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CANDU 6 was essentially a version of the Pickering power plant that was redesigned to be able to be built in single-reactor units. CANDU 6 was used in several installations outside Ontario, including the Gentilly-2 in Quebec, and Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in New Brunswick. CANDU 6 forms the majority of foreign CANDU systems ...
Point Lepreau's CANDU-6 reactor was designed to last 25 years and was scheduled to be mothballed by 2008. Public debate on the future of the plant began as early as 2000. At the time, NB Power estimated the refurbishment cost at C$750 million. [11] In 2002, NB Power, with support from the Government and opposition, pushed for refurbishment.
This design is meant to improve the commercial CANDU 6 design in terms of capital cost and construction schedule, while maintaining the classic design and safety characteristics of the CANDU concept. Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 began operation on May 6, 2007. Preparatory work required for the completion of Units 3 and 4 is scheduled to ...
The next set of reactors were mid-scale plants (≈600 MW) but still of Chinese design . The steam generators were made by Babcock & Wilcox of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Phase III Involved construction of two 728 MW (gross) CANDU-6 series of the CANDU reactor design supplied by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. This was reported to be the ...
Nuclear power station ; Reactor type: CANDU-500: Reactor supplier: AECL: Cooling source: Lake Ontario: Thermal capacity: 6 × 1744 MW th: 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 ...
This was the first AES-92 design to be developed, originally intended to be built at the proposed Belene Nuclear Power Plant, but construction was later halted. Candu Energy Inc. EC6: PHWR? 750 2084 The EC6 (Enhanced CANDU 6) is an evolutionary upgrade of previous CANDU designs.
Gentilly-2 was a standard CANDU 6 reactor, similar to the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station. The plant had a net output of 675MW(e). Unlike the adjacent Gentilly-1 reactor, Gentilly-2 had a good service record since start-up in 1982, with a cumulative operating factor of 76.4%. [8]
The Darlington reactors have been among the best performing in OPG's CANDU fleet, including a top year in 2008 in which the plant achieved a combined 94.5% capacity factor. [28] In June 2016, the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) named Darlington one of the safest and top-performing nuclear stations in the world - for the third time ...