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Operator OPG to refurbish four Candu units onsite
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/ontario-announces-support-for-30-year-extension-of-pickering-nuclear-plant-life-1-3-2024
Announcement is second in recent days related to proposals for new nuclear in province of Ontario
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/planning-and-licensing-set-to-begin-for-three-more-geh-reactors-at-darlington-7-1-2023
Company says it is advancing long-term planning and consultation activities
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 08 July 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/bruce-power-starts-work-on-possible-expansion-of-ontario-nuclear-power-station-7-5-2023
Further extensions of 30 years a possibility, say authorities
Ontario’s energy Todd Smith meets workers at the Darington nuclear power station after the provincial government backed plans for a lifetime extension. Courtesy OPG/Todd Smith.
The Ontario government has announced its support for Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) continued operation of the Pickering nuclear power station for an additional year to 2026 – with the possibility of additional extensions of 30 years.
The province’s energy ministry said the plan to operate for a further year would cut carbon emissions by 2.1 megatonnes, or roughly 20% of the electricity sector's projected emissions. It would increase North America's supply of Cobalt-60, which Pickering has been supplying since 1971 and which has medical uses such as in cancer treatments, by 10%-20%.
At the Ontario government’s request, OPG reviewed its operational plans and concluded that the facility could continue to safely generate electricity, a statement said.
The province’s energy ministry said the plan to operate for a further year would cut carbon emissions by 2.1 megatonnes, or roughly 20% of the electricity sector's projected emissions. It would increase North America's supply of Cobalt-60, which Pickering has been supplying since 1971 and which has medical uses such as in cancer treatments, by 10%-20%.
At the Ontario government’s request, OPG reviewed its operational plans and concluded that the facility could continue to safely generate electricity, a statement said.
Under OPG’s new plan, electricity generation at Pickering would end in 2026 instead of 2025. Units 1 and 4 would operate as originally planned until 2024 and Units 5 to 8 would operate until September 2026 as major refurbishment of nuclear units at OPG’s Bruce and Darlington nuclear stations progresses. Units 2 and 3 are already shut down.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/ontario-backs-plans-to-operate-four-pickering-units-for-additional-year-10-1-2022