Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Pickering, Ontario. It is one of the oldest nuclear power stations in the world and Canada's third-largest, with eight CANDU reactors. Since 2003, two of these units have been defueled and deactivated. The remaining six produce about 16% of Ontario's power and employ 3,000 workers.
| Pickering Nuclear Generating Station | |
|---|---|
Unit 4 Facing east with the large vacuum building and water tower in the background | |
| Country | Canada |
| Location | Pickering, Durham Region, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 43°48′42″N 79°03′57″W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | Unit 1: June 1, 1966 Unit 2: September 1, 1966 Unit 3: December 1, 1967 Unit 4: May 1, 1968 Unit 5: November 1, 1974 Unit 6: October 1, 1975 Unit 7: March 1, 1976 Unit 8: September 1, 1976 |
| Commission date | Unit 1: July 29, 1971 Unit 2: December 30, 1971 Unit 3: June 1, 1972 Unit 4 June 17, 1973 Unit 5: May 10, 1983 Unit 6: February 1, 1984 Unit 7: January 1, 1985 Unit 8: February 28, 1986 |
| Decommission date | 28 May 2007 (A2) 31 Oct 2008 (A3) |
| Construction cost | $716 million CAD (A station) $3.84 billion CAD (B station) |
| Owner(s) | Ontario Power Generation (OPG) |
| Operator(s) | Ontario Power Generation (OPG) |
| Employees | 3000+ |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | CANDU-500 |
| Reactor supplier | AECL |
| Cooling source | Lake Ontario |
| Thermal capacity | 6 × 1744 MWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 515 MWe (NET A 1–4) 2 × 516 MWe (NET B 6–8) 1 × 522 MWe (NET B 7) 1 x 530 MWe (NET B 5) |
| Make and model | 2 × CANDU 500A 4 × CANDU 500B |
| Units decommissioned | 2 × 515 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 3114 MW |
| Capacity factor | 73.85% (lifetime) 87.07% (2019) |
| Annual net output | 23,600 GW·h (2019) 972,240 GW·h (lifetime) |
| External links | |
| Website | Pickering Nuclear |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
A single 1.8 MWe wind turbine, named the OPG 7 commemorative turbine, was installed on the site of the generating station until October 2019, when it was dismantled.
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