Long life in Canada

Long life in Canada

Gentilly 2 is a Candu 675NWe reactor (Candu-6) designed by Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) in the early 1970s. The Gentilly station is located in the province of Quebec and is the only nuclear plant owned by Hydro-Quebec. A similar reactor, Point Lepreau in New Brunswick, is operated by New Brunswick...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nuclear engineering international 2002-04, Vol.47 (573), p.22-24
Hauptverfasser: Pageau, R, Thompson, P, Nickerson, J H
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accident prevention
Environmental impact
Heat exchangers
Maintenance
Nuclear reactors
Outages
Plant life extension
Regulatory compliance
Reliability
Steam generators
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Zusammenfassung:Gentilly 2 is a Candu 675NWe reactor (Candu-6) designed by Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) in the early 1970s. The Gentilly station is located in the province of Quebec and is the only nuclear plant owned by Hydro-Quebec. A similar reactor, Point Lepreau in New Brunswick, is operated by New Brunswick Power Commission (NBPC). Both these reactors have a conceptual design life of 30 years. Hydro-Quebec and NBPC have initiated similar projects aimed at extending the reactors' operating lifetimes by 25 years. The process and proposed activitites related to the preperation and implementation of the projects is ongoing and some of the work is shared between the two utilities.
ISSN:0029-5507