subsidiary industry nuclear power headquarters mississauga ontario canada area served worldwide key people preston swafford president and ceo products candu reactor number of employees 1 400 2011 parent snc lavalin website www.candu.com candu energy inc. is a canadian wholly owned subsidiary of montreal based snc lavalin inc. specializing in the design and supply of nuclear reactors as well as nuclear reactor products and services . candu energy inc. was created in 2011 when parent company snc lavalin purchased the commercial reactor division of atomic energy of canada limited aecl along with the development and marketing rights to candu reactor technology . 1 2 candu energy inc. is located in mississauga ontario canada . candu energy lists its main business lines as candu life extension candu maintenance and performance services candu new build the reactor products offered by candu energy inc. are the candu 6 and enhanced candu 6 reactors . candu energy inc. also specializes in advanced fuel cycle technology that exploits the fuel cycle flexibility of the candu design including fuels based on recovered uranium ru from light water reactors lwrs and mixed oxide fuel mox incorporating thorium or plutonium . in 2014 preston swafford was hired to lead the company as its chief nuclear officer president & ceo . also in 2014 candu energy increased sharing of human resources with snc lavalin . references edit government of canada and snc lavalin group reach agreement on aecl candu reactor division . natural resources canada media backgrounder . 2011 06 29 . aecl sold for 15m to snc lavalin government could still earn future royalties from intellectual property rights . cbc news . 2011 06 29 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title candu energy inc. & oldid 716799097 categories engineering companies of canadanuclear technology in canadacompanies based in mississauga navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 april 2016 at 23 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view