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Pickering nuclear reactors start coming off-line for massive refurbishment

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On Monday, four reactors at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station began a ten-year refurbishment project expected to cost $26.8 billion and extend the plant's operational life by up to 38 years. The work will support around 30,500 jobs in Ontario but may increase reliance on natural gas, raising environmental concerns about higher greenhouse gas emissions during this period.

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Four reactors at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario are beginning a massive refurbishment project with an estimated cost of $26.8 billion, starting in January 2024 and expected to last about a decade. The work will extend the plant's life by up to 38 years and support around 30,500 jobs in Ontario. Refurbishment tasks include replacing 1,520 fuel channels and 48 boilers, as well as constructing a 1.5-kilometer deep-water intake. Environmental Defence has raised concerns that the decade-long shutdown will increase reliance on natural gas for electricity generation, potentially raising greenhouse gas emissions.

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Environmental Defence has expressed concerns that taking Pickering’s reactors off-line for most of the next decade will increase the province’s already-growing reliance on natural gas to generate electricity, driving up greenhouse gas emissions.

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🔮 Four reactors at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station are starting to come off-line so they can be refurbished at an estimated cost of $26.8 billion, with the actual refurbishment work set to start in January.

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An Ontario nuclear plant is beginning a massive refurbishment project Monday, as Premier Doug Ford’s government looks to lean heavily on nuclear energy to serve the province’s growing electricity needs. asserted

government → begin → needs

Four reactors at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station are starting to come off-line so they can be refurbished at an estimated cost of $26.8 billion, with the actual refurbishment work set to start in January. asserted

work → start → January

Get daily National news The project is expected to take the units out of service for about a decade and would extend the nuclear plant’s life by up to 38 years, producing enough electricity to power 2.2 million homes. asserted

project → get → homes

The work includes replacing 1,520 fuel channels, 48 boilers and building a 1.5-kilometre deep-water intake. asserted

work → include → intake

Energy Minister Stephen Lecce is touting that the project will support 30,500 jobs, with the vast majority of the costs staying in Ontario. asserted

majority → tout → Ontario

taking → express → emissions