Bruce Power's President and CEO welcomes the Ontario government's plan to squeeze four more years of life out of the Pickering nuclear station.
The province plans to start a 12.8-billion-dollar refurbishment of the Darlington power station this fall.
Nuclear reactors at both stations owned by Ontario Power Generation were originally scheduled to be decommissioned in 2020.
But cabinet decided to keep Pickering running until 2024 while the four nuclear reactors at the Darlington station are rebuilt to extend their lives by about 30 years.
Bruce Power President and CEO Duncan Hawthorne says they are working closely with OPG to share information and lessons learned from previous refurbishments.
“Operating nuclear plants is a unique type of business in the sense that we are not driven by competition between operators, but by our collective success as we share so much in common,”
Hawthorne said. “It’s all about generating safely and reliably and, through collaboration and working together to leverage economies of scale, we can deliver the best results for Ontario
ratepayers.”
Hawthorne says nuclear power is a critical part of Ontario's electricity system as it provides clean, affordable and reliable power.
