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[cdn-nucl-l] Pickering 4 at 70% FP

FYI
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RESTARTED PICKERING 4 COMPLETING COMMISSIONING, RUNNING AT 70%

Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) Pickering Unit 4 was operating at 70 per
cent of rated capacity this week supplying approximately 380 MW of
electrical generation. OPG expects to declare Pickering Unit 4 in service
during September.

Pickering Unit 4 has produced a total of approximately 78 TWh of electricity
at a lifetime capacity factor of 67.2 per cent between first entering
service in 1973 and its shutdown in 1997.

OPG, COG