AECL’s Nuclear Laboratories Business Unit has lead responsibility for the company’s Technology program. This program supports all aspects of the CANDU reactor – from reactor design and engineering, to project management and construction of CANDU nuclear power plants, to the provision of a wide range of nuclear-related services, including the management of nuclear wastes.

Our research and development (R&D) activities are centred on eight key technologies: safety; software performance; physics and fuel; fuel channels; components and systems; hydrogen and heavy water; environmental emissions and health physics; and control and information.