Pickering Nuclear Power Plant

location

Coordinates

43 ° 48 '42 " N , 79 ° 3' 57" W Coordinates: 43 ° 48 '42 " N , 79 ° 3' 57" W.

Country:

Canada

Data

Owner:

Ontario Hydro

Operator:

Ontario Power Generation

Project start:

1965

Commercial operation:

July 29, 1971

Active reactors (gross):

6 (3244 MW)

Decommissioned reactors (gross):

2 (1084 MW)

Energy fed in in 2010:

19,216.47 GWh

Energy fed in since commissioning:

691,425.49 GWh

Was standing:

May 17, 2011

The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Pickering nuclear power plant in Pickering , Ontario , with 8 CANDU reactors and an output power of 4,124 MW, is the second largest nuclear power plant in Canada after the Bruce nuclear power plant.

The power plant was built between 1966 and 1986 in several construction phases by the Canadian state company Ontario Hydro. In April 1999, the company was split into five parts, creating the energy company Ontario Power Generation (OPG). The newly founded company continues to operate the nuclear power plant.

business

In 1994, reactor 7 of the nuclear power plant set the world record for uninterrupted operation (894 days without shutdown).

Units A-1 and A-4 had been in a long-term shutdown and were put back into operation. Unit A-1 was put back into operation on September 26, 2005.

Due to the demand for electricity, it was decided to renew the two decommissioned reactors 2 and 3 again. For a long time, these have not been back in operation, according to reports from the nuclear safety authority. In January 2013, the two units were shut down retrospectively to May 28, 2007 (Unit 2) and October 31, 2008, respectively.

The operator plans to shut down units A-1 and A-4 in 2022 and the remaining reactors in 2024.

One block of the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant

Data of the reactor blocks

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	switching off processing
Pickering A
Pickering 1	CANDU-500A	515 MW	542 MW	06/01/1966	04/04/1971	07/29/1971	(Planned for 2022)
Pickering 2	CANDU-500A	515 MW	542 MW	09/01/1966	10/06/1971	12/30/1971	2007
Pickering 3	CANDU-500A	515 MW	542 MW	December 01, 1967	05/03/1972	06/01/1972	2008
Pickering 4	CANDU-500A	515 MW	542 MW	05/01/1968	May 21, 1973	06/17/1973	(Planned for 2022)
Pickering B
Pickering 5	CANDU-500B	516 MW	540 MW	11/01/1974	December 19, 1982	05/10/1983	(Planned for 2024)
Pickering 6	CANDU-500B	516 MW	540 MW	10/01/1975	11/08/1983	02/01/1984	(Planned for 2024)
Pickering 7	CANDU-500B	516 MW	540 MW	03/01/1976	11/17/1984	01/01/1985	(Planned for 2024)
Pickering 8	CANDU-500B	516 MW	540 MW	09/01/1976	01/21/1986	02/28/1986	(Planned for 2024)