Quebec to have nuclear power by 1980
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Description
The 600 MW Gentilly-2 CANDU PHWR single-unit station is now scheduled to deliver commercial power early in 1980. Differences from the Pickering units include a 400,000 gallon dousing tank (which eliminates the need for a vacuum building), and four 200-ton steam generators arranged in two independent banks, each with two boilers in parallel (compared with 12 boilers per unit at Pickering). Progress with the construction is described. Modifications of Gentilly-1 during shutdown are listed. Gentilly-1 may eventually serve as the prototype for a family of CANDU-BLW stations using recycled plutonium. Startup of the LaPrade heavy-water plant has been rescheduled for 1981. It will draw steam and warmed cooling water from Gentilly-1 and Gentilly-2. (N.D.H.)
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Mod. Power Eng.
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Mod. Power Eng.
- Journal Page Range
- 44-45
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 8284191
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONSTRUCTION; GENTILLY REACTOR; GENTILLY-2 REACTOR; HEAVY WATER; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; NUCLEAR POWER; PLUTONIUM RECYCLE; PRODUCTION; QUEBEC
- Descriptors DEC
- CANADA; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; FUEL CYCLE; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HWLWR TYPE REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; POWER; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER; WATER COOLED REACTORS