Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station

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Active reactors ( gross ):

Decommissioned Reactors ( gross ):

The nuclear power plant Gentilly is a Canadian nuclear power plant in Becancour, Quebec, near the city of Trois- Rivières. As the only nuclear power plant in Québec it was built in several phases 1966-1983 by Hydro-Québec, a state-owned enterprise of the province of Québec.

Gentilly -1 reactor

Gentilly -1 was the prototype of the CANDU - BWR, which was developed on the basis of design for a Siedeschwerwasserreaktor. The reactor had several novel features, including vertically oriented pressure tubes and light -water coolant. These properties should reduce the cost. It was built for a power output of 250 MW. With this low power and reduced cost, they hoped that a major export for developing countries. The expectations have not been fulfilled. In seven years of operation, power was fed into the network due to numerous technical problems only at 180 days. The reactor was shut down then.

Gentilly -2 reactor

Gentilly -2 is a standard CANDU reactor, similar to the nuclear power plant in Point Lepreau. The reactor has a maximum power output of 638 MW. Unlike its predecessor, Gentilly -1, Gentilly -2 has an excellent maintenance record since its commissioning in 1983. Though he contributes just 3 % for electricity production in Quebec ( the province has large hydropower stations in the north), was announced on 19 August 2008 that the reactor for 1.9 billion C $ be rehabilitated and will continue to run until the year 2040.

On the grounds of the reactor there is also a 500 MW gas turbine to generate electricity.

Gentilly 2 was finally shut down on 28 December, 2012. Thus, the reactor nuclear power plant in Point Lepreau in the province of New Brunswick, who was taken in the same year in operation as Gentilly -2, the last remaining of Canada, which is outside the province of Ontario.

Data of the reactor units

The nuclear power plant Gentilly has a total of two blocks: