Darlington nuclear power plant

Darlington nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Darlington nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 4 operating nuclear sites in Canada, holding 28% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 31st of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1990 and 1993; the median unit is 33.5 years old, younger than the median of 41.0 in Canada.

The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 7.8 to 8.7 years (median 8.3) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1990s is 8.0 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Darlington New nuclear power plant (2 km), Pickering nuclear power plant (28 km) and Robert Emmett Ginna nuclear power plant (132 km).

4 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 -0.3%, Unit 2 -0.3%, Unit 3 -0.3% and Unit 4 -0.3%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.