Pickering A

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Pickering A is the older, western section of Ontario’s Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, consisting of its original CANDU reactor units.

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Pickering A canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CANDU reactor facility
nuclear power station section
adjacentFacility Pickering B
commissionedUnit Pickering A Unit 1
Pickering A Unit 2
Pickering A Unit 3
Pickering A Unit 4
constructionStart 1966
containsReactorUnit Pickering A Unit 1
Pickering A Unit 2
Pickering A Unit 3
Pickering A Unit 4
coolant heavy water (D2O)
coolingSource Lake Ontario
country Canada
designGeneration CANDU 450
firstUnitCommissioned 1971
fuelCycle once-through natural uranium fuel cycle
fuelType natural uranium
gridConnectionTo Ontario electricity grid
gridConnectionYear 1971
hasContainmentType pressure tube design
hasOriginalSection western section of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
hasReactorTechnology on-power refuelling capability
isOlderSectionOf Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
locatedIn Pickering, Ontario
locatedOn north shore of Lake Ontario
moderator heavy water (D2O)
netElectricalCapacityPerUnit_MWe approximately 515
numberOfReactorUnits 4
operatedBy Ontario Power Generation
ownedBy Ontario Power Generation
partOf Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
primaryFunction electricity generation
province Ontario
reactorSupplier Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
reactorType CANDU
pressurized heavy-water reactor
regulator Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
safetyFeature containment systems for radioactive materials
safetySystem multiple redundant shutdown systems
shutdownReasonUnit2 economic and technical considerations
shutdownReasonUnit3 economic and technical considerations
statusOfUnit1 in operation (after refurbishment)
statusOfUnit2 permanently shut down
statusOfUnit3 permanently shut down
statusOfUnit4 in operation (after refurbishment)

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Pickering B adjacentTo Pickering A