BWX Technologies Inc. said Tuesday that its subsidiary BWXT Canada Ltd., in Cambridge, Ontario, had been awarded a steam generator design, manufacture and delivery contract valued at approximately $130 million Canadian ($100 million U.S.) from Bruce Power for its Bruce B Unit 6 reactor.
BWXT Canada will design and deliver eight steam generators for that unit, which will go offline for refurbishment starting in 2020.
The contact follows a memorandum of understanding that was signed by BWXT and Bruce Power in December 2015 after the Ontario government announced that Bruce Power will advance a long-term incremental life extension program.
It is expected that the BWXT Canada contract will mean work for 100 people in both engineering and skilled labor positions through 2020, which is when the units will ship from Cambridge to Bruce Power, where the plant is located in Kincardine, Ontario.
BWXT Canada President John MacQuarrie called the contract a source of pride for the company.
Steam generation replacement is “integral” to the refurbishment program at Bruce Power, said Kevin Kelly, chief financial officer and acting president at Bruce Power.