1 Jul (NucNet): Reactor vendors have submitted detailed construction plans, schedules and cost estimates for the potential construction of two units at the Darlington nuclear site in Canada’s Ontario province.
Plant owner and operator Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said it had received the submissions from Westinghouse Electric Canada for the AP1000 reactor design and SNC-Lavalin Nuclear/Candu Energy for the Enhanced Candu 6 reactor design.
OPG said the submissions, which were commissioned last year, will help the government decide whether to go ahead with new nuclear at OPG’s Darlington site.
OPG said the completed submissions will be analysed by a team from OPG and the ministries of energy, finance, and infrastructure Ontario. This review will take “a number of months” to complete, OPG said.
In May 2012, the federal government approved the Darlington project environmental assessment. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has also granted a site preparation licence, but no work has been done at the site.
All decisions on whether to move ahead with the two potential nuclear reactors will be made by the government of Ontario, OPG said.
The new Darlington project foresees the construction of up to four nuclear units with up to 4,800 megawatts of electrical capacity and associated facilities.
There are already four Candu pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at the Darlington site.
For details of the Darlington project, see OPG’s Darlington Project website:
www.opg.com/power/nuclear/darlington/d_overview.asp
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