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Nuclear Facts
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Canada is the world’s largest producer of natural uranium providing about 21 per cent of total world production from Saskatchewan alone in 2008.
CANDU Nuclear Reactor Performance
Reactor |
In Service |
Capacity (MWe) |
Performance In 2009 (%) |
Lifetime Performance (%) |
| Point Lepreau* | 1983 |
680 |
— |
76.8 |
| Gentilly 2 | 1983 |
675 |
65.4 |
78.4 |
| Wolsong 1* | 1983 |
622 |
23.3 |
84.1 |
| Wolsong 2 | 1997 |
730 |
94.8 |
93.6 |
| Wolsong 3 | 1998 |
729 |
95.3 |
94.9 |
| Wolsong 4 | 1999 |
730 |
92.5 |
96.0 |
| Embalse | 1984 |
648 |
98.8 |
85.4 |
| Cernavoda 1 | 1996 |
706 |
100.1 |
89.1 |
| Cernavoda 2 | 2007 |
705 |
90.6 |
93.8 |
| Qinshan 4 | 2002 |
700 |
89.5 |
91.5 |
| Qinshan 5 | 2003 |
700 |
93.4 |
89.9 |
| Pickering A-1 | 1971 |
542 |
91.3 |
64.0 |
| Pickering A-4 | 1973 |
542 |
36.5 |
65.7 |
| Pickering B-5 | 1983 |
540 |
70.2 |
73.9 |
| Pickering B-6 | 1984 |
540 |
77.8 |
77.8 |
| Pickering B-7 | 1985 |
540 |
94.3 |
78.1 |
| Pickering B-8 | 1986 |
540 |
91.8 |
76.7 |
| Bruce A-1* | 1977 |
805 |
— |
N/A |
| Bruce A-2* | 1977 |
805 |
— |
N/A |
| Bruce A-3 | 1978 |
805 |
78.6 |
64.0 |
| Bruce A-4 | 1979 |
805 |
74.7 |
62.9 |
| Bruce B-5 | 1985 |
872 |
95.4 |
83.5 |
| Bruce B-6 | 1984 |
872 |
84.6 |
80.8 |
| Bruce B-7 | 1986 |
872 |
90.3 |
83.7 |
| Bruce B-8 | 1987 |
872 |
75.3 |
82.7 |
| Darlington 1 | 1992 |
934 |
89.7 |
84.1 |
| Darlington 2 | 1990 |
934 |
87.9 |
77.5 |
| Darlington 3 | 1993 |
934 |
74.0 |
85.4 |
| Darlington 4 | 1993 |
934 |
89.2 |
86.2 |
| Total/Average | 21,313 |
82.5 |
81.5 |