AtkinsRéalis

An AtkinsRéalis company, in a joint venture with Aecon Group Inc, has won a three-year, $1.7 billion contract Monday for a refurbishment project at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Pickering nuclear plant. Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis’ subsidiary that designs and builds Canada Deuterium Uranium – or CANDU – reactors, will start work on Unit 5 as […]

An AtkinsRéalis company, in a joint venture with Aecon Group Inc, was awarded a three-year, $1.7 billion contract Monday for a refurbishment project at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Pickering nuclear plant. Candu Energy, AtkinsRéalis’ subsidiary company that designs and builds Canada Deuterium Uranium – or CANDU – reactors, will start work on Unit 5 as […]

AtkinsRéalis has turned to a 32-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force with experience in the aerospace industry as a Canadian security vice president based in Ottawa. AtkinsRéalis said in an Aug. 26 press release it has appointed John Edelman as its vice president, Defence, Canada. In that role, Edelman will oversee the company’s […]

So far in 2026, emergency crews from the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky have responded to 20 requests for assistance from a volunteer fire department in neighboring McCracken County, DOE said Tuesday. In 2025 the Paducah Site helped out on 115 requests from the West McCracken Fire Department under a mutual aid agreement […]

Earnings rose at AtkinsRéalis Group, Montreal, Canada, in the first quarter, which the engineering services and nuclear company attributed to better cashflow and lower net financial expenses. Net earnings for the first quarter ended March 31 were C$92.8 million (US $67.6 million) or C$0.56 a share (US $0.41) up from C$69.1 million (US $.49.5 million) […]

Earnings rose at AtkinsRéalis Group Montreal, Canada in the fourth quarter, which the company attributed to the sustained demand for its engineering services and nuclear capabilities, according to its Feb. 27 press release. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were (CAN) $95 million (US$69.5 million) or (CAN) $0.57 a share, up from […]

After clearing regulatory review, the BWX Technologies-led Nuclear Laboratories Partners of Canada is taking over as management contractor for Canadian National Laboratories this week. AECL selected the Nuclear Laboratories Partners of Canada to be the preferred bidder in June. Nuclear Laboratories Partners of Canada is composed of BWXT, Amentum and Kinectrics. Battelle Memorial Institute is […]

AtkinsRéalis-led Mission Conversion Services Alliance is now handling landlord work at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth and Paducah Sites, a company executive said Wednesday. Meanwhile, an Amentum-led team, Southern Ohio Cleanup, has taken over remediation at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio. Southern Ohio’s contract is worth nearly $5.9 billion over 15 years. As for […]

The legacy waste cleanup contractor at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory has sent its first shipment of transuranic waste derived from corrugated metal pipes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), DOE said this week. Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) has completed the first shipment of transuranic waste to WIPP that […]

A joint venture led by an AtkinsRéalis Group company has received notice to proceed from the Department of Energy to start transition to running the uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio and the Paducah Site in Kentucky. The Operations & Site Mission Support Contract, potentially worth up to $2.3 billion […]

Earnings rose at AtkinsRéalis Group, Montreal, Canada, in the first quarter, which the engineering services and nuclear company attributed to various contracts for nuclear power, transportation and infrastructure. Net earnings for the first quarter ended March 31 were Cnd $69.1 million (US $.49.5 million) or Cnd $0.39 a share (US $0.28) up from Cnd $45.5 […]

AtkinsRéalis has appointed Jeff Kendall as president of the company’s US nuclear business, the engineering services and nuclear company announced Wednesday. According to the company’s press release, Kendall had been with AtkinsRéalis for seven years, with his most recent position being interim president for the US business. In the seven years he also served as […]

AtkinsRéalis has appointed Jeff Kendall as president of the company’s US nuclear business, the engineering services and nuclear company announced Wednesday. According to the company’s press release, Kendall had been with AtkinsRéalis for seven years, with his most recent position being interim president for the US business. In the seven years he also served as […]

AtkinsRéalis US Nuclear is promoting its chief operating officer Joe McBrearty to acting president, succeeding Jim Rugg, who will become a senior vice president concentrating on new builds, the company announced Thursday. McBrearty has been chief operations officer since joining the U.S. branch of AtkinsRéalis in May. He will continue to lead AtkinsRéalis US Nuclear’s […]

Earnings rose at AtkinsRéalis, Montreal, Canada, in the first quarter, which the company attributed in part Wednesday to surging international interest in new nuclear power. Net earnings for the first quarter ended were C$45.5 million (US$33.45 million) or C$0.26 (US$0.19) a share, up from C$28.4 million (US$20.88 million) or or C$0.16 a share (U.S. 0.12 […]

With federal courts already involved, the Government Accountability Office will not consider an Atkins-led group’s challenge of a $45-billion Department of Energy award to manage liquid radioactive waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state. “We dismiss the protest because the matter involved is the subject of litigation before a court of competent jurisdiction,” the […]

Two teams fighting over the prized $45-billion Integrated Tank Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, filed updated proposals with the Department of Energy during the past week, according to legal filings Thursday. BWX-Technologies-led Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure as well as AtkinsRéalis Nuclear-led Hanford Tank Disposition Alliance filed their revised contract proposals […]

On Tuesday, SNC-Lavalin, the Montreal-based engineering and project managing company, rebranded itself AtkinsRéalis, company officials said this week. The company’s chief U.S. subsidiary, Atkins Nuclear Secured is now AtkinsRéalis Nuclear Secured. The parent company, which is involved in the nuclear industry and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, will officially change its stock ticker Monday […]

On Tuesday, SNC-Lavalin, the Montreal-based engineering and project managing company, rebranded itself AtkinsRéalis and its chief U.S. subsidiary Atkins Nuclear Secured is now rechristened as AtkinsRéalis Nuclear Secured, company officials said this week. The parent company, which is involved in the nuclear industry and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, will officially change its stock […]

Randall Hendrickson, a former senior executive with the U.S. federal government, is now a vice president for Atkins Nuclear Secured in Canada, an Atkins spokesperson confirmed by email. Hendrickson joined Atkins in late April and is at the Chalk River location of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories as a vice president for business management, the Atkins spokesperson […]

An Atkins-led group that bid and lost on the Department of Energy’s $45-billion Integrated Tank Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state bypassed the usual channels of protest and sued DOE over the award. Hanford Tank Disposition Alliance, a team with Atkins Nuclear Secured, Jacobs Technology, and Westinghouse Government Services, filed suit under seal […]

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is proceeding with previously-announced plans to seek bidders seeking to run Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, the federal Crown corporation said March 31. Canadian National Energy Alliance, an SNC-Lavalin-led team with Jacobs and Fluor as minority partners, currently runs daily operations of Canada’s national labs under a 10-year contract set to expire […]

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is proceeding with previously-announced plans to seek bidders seeking to run Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, the federal Crown corporation said Friday. Canadian National Energy Alliance, an SNC-Lavalin-led team with Jacobs and Fluor as minority partners, currently runs daily operations of Canada’s national labs under a 10-year contract set to expire in […]

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited expects to kick off a competitive bidding process this spring and host interested suitors next month for a new long-term management contract for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Since September 2015, the Canadian labs have been run by Canadian National Energy Alliance, a team made up of SNC-Lavalin, Jacobs and Fluor, said […]

SNC-Lavalin Group said Tuesday it has selected longtime Bechtel nuclear executive Jim Rugg to replace Tom Jouvanis as president of its Atkins Nuclear Secured Holding affiliate. Rugg, who spent more than 28 years at Bechtel, most recently as operations manager for defense and space, will officially become Atkins president on Feb. 27, according to the […]

An anti-nuclear group still wants the The Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold a public hearing on the recently-approved sale of a Michigan nuclear power plant, even though Holtec International effectively cut SNC-Lavalin, whose character was at the center of the anti-nuker’s demands, out of the decom job. But hearings are a matter for the commissioners […]

An anti-nuclear group still wants the The Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold a public hearing on the recently-approved sale of a Michigan nuclear power plant, even though Holtec International effectively cut SNC-Lavalin, whose character was at the center of the anti-nuker’s demands, out of the decom job. But hearings are a matter for the commissioners […]

A company in charge of decommissioning three former nuclear power plants in the U.S., with two more on the way, recently absorbed a joint venture with a Canadian engineering services company, a spokesperson said this week. Consolidated Decommissioning International (CDI), part-owned by Holtec International and SNC-Lavalin, was formally taken over by Holtec Jan. 19, a […]

After an environmental group’s complaints, the company in charge of decommissioning a Michigan nuclear plant said in a Tuesday regulatory filing that it plans to switch the contractor for the job. Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI), part-owned by SNC-Lavalin and responsible for dismantling Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, will no longer be the project’s general contractor, Holtec […]

The lure of getting a piece of the potential $26.5-billion Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) at the former plutonium production complex in Washington state attracted a crowd of nearly 90 tire-kickers to virtual meetings held last week by the Department of Energy. DOE spread out the meetings over three days, Tuesday through Thursday, to […]