The AP1000 Project could open up new opportunities for Canadian suppliers Westinghouse plans to make local procurement a key component of its Illustration of nuclear value chain investment strategy, with the majority of total capital spending on the Plant AP1000 Project expected to be spent in Canada. Raw materials Nuclear plant Nuclear decommissioning Nuclear research and component design and operations and waste Key local suppliers will likely operate in: inputs supply management • Construction, engineering and management companies. Uranium mining, refining, Plant development, manufacturing Engineering services and Chalk River Nuclear laboratories Electricity generation conversion and enrichment and construction construction • Component manufacturing including large structural fabrications, nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) equipment, mechanical modules, Component manufacturing (e.g. reactor core, fuel assemblies, Engineering, procurement and Laboratories and hospitals Services Radioactive waste management cranes, pumps, valves and electrical equipment. control rods, coolant channels, other services turbines, transformers The manufacturing and installation of the AP1000 Project in Ontario will • Westinghouse already has a significant footprint in Canada, and its staff here would build a strong network of Canadian suppliers for this technology, opening play a major role in deploying the AP1000 Project. a range of new opportunities for Canada, for example: • Westinghouse Canada is an incorporated Canadian company headquartered in ● Using Canadian suppliers to support AP1000installations around the Peterborough, Ontario. world. • Westinghouse has offices across Ontario (Peterborough, Toronto, Stratford, Port Elgin, ● Deploying other advanced reactors such as the AP300 SMR and the Deep River, and Ottawa). eVinci microreactor. The AP300 SMR in particular, has many identical • There are over 250 nuclear employees in Canada supporting existing operations and components to the AP1000 technology and shares much of its supply developing new nuclear reactor technology. chain. • Westinghouse has been expanding its engineering basis of operations in Canada in support of new plant projects (AP1000 reactors, AP300 SMR and eVinci microreactor), AP1000 technology would support Ontario’s position as a world leader in including the opening in 2024 of a new engineering hub in Kitchener, Ontario. Canada medical isotope research and production. is now the third largest engineering centre for the Westinghouse AP1000 technology, and they expect to employ 200-400 engineers at this hub to support domestic and international units. Sources: Westinghouse, NRCan and World Nuclear Association PwC | The Economic Impact of a Westinghouse AP1000 Reactor Project in Canada 22