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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