Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station
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Transmission lines leading to the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in background at left.
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 Location of Point Lepreau Nuclear
Generating Station in New Brunswick |
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| Country | Canada |
| Location |
Point Lepreau, Musquash Parish, New Brunswick |
| Coordinates | 45°04′08″N 66°27′17″W / 45.06889°N 66.45472°WCoordinates: 45°04′08″N 66°27′17″W / 45.06889°N 66.45472°W |
| Status | Operating. Reactivated to full service 23 November 2012 after undergoing Life Extension Project since March 2008. |
| Construction began | 1975-1982 |
| Commission date | 1 February 1983 |
| Construction cost | C$1.4 billion (1983) |
| Owner(s) | NB Power |
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| Reactor type | CANDU |
| Reactor supplier | AECL |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 660 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 660 MW |
| Capacity factor | 71.1% |
| 2013 output | 4111 GW·h |
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Website NB Power - Nuclear Powering the Future - Point Lepreau Refurbishment Project |
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Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station located 2 km northeast of Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, Canada. The facility was constructed between 1975-1983 by NB Power, the provincially owned public utility.
The facility derives its name from the nearby headland situated at the easternmost part of Charlotte County, although the generating station itself is located within Saint John County. The generating station is administratively part of the local service district of Musquash, west of the city of Saint John.
The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is the only nuclear generating facility located in Atlantic Canada and consists of a single CANDU nuclear reactor located on the northern shore of the Bay of Fundy, having a net capacity of 660 MW (705 MW gross).
Point Lepreau was finished in 1981. It operated until 2008, when it closed for a refurbishment until October 23, 2012, when it was first re-connected to the grid. This is the only operating nuclear reactor in Canada outside Ontario. This was the only CANDU reactor built on the East Coast of Atlantic Canada ; other CANDUs are in Argentina, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Romania and China.
In 2007, Team CANDU, a consortium of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Babcock & Wilcox Canada, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada Inc., Hitachi Canada Ltd and SNC-Lavalin Nuclear Limited began a $2.5 million feasibility study regarding the installation of a new 1,100 MWe Advanced CANDU Reactor at Point Lepreau, to supply power to New England.
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