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Nuclear

Building Beyond the ordinary to deliver excellence for our clients.

As Canada’s need for sustainable, reliable and safe energy infrastructure grows, Bird actively supports the full lifecycle of the nuclear industry. From early investigation to decommissioning, our nuclear team is actively engaged by all major utilities in Ontario and growing our national profile through deep and broad nuclear industry expertise.

With proven capabilities in full-service construction and maintenance, as well as a growing team in decommissioning and remediation, Bird offers the nuclear industry value-driven options from early enabling works and site development to complex nuclear-adjacent facilities, waste management infrastructure, refurbishment support and long-duration legacy waste programs.

Bird has civil, mechanical, electrical, and multi‑discipline self‑perform capabilities, supported by certified nuclear quality systems and strong partnerships with Indigenous organizations. Bird’s nuclear platform is built on a certified quality program that meets CSA N299.1 and N286 requirements and N285 pressure boundary certifications. Additionally, we have a strong nuclear safety culture, deep self-perform capability and experienced nuclear leadership, enabling safe, predictable delivery in highly regulated environments, including active nuclear sites operated by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Bruce Power, and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL).

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Bird delivers nuclear work across the following core segments

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Supporting Nuclear Infrastructure & Site Development

Bird provides nuclear-adjacent and balance-of-plant infrastructure required to support operating stations, refurbishment programs and future new build development. Typical scopes include site utilities, water and wastewater systems, security facilities, training buildings, warehouses, waste storage structures and campus infrastructure, delivered under EPC, design build, IPD and alliance models.

New Nuclear (Large Nuclear & SMRs)

Bird supports new nuclear development for large scale builds as well as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) through enabling works, site preparation, geotechnical and civil construction, buildings, and constructability support.

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Nuclear Refurbishment Support

Bird delivers EPC services that enable major refurbishment programs, including support facilities, utilities, electrical infrastructure, HVAC upgrades, security systems and site services, executed within operating nuclear environments and aligned with strict configuration control and work protection requirements

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Nuclear Maintenance

Bird performs ongoing maintenance, repair and sustaining capital work at nuclear facilities, including civil, mechanical, electrical, buried piping, HVAC and specialty scopes. Work is executed by trained, qualified personnel in compliance with site-specific nuclear management systems and procedures.

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Decommissioning & Environmental Remediation (DER)

Bird is a recognized leader in nuclear decommissioning and remediation, delivering complex, highly regulated programs involving radioactive waste retrieval, contaminated soil remediation, facility demolition, engineered containment systems and long‑term, publicly visible programs requiring extensive stakeholder and Indigenous engagement.

Nuclear Workforce & Delivery Platform

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Expertise

Bird’s nuclear capabilities are supported by a dedicated team of more than 250 experienced nuclear professionals, including construction leaders, project managers, engineers, quality professionals, planners and skilled trades with direct experience across operating nuclear facilities, refurbishment programs, and decommissioning and remediation projects.

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Safety & Protection

This team is complemented by experienced radiological specialists, including radiation protection (RP) professionals and technicians who support planning, execution, monitoring, and compliance on radiologically controlled work. These specialists work alongside construction teams to ensure radiation protection principles, ALARA practices, work protection requirements and site-specific radiological controls are fully integrated into day-to-day execution.

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Fabrication Facilities

To further strengthen its nuclear delivery platform, Bird recently opened a new nuclear focused fabrication and operations facility in the Durham Region, strategically located near Ontario’s major nuclear sites. This facility expands Bird’s fabrication and modularization capabilities, enhances quality control in a controlled environment and positions resources closer to critical nuclear projects improving responsiveness, oversight and schedule certainty.

Nuclear Projects

Darlington Waste Storage Building 3 (SB3)

Bowmanville, ON

Bird successfully completed the Darlington Waste Management Facility’s Used Fuel Storage Structure 3 (SB3), achieving a significant milestone as the first OPG nuclear storage building constructed under ISO 9001 standards. This transition from the previous N299 standards for spent fuel storage led to notable cost and schedule efficiencies without compromising quality.

Bruce B GIS Equipment Installation

Tiverton, ON

The new two-storey building was specifically designed and constructed within the perimeter of the existing energized 500kV switchyard at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station to house the 500kV GIS switchgear, relay, and battery equipment. This replaced the existing ABCBs in the Bruce B SS switchyard that were at end-of-life.

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CNL Port Hope Area Initiative

Port Hope, ON

The Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) is one of North America’s largest nuclear and environmental remediation programs, led in collaboration with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL). The multi-year initiative involves removing low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) from over 400 residential and commercial sites and 400+ road allowances, transporting it to a long-term waste management facility (LTWMF) for safe storage.

Project Gallery

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