Operating. Reactivated to full service 23 November 2012 after undergoing Life Extension Project since March 2008.
Construction began
1 May 1975
Commission date
1 February 1983
Construction cost
C$1.4 billion (1983)
Owner(s)
NB Power
Operator(s)
NB Power
Nuclear power station
Reactors
1
Reactor type
CANDU PHWR
Reactor supplier
AECL
Cooling source
Atlantic Ocean
Thermal capacity
2064 MWth
Power generation
Units operational
1 × 660 MW
Make and model
CANDU C6
Nameplate capacity
660 MW
Capacity factor
70.85% (lifetime) 78.68% (2013+)
Annual net output
4801 GWe·h (2020) 161,589 GW·h (lifetime)
External links
Website
NB Power - Nuclear
Powering the Future - Point Lepreau Refurbishment Project
Commons
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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 and 1983 by NB Power, the provincially owned public utility.
The facility is located on the northern shore of the Bay of Fundy and 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 the only operating Canadian nuclear power station located outside of Ontario. The facility consists of a single CANDU nuclear reactor, having a net capacity of 660 MW[1] (705 MW gross).[2]
^International Atomic Energy Agency (30 November 2009). "Point Lepreau". Power Reactor Information System. Retrieved 11 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
^NB Power (November 2006). "Point Lepreau Generating Station" (PDF). New Brunswick Department of Energy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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