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Nuclear Power 2 | Energy | Nuclear Power It’s a nuclear world Everywhere, nuclear power is experiencing a renaissance. Reactors are being built in Finland, France, the United Kingdom, and China, with plans for many more. In Canada, the United States, and Argentina, major refurbishment programs are under way to safely prolong the life of units. Building, operating, and maintaining nuclear It’s labor intensive. The facilities must be power facilities efficiently and reliably is no easy meticulously maintained, and nuclear waste feat. You need a partner who understands the products must be dealt with. Expertly, safely, industry and who’s experienced with supporting and effectively. your ongoing operations, refurbishments, new builds, and waste management. One who For decades, we’ve worked with organizations can help you meet due diligence requirements like yours in North America and abroad. We and comply with regulations, licensing, and know the full nuclear fuel cycle and scope, from safety legislation. One with strong connections cradle to grave. We have the experience and to the procurement pipeline, who’s able to the bench strength to provide you with the very provide all the ongoing maintenance services best in nuclear power-and-energy engineering, that your facilities need. planning, and management consulting services. Nuclear technology offers safe, clean, low-cost Big. Small. New. Refurbished. Whatever your electrical power. But building the reactors, plans, whatever your scope. staffing them with capable, qualified personnel, We can help. and meeting regulatory requirements is complex. 3 Uranium processing Regulatory requirements, Value can be enhanced when you work with a codes, and standards team that’s experienced in the entire nuclear The world’s nuclear regulatory environment is fuel cycle. We understand the how’s and why’s of complex—and for good reason. Nuclear power siting, uranium mine design, fuel processing, and technology is intricate and powerful and must be fabrication facilities. managed carefully. You need hands-on experience. Our integrated For many years, we’ve worked with organizations applications can be applied to the full scope of like yours, managing international and North resource project development. We offer services American rules, guidelines, and legislation. We from geological modeling to mine optimization can help you meet legal, environmental, or safety and design; from process optimization, mill requirements in any jurisdiction. design, and commissioning assistance through to financial evaluation and operational support. Many of our professionals contribute to technical, regulatory, and standards oversight Then, we take it to the next level, adding our groups such as: knowledge and global experience in uranium processing, including refinement, conversion, • CSA Nuclear Standards Committees and nuclear fuel fabrication. • Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission • Technical Standards and Safety Authority. Technologies We can help you every step of the way through the entire fuel cycle. Conversion Fo Enrichment r n at ur Mining and al ura processing niu m fuels le yc ec R Fuel fabrication Long-term storage Waste management Nuclear power generation New build, operations support, refurbishment Regulatory 4 | Energy | Nuclear Power Power generation Nuclear new builds Power producers, energy, and electricity Nuclear projects are, by any standard, mega companies all over the world trust us to advise, projects. They’re expensive, important, and guide, and assist them with designing, building, technically complex. And unfortunately they and optimizing production. We’re experienced have a history of running over schedule and with the following: budget. Nuclear power generators have been looking for new ideas and best practices to help • Operational support bring more project certainty—and we think we • Management consulting can help. We have some fresh ideas and concepts from the other industries in which we work that • Project management could bring more cost and schedule certainty. • Plant modifications The Westinghouse Electric Company recently • Fire protection completed a new AP1000™ pressurized water • Corrosion services reactor (PWR) nuclear plant. They turned • Geotechnical to us for engineering and design services to help develop construction drawings for the • Full AE (architectural/engineering) containment and auxiliary buildings. We • 3D modeling provided 3D PDS modeling and 2D CAD services • Building information modeling (BIM). for the structural, piping, layout, mechanical modules, and more. 5 We’ve contributed to hundreds of nuclear Operations support projects over the past many years, working with Managing obsolescence issues and minimizing Bruce Power, OPG’s Pickering and Darlington outage durations and impacts is just the stations, and Point Lepreau in New Brunswick. beginning. Finding better, more efficient ways We know your facilities, technologies, and to handle ongoing operations can improve practices. We respect and share your values, processes, increase production, cut costs, and safety culture, and priorities. enhance your bottom line. Whether you’re ramping up projects or Small modular optimizing assets and procedures, we have experienced professionals and expert services reactors (SMRs) to help you. Every solution is tailored to your As SMR development continues to evolve, clean, specific operating issues. Across the full business abundant, and reliable energy becomes a more life cycle, from concept to closure. Across the full real possibility for some of the world’s most value chain, from exploration to market. remote locations. For industrial organizations venturing out further and further for Research and technology commodities, resources, and profits, SMRs offer the prospect of new efficiencies, cost controls, development and better environmental stewardship. Your organization contributes to the In the SMR space, we’ve helped with: worldwide nuclear industry, developing and sharing best practices, new technologies, • Technology and market surveys and regulatory frameworks. • Investment due diligence In our work with utilities, regulators, and • Site-specific economic assessments industry associations, we have made • Site-specific technology feasibility assessments substantial contributions to the nuclear OPEX and body of knowledge. Our research- • Power systems integration (nuclear and mining) and-technology-development experience • Regulatory and licensing support with nuclear businesses is one of our key • SMR plant design engineering. differentiators. Some examples are: • The design and development of the Nuclear waste South African Pebble Bed Modular Nuclear Reactor program management • The development of technology for radwaste and long-term storage volume reduction The nuclear industry needs sound, stringent • Design development for molten salt reactors. processes and facilities to manage nuclear by- products. We’ve assisted organizations like yours Refurbishment with tools and methods to handle nuclear waste and deal with issues relating to the storage of Revitalizing much-needed assets will dominate used fuel. We understand the pivotal role that the nuclear agenda in Canada and many parts waste management and storage plays in the of the world for the next decade or more. To success of the nuclear industry, and the need complete these massive projects on time and for solid research and robust processes to safely on budget, you need a partner with nuclear store and manage nuclear waste. technology knowledge, and experience in nuclear refurbishment. Hatch has been working at the Bruce Power site for almost 20 years, and has completed more than 1,000 plant mod packages. 6 | Energy | Nuclear Power 7 Projects People, governments, and industry all depend on the power that new nuclear construction and refurbishments will provide. Delivering work on time and on budget has never been more important. We have a proven track record in delivering projects—whether small or large—on behalf of our clients using our industry-leading project management and controls systems. Our gated approach, which we have refined and finessed through all of our business sectors, provides a greater level of predictability to ensure cost and schedule certainty for our clients. OPG Darlington and Pickering nuclear Pickering Asset Management Portfolio: generating stations operational support • Fire code compliance Ontario, Canada • Emergency power generator and main output As part of a huge initiative that began in 2012, power-protection systems more than 150 projects are being undertaken • Waste management facility expansion at these facilities. The work ranges from minor • Standby generator protective-relay upgrades plant modifications to massive refurbishment infrastructure projects—some of the largest, Small modular reactor study most complex, and expensive work ever done at Ontario, Canada these stations. The benefits and risks from deploying SMRs in To support the design phase of many of these remote, off-grid communities and mining sites projects, over 250 of our staff members received were examined. Systems were identified that security clearance, many of whom have worked best met the criteria for deployment, and the on site. This provides a greater understanding programs needed to install and operationalize of Ontario Power Generation’s systems, safety potential SMRs were described. With this culture, configuration management, radiation information, the Ontario Ministry of Energy and safety