(Reuters) – The Pickering Nuclear Producing Station in Ontario has acquired approval from the Canadian Nuclear Security Fee for the protected operation of its “B” models till December 2026.
“The information is evident, Ontario wants extra energy to fulfill rising power calls for. We’ve lengthy believed that the Pickering Nuclear Producing Station is important to Ontario’s power enlargement plan,” Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s minister of power and electrification, mentioned in a press release.
This choice will facilitate the manufacturing of “dependable, inexpensive and clear energy,” in addition to life-saving medical isotopes to fight most cancers, Lecce added.
The Pickering Nuclear Producing Station’s “B” models produced its second-highest output ever in 2023 as a six-unit station, and generates 2,000 MW of energy, sufficient to energy two million houses.
The approval comes after Ontario Energy Technology concluded that Pickering may safely generate electrical energy by 2026 and subsequently utilized to amend the station’s working license.
This transfer is consistent with the federal government’s announcement in January supporting OPG’s plan to proceed with refurbishing the station’s “B” models.
(Reporting by Anmol Choubey in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Invoice Berkrot)
