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PICKERING-3
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 Dec, 1967
24 Apr, 1972
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
Suspended Operation Date
End of Suspended Operation Date
03 May, 1972
01 Jun, 1972
29 Dec, 1997
31 Oct, 2008
Permanent Shutdown Date
31 Oct, 2008
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
80.00 TW.h
70.7 %
70.8 %
29.3 %
69.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2008
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
1972
1283.400
514
2449
34.7
100.0
100.0
35.6
35.6
1973
3888.400
514
7733
86.8
85.8
91.0
85.0
66.9
1974
1946.000
514
4236
48.5
43.8
72.9
43.3
57.8
1975
2606.400
514
5161
59.1
57.9
68.8
58.0
57.9
1976
4220.100
514
8284
94.6
93.8
74.2
93.7
65.7
1977
4304.800
514
8409
96.3
96.0
78.1
95.9
71.1
1978
3692.000
515
7283
83.4
82.4
78.7
82.1
72.7
1979
3619.100
515
7212
81.4
81.4
79.1
79.4
73.6
1980
4158.600
515
8125
92.5
91.9
80.6
91.9
75.8
1981
4018.500
515
7911
90.3
88.6
81.4
89.1
77.1
1982
3896.800
515
7703
87.9
86.5
81.9
86.4
78.0
1983
3834.100
515
7573
86.4
85.1
82.2
85.0
78.6
1984
3692.870
515
7287
83.0
81.7
82.1
81.6
78.9
1985
2782.120
515
5483
62.6
61.8
80.6
61.7
77.6
1986
3173.890
515
6347
72.4
70.4
79.9
70.4
77.1
1987
3448.350
515
7096
81.0
76.4
79.7
76.4
77.0
1988
3821.480
515
7477
85.1
84.2
80.0
84.5
77.5
1989
1717.890
515
3505
40.0
38.1
77.6
38.1
75.3
1990
0.000
515
0
0.0
0.0
73.4
0.0
71.2
1991
1554.170
515
3198
36.5
34.4
71.4
34.4
69.3
1992
4054.610
515
8063
91.8
90.0
72.3
89.6
70.3
1993
3419.840
515
6834
78.0
76.7
72.5
75.8
70.6
1994
4120.360
515
8159
93.1
91.7
73.4
91.3
71.5
1995
2698.570
515
5354
61.1
60.2
72.8
59.8
71.0
1996
1099.260
515
2181
24.8
24.3
70.8
24.3
69.1
1997
2943.980
515
6324
73.0
66.4
70.7
66.0
69.0
1998
Data Not Available - Suspended Operation
1999
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Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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