Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (Canada)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pickering_Nuclear_Generating_Station_(Canada)
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:capacity 3100 MW
gptkbp:city gptkb:Pickering
gptkbp:closed 2026
gptkbp:commissioned 1971
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1966
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:decommissioned 2
3
gptkbp:employs over 3000 people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (Canada)
gptkbp:latitude 43.8133
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Lake_Ontario
gptkbp:location gptkb:Pickering,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkbp:longitude -79.0822
gptkbp:notableEvent 1994 heavy water leak
2011 false emergency alert
gptkbp:numberOfReactors 8
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Ontario_Power_Generation
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Ontario_Power_Generation
gptkbp:PickeringAUnits 2
1
3
4
gptkbp:PickeringBUnits 5
6
7
8
gptkbp:province gptkb:Ontario
gptkbp:reactorModel CANDU-600
gptkbp:reactorSupplier gptkb:Atomic_Energy_of_Canada_Limited
gptkbp:reactorType gptkb:CANDU
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:suppliesElectricityTo gptkb:Greater_Toronto_Area
gptkbp:unitNames gptkb:Pickering_A
gptkb:Pickering_B
gptkbp:unitsDecommissioned 2
gptkbp:unitsOperational 6
gptkbp:website https://www.opg.com/powering-ontario/nuclear/pickering-nuclear/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MOX_fuel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6