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Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station located 2 km northeast of Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, Canada.The facility was constructed between 1975 and 1983 by NB Power, the provincially owned public utility.
This is a list of electrical generating stations in New Brunswick, Canada. New Brunswick has a diversified electric supply mix of fuel oil, hydroelectric, nuclear, diesel, coal, natural gas, wind, and biomass power stations. NB Power, the government-owned, integrated public utility is the main power generator in the province.
The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for Brunswick County, North Carolina, covers 1,200 acres (490 ha) at 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Atlantic Ocean. The site is adjacent to the town of Southport, North Carolina , and to wetlands and woodlands, and was opened in 1975.
Plant's history. In 1970, crews broke ground on the Brunswick Nuclear Plant. According to information posted in the Brunswick Energy and Education Center, fill dirt was moved from what is now the ...
The federal government then announced a loan program to help provinces such as New Brunswick in January 1974. Ottawa's pledge to cover half of the cost of a first nuclear plant removed the last obstacle to construction of the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station. On February 5, 1974, Hatfield announced his decision to build the plant, 20 ...
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“Yesterday’s nuclear waste is holding back tomorrow’s reactors.” Home & Garden. Lighter Side
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Bruce County, Ontario. ... Point Lepreau Nuclear [note 4] New Brunswick: 1983 660: 4,111 Nuclear : NB Power ...