement between OSGE, AtkinsRealis, Aecon and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), stated a release.

The deal paves the way for AtkinsRealis’s nuclear division to potentially provide front-end engineering and consulting services as technical adviser to deploy the BWRX-300 SMRs at six different proposed sites in Poland. BWRX-300 SMR deployment in Poland would be supported by technical staff from Canada in addition to other international skilled workers.

OSGE is a joint venture between ORLEN, the largest multi-energy company in Central Europe, and Synthos Green Energy, a part of the largest privately owned industrial group in Poland and the exclusive partner of GEH to market and deploy BWRX-300 SMRs in Poland. OSGE eventually plans to expand its operations to more European jurisdictions.

In Canada, AtkinsRealis is architect engineer on the G7’s first grid-scale SMR at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington site in Ontario. That project is scheduled to come online by 2029.

AtkinsRealis CEO Ian L. Edwards commented, “As Poland undertakes a visionary modernization of its power grid, moving away from coal and toward nuclear power via both large and small reactors, we’re thrilled to offer our expertise to provide Poland with clean, reliable, and safe electricity for generations.”