OPG Ontario Darlington 1 nuke back
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Ontario Power Generation's 881-megawatt unit 1 at the Darlington nuclear power station in Ontario returned to service recently, the Independent Electricity System Operator said in a report.
The unit shut by September 30 for a short-term forced outage.
The 3,524-MW Darlington station is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Darlington, about 45 miles east of Toronto. There are four 881 MW units 1-4 at Darlington.
Unit 4 shut on September 30 for planned maintenance. Electricity traders guessed the unit would remain shut for about a month or two.
Units 2 and 3, meanwhile, continued to operate at high power.
One MW powers about 800 homes, according to North American averages.
OPG owns and operates about 22,000 MW of generating capacity and markets power to utilities in Ontario and neighboring U.S. and Canadian electricity markets.
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