Site preparation has begun for Canada’s first grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR) at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington nuclear site.
The new SMR at Darlington will be Ontario’s first nuclear reactor build in a generation. This project alone will deliver 300 MW of electricity, which is enough to power 300,000 homes.
The start of site preparation follows OPG’s submission in November of a construction licence application to the national nuclear regulator for the SMR.
In October the Canada Infrastructure Bank finalised an agreement with OPG that included CAD970m ($714m, €713m) towards Canada’s first SMR.
The new SMR at Darlington will be Ontario’s first nuclear reactor build in a generation. This project alone will deliver 300 MW of electricity, which is enough to power 300,000 homes.
The start of site preparation follows OPG’s submission in November of a construction licence application to the national nuclear regulator for the SMR.
In October the Canada Infrastructure Bank finalised an agreement with OPG that included CAD970m ($714m, €713m) towards Canada’s first SMR.
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