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Great White North
Canada Gets Restart Approval For Two Refurbished Nuke Plants
2012-07-25
This is how a sober, serious country with reasonable leadership goes about planning for the future.
After over a decade of overhaul, two Canadian nuclear power plants have been given the green light to restart. The Unit 1 reactor at the CANDU Bruce A facility has been given permission to restart and run to 50% power pending further safety checks before advancing to full power. The Unit 2 reactor is still undergoing refurbishing.

It was decided to refurbish the plants rather than build replacements because Canada was facing imminent power deficits and it would take too long to build new plants. Units 3 and 4 will also be taken off line and refurbished once units 1 and 2 are operational.

Additionally, the Point Lepreau plant has been given permission to restart after its refurbishing. These refurbishing operations are expected to add an additional 25 years of operating life to the plants.

And in yet more news from our softly glowing friends to the north, Westinghouse is expected to formally place a bid for two AP1000 plants at the Ontario Power Generation's (OPG's) Darlington site.
Posted by:crosspatch

#1  Its a shame that the CANDU technology is not more wide spread, since it is virtually proliferation-proof. IMHO, any third world country CLAIMING to want nuclear power should not be taken seriously unless they go CANDU.
Posted by: Ptah   2012-07-25 08:55  

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