Darlington Nuclear Power Plant
Darlington Nuclear Power Plant | ||
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Darlington Nuclear Power Plant | ||
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Coordinates | 43 ° 52 '22 " N , 78 ° 43' 11" W | |
Country: | Canada | |
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Owner: | Ontario Hydro | |
Operator: | Ontario Power Generation | |
Project start: | 1975 | |
Commercial operation: | Oct 9, 1990 | |
Active reactors (gross): |
4 (3736 MW) | |
Energy fed in in 2010: | 26,613.78 GWh | |
Energy fed in since commissioning: | 478,278 GWh | |
Was standing: | May 17, 2011 | |
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . |
The Darlington Nuclear Power Plant in Clarington, Ontario with four CANDU reactors has a gross output of 3740 MW .
The nuclear power plant was built in several construction phases between 1981 and 1993 by the Canadian state company Ontario Hydro. After the company was split up in April 1999, the newly founded company Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is now continuing to operate the power plant.
Many Ontario residents remember the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant for its massive cost overrun. The initial estimated cost of 2.5 billion CAD increased to completion 14.4 billion CAD. The discussion about responsibility for costs flares up again and again, especially in election years.
There has been speculation that two additional reactors of the CANDU-6 type, each with a capacity of 700 MW, will be built on the site of the power plant. In October 2013, the new building was canceled due to existing excess performance.
Data of the reactor blocks
The Darlington Nuclear Power Plant has a total of four blocks :
Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercialization of essential operation |
switching off processing |
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Darlington-1 | CANDU-850 | 878 MW | 934 MW | 04/01/1982 | December 19, 1990 | 11/14/1992 | (Planned for 2032) |
Darlington-2 | CANDU-850 | 878 MW | 934 MW | 09/01/1981 | January 15, 1990 | 10/09/1990 | (2055 planned) |
Darlington-3 | CANDU-850 | 878 MW | 934 MW | 09/01/1984 | 12/07/1992 | 02/14/1993 | (Planned for 2033) |
Darlington-4 | CANDU-850 | 878 MW | 934 MW | 07/01/1985 | 04/17/1993 | 06/14/1993 | (Planned for 2033) |
See also
- List of nuclear power plants
- Nuclear power in Canada
- List of nuclear reactors in Canada
- List of CANDU reactors
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paddy Moore: Who's got the power? In: CBC.ca. Retrieved August 3, 2006 .
- ^ CTV: New Darlington nuclear reactor may come soon. In: CTV.ca. Retrieved August 3, 2006 .
- ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/894709/ontario-nixes-building-two-nuclear-reactors/
- ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Canada: Nuclear Power Reactors - Alphabetic" (English)
- ↑ IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, Reference Data Series No.2 (English; PDF; 1.7 MB)