CANDU Projects
AECL's Proven Project Management Expertise - On Time, On Budget
AECL has been building reactors almost continuously for the past 30 years and has the strongest project management delivery capability of any nuclear vendor in the world. A leader among nuclear vendors, AECL has designed, built and delivered six CANDU 6 reactors to international customers in the last decade. All of these projects have been delivered on or ahead of schedule, and on budget.
AECL Track Record:
In Service Date |
Plant |
Status |
1996 |
Cernavoda Unit 1, Romania |
On budget, on schedule* |
1997/98/99 |
Wolsong Units 2, 3, and 4, South Korea |
On budget, on schedule |
2002 |
Qinshan Phase III, Unit 1 China |
Under budget, 6 weeks ahead of schedule |
2003 |
Qinshan Phase III, Unit 2, China |
Under budget, 4 months ahead of schedule |
2007 |
Cernavoda, Unit 2, Romania |
Achieved criticality on May 6, 2007 |
* As per 1991 completion contract