AtkinsRéalis Welcomes Canada's Nuclear Energy Strategy, advancing CANDU as a Cornerstone of National Strength and Global Leadership

AtkinsRéalis Welcomes Canada's Nuclear Energy Strategy, advancing CANDU as a Cornerstone of National Strength and Global Leadership

MONTREAL, June 22, 2026 /CNW/ - AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. (TSX: ATRL), a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, welcomes the Government of Canada's Nuclear Energy Strategy for recognizing that CANDU® technology is at the centre of the nuclear industry in Canada and is essential to the country's future as a Tier-1 nuclear nation.

"Minister Hodgson has demonstrated clear leadership and foresight in advancing a Nuclear Energy Strategy that reflects the ambition and vision Canada's nuclear industry deserves," said Ian L. Edwards, President and CEO, AtkinsRéalis. I look forward to continuing to work together to advance Canada's nuclear advantage at home and abroad." 

The Government of Canada's Nuclear Energy Strategy is an important step to strengthen Canada's energy security, economic resilience, and global competitiveness. It recognizes Canada's nuclear advantage: indigenous and unique technology, a skilled workforce, and a proven industrial base. At its core is CANDU, a Canadian technology that provides for affordable, reliable, low-carbon power and energy security in an increasingly challenging geo-political world. It is the natural technology choice to support the significant energy needs of provinces like Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and New Brunswick.

The Strategy ensures that Canadian workers will benefit from intellectual property that's anchored at home while extending Canadian innovations globally. Each international CANDU project builds long-term partnerships and reinforces Canada's economic and strategic influence abroad.

A Strategy anchored by CANDU technology delivers enduring economic value at home, sustaining a national supply chain of more than 250 companies and 90,000 highly skilled workers across engineering, manufacturing, construction, and operations.

CANDU new builds, refurbishments, and export projects will further strengthen Canada's industrial base and ensure critical expertise is retained, advanced, and passed to the next generation.

The Strategy, which spans new builds, exports, fuel, and next-generation innovation, aligns policy with capability and ambition with execution. Importantly, it also ensures energy sovereignty in Canada and internationally given the fuel flexibility and domestic supply capabilities inherent with CANDU technology.

With more than 40,000 employees worldwide, including 7,000 nuclear professionals, AtkinsRéalis stands ready to work with governments and industry to deliver this vision, strengthening Canada's economy, securing its energy future, and extending its global leadership through CANDU technology.

About AtkinsRéalis   

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineeringa better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital advisory services. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such asEngineering Services and Nuclear, as steward of CANDU^® nuclear technology. News and information are available at www.atkinsrealis.com or follow usLinkedIn. 

About AtkinsRéalis' Nuclear Sector

AtkinsRéalis has over 70 years of global nuclear expertise, delivering nuclear technology products and full-service solutions to nuclear utilities around the world. AtkinsRéalis is the steward of CANDU® nuclear technology, operating on four continents, and provides advisory and engineering services to other nuclear developers. With an innovative technology portfolio, including access to over 500 patented solutions, AtkinsRéalis solves technically complex challenges across the whole nuclear lifecycle from design and new build through asset management and from life extension and late life management through decommissioning and waste management. AtkinsRéalis operates and manages government nuclear research sites, transforming ageing infrastructure and safely managing legacy nuclear waste. AtkinsRéalis' CANDU technology also allows for the co-production of medical radioisotopes for cancer detection and treatment. The company also supports cancer treatment through its partnership with TerraPower to extract isotopes from legacy nuclear material. Learn more on our Nuclear market page.  

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