Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has received detailed construction plans, schedules and cost estimates for two potential nuclear reactors at Darlington in Ontario (Canada). The submissions by Westinghouse Electric Canada and SNC-Lavalin Nuclear / Candu Energy were commissioned last year and will help inform the government’s decision on whether to move forward with new nuclear at OPG’s Darlington site. The two reactor designs that were studied were:
- The Enhanced Candu 6 reactor designed by Candu Energy, a unit of SNC-Lavalin;
- The AP 1000 reactor designed by Westinghouse.
The completed submissions will be analyzed by a team from OPG and the ministries of Energy, Finance, and Infrastructure Ontario.
In May 2012, the federal government approved the Darlington New Nuclear Project Environmental Assessment. It concluded the project will not result in any significant adverse environmental effects, given mitigation. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has also granted a site preparation licence, but no work has been done at the site. All decisions on whether to move forward with the two potential nuclear reactors
will be made by the Government of Ontario.