This project is a full IPD, with the most stringent quality requirements, that implemented Target Value Design to collaboratively understand objectives, constraints and goals in the development of this facility. Value engineering has been utilized to focus on the overall use of the facility in order to adapt the design to implement more cost-effective ways to attain the same use. 

At ANMRC, interfaces between hot cell forms and mechanical connections are scheduled to be mocked up entirely offsite to test their quality and accuracy. Individual hot cell windows, in excess of one million dollars in material value, will be stored offsite in a secure, climate-controlled facility before making the final journey to the hot cells themselves. Additionally, active liquid waste systems flowing from the B laboratories to the combined storage tank, centrally located within the hot cell block, require stainless steel welding to nuclear safety standards.

The ANMRC supports Canada’s clean energy goals by providing services critical to the life extension and long-term reliability of existing reactors, including Canada’s fleet of CANDU^® nuclear power reactors and other designs from around the world. As the largest single capital investment in the revitalization of the Chalk River campus, the ANMRC will be a 10,000 square metre research complex that will accommodate 240 employees and consolidate key capabilities from aging facilities that are scheduled for decommissioning. The ANMRC will feature 12 new shielded cells that will enable post-irradiation examination of small modular reactor (SMR) and next-generation nuclear fuels, and glovebox facilities to support the development of advanced fuel fabrication concepts.