Ontario's Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in 2020. The idea of refurbishing four reactors at Pickering B was considered in 2006, but rejected a few years later.

The Ontario government has granted final approval for the refurbishment of four nuclear power reactors at Ontario Power Generation’s Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.

The approved budget for the project is $26.8-billion, more than double the cost of refurbishing the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station , which generates significantly more power. OPG says the Darlington project is on track to wrap up next year, meeting its original schedule and $12.8-billion budget.

The Pickering refurbishment is substantially more expensive in part because of the plant’s age. OPG plans to replace steam turbines, steam generators an

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