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PICKERING-2
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 500A
Ontario Power Generation
Ontario Power Generation
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
515
MW
e
508
MW
e
542
MW
e
1744
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1966
15 Sep, 1971
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
Suspended Operation Date
End of Suspended Operation Date
06 Oct, 1971
30 Dec, 1971
31 Dec, 1997
28 May, 2007
Permanent Shutdown Date
28 May, 2007
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
71.39 TW.h
62.4 %
62.5 %
37.6 %
60.3 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2007
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1971
659.900
514
1364
1972
2554.200
514
4703
53.5
100.0
100.0
56.6
56.6
1973
3174.100
514
6391
71.8
70.8
85.3
69.4
63.0
1974
3967.000
514
7861
90.0
88.5
86.4
88.4
71.4
1975
3869.600
515
7558
86.5
85.9
86.2
86.0
75.0
1976
4202.200
514
8163
93.2
92.9
87.6
93.3
78.7
1977
4099.600
514
8019
91.8
91.0
88.2
91.3
80.8
1978
3797.600
515
7453
85.3
85.1
87.7
84.4
81.3
1979
3873.400
515
7839
88.5
88.5
87.8
84.9
81.8
1980
3766.800
515
7389
84.1
83.2
87.3
83.3
81.9
1981
3807.200
515
7460
85.2
84.3
87.0
84.4
82.2
1982
4121.900
515
8064
92.0
91.1
87.4
91.4
83.0
1983
2620.100
515
5100
58.2
58.0
84.9
58.1
80.9
1984
0.000
515
0
0.0
0.0
78.4
0.0
74.7
1985
0.000
515
0
0.0
0.0
72.8
0.0
69.4
1986
0.000
515
0
0.0
0.0
68.0
0.0
64.7
1987
0.000
515
0
0.0
0.0
63.7
0.0
60.7
1988
650.300
515
1364
15.5
14.4
60.8
14.4
58.0
1989
3360.260
515
7088
80.9
75.4
61.6
74.5
58.9
1990
2931.110
515
6930
79.1
67.1
61.9
65.0
59.2
1991
3274.250
515
7102
81.1
72.9
62.4
72.6
59.9
1992
4096.100
515
8131
92.6
91.0
63.8
90.6
61.3
1993
4276.360
515
8417
96.1
95.6
65.2
94.8
62.9
1994
3897.170
515
7827
89.4
87.9
66.2
86.4
63.9
1995
0.000
515
0
0.0
0.0
63.5
0.0
61.2
1996
1287.790
515
3021
34.4
28.6
62.1
28.5
59.9
1997
3105.310
515
6593
75.7
69.7
62.4
69.2
60.3
1998
Data Not Available - Suspended Operation
1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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