How odd
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Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Clarington, Ontario. It is a large nuclear facility comprising ***four CANDU nuclear reactors*** with a total output of 3,512 MWe when all units are online, providing about 20 percent of Ontario’s electricity needs.
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No mention of any SMR in place or operation.
SMR = Unicorn farts?
Westinghouse has one in the works. Both GE and Westinghouse have the decades of experience with the NRC to get past the hurdles required for licensing.
The Gates project ... who knows.
Did you look at the dates for Darlington Station? SMRs were not in vogue 40 years ago. Planning, design and manufacturing probably started five years before construction started, so you are talking the first planning activities in 1977.
Construction began
Unit 1: April 1, 1982
Unit 2: September 1, 1981
Unit 3: September 1, 1984
Unit 4: July 1, 1985
Commission date
Unit 1: November 14, 1992
Unit 2: October 9, 1990
Unit 3: February 14, 1993
Unit 4: June 14, 1993