AtkinsRéalis, formerly SNC-Lavalin, has opened its new $20m technology centre in Richland, Washington State.
It’s intended to develop innovative techniques for nuclear and environmental cleanup, clean energy, digital, and robotics.
The company’s president for nuclear, Joe St. Julian, said: “From developing clean nuclear energy solutions, to pioneering safer ways of disposing legacy waste material, having access to a world-class facility like this enhances our team and partners’ ability to innovate, collaborate and lay the groundwork that will enable us to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.”
The building is next to the existing AtkinsRéalis Engineering Laboratory and the Washington State University Tri-Cities Campus.
Work on it started in September 2022 and took 15 months.
It has 16,000 sq ft of open office space, two workshops, and a 59-foot high-bay testing area with an overhead crane and testbed facility.
The City of Richland Mayor Theresa Richardson declared the day of its opening, 17 April, as “AtkinsRéalis Day”.
