Our Toronto facility receives natural uranium dioxide powder from Cameco Corporation in Port Hope. After pressing, baking, grinding to a precise size and inspection, we send the pellets to our facility in Peterborough. There, they are placed into fuel bundles for CANDU® power stations.
BWXT employs over 400 people in Peterborough in high-tech, engineering, manufacturing and administrative positions. Over 150 of these employees are engineers in disciplines such as software development, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and systems engineering. Approximately 20% of our employees work in fuel bundle manufacturing.
