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🇨🇦 Pickering

Name: Pickering
Address: Canada

Nuclear power plant · Canada

Operational

Capacity≈4,096 MW

Units8

First Online1971

Construction Start1966

Reactor TypePHWR

Coordinates43.812, -79.070

Pickering is a nuclear power station in Canada. Of its 8 recorded unit(s), 6 reactors are operational, 2 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 4,096 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1971. Reactor technology on site: PHWR.

Reactor units at Pickering

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Pickering-1	Operational	PHWR CANDU 500A	508 MW	Construction 1966 · Grid 1971
Pickering-2	Shut Down	PHWR CANDU 500A	508 MW	Construction 1966 · Grid 1971 · Shutdown 2007
Pickering-3	Shut Down	PHWR CANDU 500A	508 MW	Construction 1967 · Grid 1972 · Shutdown 2008
Pickering-4	Operational	PHWR CANDU 500A	508 MW	Construction 1968 · Grid 1973
Pickering-5	Operational	PHWR CANDU 500B	516 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1983
Pickering-6	Operational	PHWR CANDU 500B	516 MW	Construction 1975 · Grid 1984
Pickering-7	Operational	PHWR CANDU 500B	516 MW	Construction 1976 · Grid 1985
Pickering-8	Operational	PHWR CANDU 500B	516 MW	Construction 1976 · Grid 1986

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