Ontario's Nuclear Plants

Ontario has five nuclear generating stations: Darlington, Pickering A and B, and Bruce A and B. There are four CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) reactors at each plant. The Pickering and Bruce stations have eight reactors each on their properties, but are split up into two plants an "A" and "B" for safety reasons. If one of the reactors in plant "A" at Bruce where to meltdown, the reactors at plant "B" would be virtually unharmed even though they are right beside each other. Currently, all four reactors at the Darlington plant are operational. At the Pickering plant as you can see in the picture, only six reactors are operational and the other two are in long term layup because of how old they are. There are very strict laws about the reactors to ensure everyone is safe. Like the Pickering plant, Bruce only has six reactors up as well and the other two are being refurbished. In 2018 the Bruce generating station is getting four new CANDU reactors to make sure that it is the largest nuclear plant in North America.