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World nuclear reactor performance 1986 (1987)
| Author | Ontario Hydro |
| Date | 1987 |
| Classification | 6.01.0.20/11 (IMPORTANCE WORLDWIDE) |
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World power reactor performance Ontario Hydro nuclear reactors lead the world in lifetime performance LIFETIME PERFORMANCE †† Units greater than 500 MWe* which produced electricity prior to January 1, 1986 Four of the world's top ten nuclear reactors (500,000 kilowatts and over in size) in terms of lifetime performance- including the top two- are operated by Ontario Hydro. Five of them are CANDUs (CANada Deuterium Uranium). Rated number one is Unit 3 at Ontario Hydro's Bruce Nuclear Power Development with a gross capacity factor of 87.6 per cent. Bruce Unit 4, at 87 per cent, Pt. Lepreau (a CANDU, but not operated by Ontario Hydro) at 86.5 per cent, and Bruce Unit 5, at 86.4 per cent, are second, third and fourth. Tenth, at 82.9 per cent, is Unit 7 at Ontario Hydro's Pickering Generating Station. Unit 7 was the top lifetime performer last year with a rating of 89.3 per cent. All lifetime performances are rated below and overleaf. 1986 PERFORMANCE Units greater than 500 MWe* which produced electricity prior to January 1, 1986 Two Ontario Hydro CANDU nuclear reactors ranked with the top ten in the world in 1986. Among all reactors with capacities of 500,000 kilowatts or more operating throughout the year, Unit 5 at Ontario Hydro's Bruce Nuclear Power Development ranked sixth, with a gross capacity factor of 97.3 per cent. (This was an even better rating than the 94.9 per cent achieved last year by Ontario Hydro's best performing reactor, Bruce Unit 1, making it fourth in the world). Ranked tenth this year, at 93.1 per cent, is Unit 4 at Bruce. The CANDU Pt. Lepreau reactor in New Brunswick, second last year, dropped to ninth with a rating of 94 per cent. The rankings for all the world's large reactors- 236, up from 212 last year - are provided below and overleaf.
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