AtkinsRéalis Group, Canada-based international engineering companies and nuclear firm, on Dec. 12 mentioned it has been chosen because the proprietor’s engineer for Power Northwest’s small modular reactor (SMR) mission in Washington state.
“We’re thrilled to see utilities worldwide turning to AtkinsRéalis to assist strategic public-private-partnerships by leveraging the deployment of nuclear energy expertise,” mentioned Ian L. Edwards, president and CEO of AtkinsRéalis. “This partnership with Power Northwest will spotlight SMRs functionality to assist the AI [artificial intelligence] revolution with protected and clear electrical energy for generations.”
Power Northwest, a public energy company main the event of subsequent technology nuclear applied sciences, owns and operates Columbia Producing Station, the Pacific Northwest’s solely nuclear producing facility, in addition to hydroelectric, wind and photo voltaic tasks and battery storage. Power Northwest just lately introduced an settlement with Amazon and X-energy to develop 4 to 12 SMRs. This SMR growth will result in clear, dependable, sustainable and carbon-free power for the Northwest.
Below the Proprietor’s Engineering Companies Contract, AtkinsRéalis will assist the design, licensing, building and commissioning of the SMR mission. Work shall be supported by the just lately opened AtkinsRéalis Know-how Heart (ATC) in Richland. The ATC is a completely built-in engineering and expertise facility devoted to development and testing of technical improvements.
Power Northwest has simply begun a multi-year feasibility part settlement with Amazon, which is able to give attention to complete environmental, security, allowing, licensing and danger analyses. If the mission is authorised, the following part will result in submission of a building allow software to construct the SMRs.
“AtkinsRéalis possesses intensive technical experience on creating complicated power tasks, which makes them a perfect associate,” mentioned Greg Cullen, vp for Power Companies & Improvement at Power Northwest. “This collaboration not solely helps the proposed growth of next-generation nuclear expertise, however will carry lasting advantages to our area, together with job creation, financial progress, and clear, agency and dependable power.”
“Leveraging our well-documented international nuclear design capabilities and distinctive engineering expertise, we’re excited to be a part of the Power Northwest staff for this primary of its sort facility within the Pacific Northwest the place we’ve been working for a lot of a long time,” mentioned Joe St. Julian, president, AtkinsRéalis, Nuclear. “The way forward for clear power should embrace nuclear energy and AtkinsRéalis and Power Northwest are uniquely positioned to make this imaginative and prescient change into a actuality.”
AtkinsRéalis, the previous SNC-Lavalin Group, has about 40,000 workers all over the world and greater than 70 years of expertise within the nuclear business. The corporate has efficiently delivered nuclear tasks in Argentina, Canada, China, France, Japan, Korea, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK and the U.S. The corporate is the steward of Canadian CANDU expertise and helps SMR services in Canada, the UK, and the event of six proposed websites in Poland.
—POWER edited this content material, which was equipped by AtkinsRéalis communications staff.
