Work has begun on the refurbishment of the Darlington-3 nuclear power plant in Canada, with the project, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced.
Unit 3 is the second of four Candu units at the site to undergo refurbishment in a 10-year project that will enable the station to continue operations until 2055.
The first major work at Darlington-3, defuelling, involves the remote-controlled removal of 6,240 fuel bundles from the reactor over the course of 90 days.
OPG said workers will place these bundles inside water-filled fuel bays for up to 10 years of safe storage. Once the bundles have been removed, the team will drain heavy water from the unit’s reactor systems.
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