Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR)
Model CANDU
Owner Aecl Ontario Hydro
Operator Ontario Hydro

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 1 January 1958
First Criticality Wednesday, 11 April 1962
First Grid Connection Monday, 4 June 1962
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 October 1962
Permanent Shutdown Saturday, 1 August 1987

Specifications

Capacity Net 22 MWe
Capacity Gross 25 MWe
Thermal Capacity 92 MWt
Design Net Capacity 17 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1962 - - - - - - - -
1963 - - - - - - - -
1964 - - - - - - - -
1965 - - - - - - - -
1966 - - - - - - - -
1967 - - - - - - - -
1968 - - - - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - -
1970 - - - - - - - -
1971 25 5408 119.30 61.90 61.10 - 54.60 -
1972 25 2984 69.40 34.10 35.00 - 31.70 -
1973 22 5191 103.00 58.30 56.20 - 52.60 -
1974 22 7407 158.30 84.80 81.70 - 82.40 -
1975 21 7379 153.20 84.50 78.10 - 83.50 -
1976 22 8215 177.00 93.80 93.80 - 91.80 -
1977 22 6348 133.90 72.70 69.70 - 69.70 -
1978 22 6506 136.70 74.50 73.80 - 71.10 -
1979 22 4652 76.70 52.50 52.50 66.20 39.40 63.30
1980 22 7811 167.90 88.90 86.80 68.20 86.90 65.60
1981 22 6438 132.30 73.50 71.60 68.50 68.60 65.90
1982 22 7423 154.10 84.70 80.70 69.50 80.00 67.00
1983 22 7142 149.10 81.50 77.80 70.20 77.40 67.80
1984 22 6206 122.64 70.60 63.70 69.70 63.50 67.50
1985 22 5889 113.73 67.20 59.00 69.00 59.00 67.00
1986 21 7439 146.22 84.90 77.10 69.50 79.50 67.70
1987 22 2843 55.51 55.90 50.60 68.80 49.60 67.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


See Also

Nuclear Power in Canada

Related News

WNN articles on Canada
Subscribe to receive updates on news