Cambridge-based BWXT Canada has signed a $130 million contract to design and build eight steam generators for Bruce Power.

The generators will be installed at Bruce B Unit 6, one of the reactor units at the Bruce Power nuclear generating facility in Tiverton, Ont., the largest operating nuclear facility in the world.

"BWXT Canada is home to some of the world's most talented nuclear component engineers and fabricators," said President John MacQuarrie in a press release. "As a key supplier to Bruce Power, it gives our organization great pride to play a part in the continued generation of affordable, safe, non-greenhouse-gas-emitting and reliable power."

The company said its contract with Bruce Power would "secure over 100 jobs in both engineering and skilled labour" from now until 2020, when the generators are expected to be delivered.