BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada

TORONTO COMMUNITY NEWS UPDATE

Hello Toronto Community,

Summer has arrived at last - and with it, the heat! If you're looking for ways to keep cool and prevent heat-related illness, Toronto Public Health has some helpful tips and links to local resources here. During these high heat days, we are reminded that nuclear power helps keep us cool. Our Toronto facility provides the fuel needed to power Ontario Power Generation's reactors, which continue to operate, carbon emissions-free, no matter the weather.

I am pleased to share the following updates below:

Virtual tour of our pellet manufacturing in Toronto
Update on our Indigenous Relations Roadmap
STEM Award for Western Technical-Commercial School

Please feel free to connect if you have any questions at kedwards2@bwxt.com or 705-698-1479.

Kind regards,

Krissy Edwards

Communications Specialist

BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada

See Inside Our Toronto Site: Virtual Tour Available!

Interested to see how we make natural uranium fuel pellets at our facility in Davenport? Check out our recently launched virtual tour!

Indigenous Relations Roadmap Update

In July 2024, we introduced an Indigenous Relations Roadmap for our operations in Canada. The roadmap is a leadership guide to advancing Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation across our business efforts in an aligned and meaningful way.

In September 2024 we established BWXT’s Indigenous Relations Roadmap Oversight Committee to oversee the implementation of the Indigenous Relations Roadmap. The committee meets every two months to track progress.

Since the launch of the roadmap, our committee has made progress in many areas including:

Continuous updates to our company portal to add learning resources for employees.
Launched more comprehensive cultural awareness training for all Canada employees.
Coordinated campaigns for National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S), Moosehide Campaign Day, National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day. Social media posts shared.
Established the Indigenous Relations Roadmap Oversight Committee, conducting ongoing touchpoint meetings.
Identified Communities and Nations of interest.
Developing a job posting for a dedicated Indigenous Relations role.
Preparing land acknowledgements for all sites.
Ongoing meetings and tours with First Nation communities, capacity funding provided.
Supporting and promoting community Pow Wow events.
Achieved Phase 3 through the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB) Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations (PAIR) program.

Click to read our Indigenous Relations Roadmap

Supporting the Next Generation of Innovators

Above: BWXT employees Jack Chong and Krissy Edwards join the WTCS platform party to present two BWXT STEM scholarships to graduating students.

We were honoured to attend Western Technical-Commercial School's annual commencement ceremony last week to present two BWXT STEM scholarships to graduating students pursuing post-secondary studies in science, technology, engineering, or math.

In addition to providing student award funding, BWXT is also a longtime sponsor of their FIRST Robotics Team 865 WARP7. Each year, high school students design, build and program a working robot to compete in a global challenge - all within a six-week time frame. Providing hands-on experience in engineering, programming, and teamwork, the FIRST Robotics program is an incredible opportunity for young minds to build real-world skills, gain confidence, and collaborate with mentors in STEM fields.

Congratulations to all of this year's graduates - we wish you the very best in your future endeavours and look forward to seeing all of the amazing things you'll accomplish!

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1025 Lansdowne Avenue

Toronto, Ontario

At BWXT in Toronto we manufacture ceramic pellets from natural uranium dioxide powder. After pressing, baking, grinding and inspecting the pellets, we send them to our Peterborough facility where they are placed in CANDU® fuel bundles. Both our Peterborough and Toronto facilities are licensed by Canada’s nuclear regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). Approximately 40 people work at BWXT in Toronto in high-value manufacturing positions, engineering and operations support. The pellets manufactured by our employees in Toronto are placed into fuel bundles in Peterborough and go on to power 25% of Ontario!