Pickering B

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Pickering B is a multi-unit CANDU nuclear reactor complex within Ontario's Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, used for commercial electricity production.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pickering B canonical 2
Pickering B Unit 5 1
Pickering B Unit 6 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf CANDU reactor facility
nuclear reactor complex
adjacentTo Pickering A
coolant heavy water
coolingSource Lake Ontario
country Canada
gridConnection Ontario electricity grid
gridOperatorRegion Independent Electricity System Operator (Ontario)
locatedIn Pickering, Ontario, Canada
linked to: Pickering, Ontario
locatedOnShoreOf Lake Ontario
moderator heavy water
numberOfReactorUnits 4
operator Ontario Power Generation
ownedBy Ontario Power Generation
partOf Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
primaryFuel natural uranium
purpose civilian nuclear power production
reactorDesignFamily CANDU 6 family
reactorType CANDU
pressurized heavy-water reactor
reactorUnit Pickering B Unit 5
linked to: Pickering B

Pickering B Unit 6
linked to: Pickering B

Pickering B Unit 7
linked to: Pickering B

Pickering B Unit 8
linked to: Pickering B
regulator Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
safetySystem containment system
multiple independent shutdown systems
status in operation
technologyOrigin Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
use base-load power generation
commercial electricity generation

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pickering A adjacentFacility Pickering B
Pickering B reactorUnit Pickering B Unit 5
linked to: Pickering B
Pickering B reactorUnit Pickering B Unit 6
linked to: Pickering B
Pickering B reactorUnit Pickering B Unit 7
linked to: Pickering B
Pickering B reactorUnit Pickering B Unit 8
linked to: Pickering B