OPG Completes Shaft Excavation Works At Darlington BWRX-300 SMR Project

Three shafts reach full depth to support reactor construction and cooling systems

OPG Completes Shaft Excavation Works At Darlington BWRX-300 SMR Project
Excavation and dewatering has been completed at the Darlington New Nuclear Project in Ontario, Canada. Image courtesy OPG (on social media).

Excavation work has been completed on shafts at the Darlington BWRX-300 small modular reactor project in Canada in support of the construction of the site’s first unit, owner Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said.

OPG said digging has reached the full required depth across three shafts that will support both Unit 1 reactor construction and shared infrastructure.

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