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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 127
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The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 127 is up at the ANS Nuclear Cafe.
Canadian Energy Issues – The Bruce nuclear station near Tiverton Ontario will soon have an eighth operating reactor unit, and a total operating capacity of 6,300 megawatts. The refurbished CANDU unit 2, laid up since the late 1990s, began putting power into the Ontario grid at ten-thirty on Monday night. Bruce Power, the private company that runs the plant (the reactors are owned by Ontario Power Generation and leased to Bruce) has begun final commissioning of the unit. This gives the Bruce station an even bigger margin as by far the biggest nuclear plant in North America..
Unit 2 had an original nameplate capacity of 750 megawatts, though I think it will be able to generate more than that (around 787 MW, if you divide 6,300 by 8)
Nextbigfuture reviews the list of 14 new nuclear reactors (or reactors like the Bruce reactors that went through a long refurb and have not generated for many years) that were expected in 2012. So 9 of 14 have started and are generating some power. It is expected that 12 of 14 should be operating by the of 2012. Several of the 2011 grid connections did not generate full power until 2012.
See more and subscribe to NextBigFuture at 2012-10-23 01:24:03 Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/10/carnival-of-nuclear-eenrgy-127.html
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