Pickering Refurbishment Project Ahead of Schedule, Darlington SMR No Longer Expected to Hit 2030 Targets: OPG

Pickering refurbishment project ahead of schedule, Darlington SMR no longer expected to hit 2030 targets: OPG

Two major projects continue at Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in Durham. At the Pickering Generating Station Units 5 to 8 are offline in preparation for refu

Leading small modular nuclear reactor will be late and over budget

North America’s first small modular reactor project is running into two familiar challenges for the nuclear industry: timing and cost. Ontario Power Generation said in a Tuesday earnings release that the first BWRX-300 unit at its Darlington site will not come online by its October 2030 target and will blow past its…

Darlington small modular reactor faces delay and cost overruns, prompting OPG assessment

Nuclear project is being watched globally because it’s the first of its kind to begin construction in a G7 country

OPG's Darlington New Nuclear Project faces delay and cost overruns

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced in its third quarter financial results that is is undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) cost and schedule, and indicated that the DNNP Unit 1 is no longer expected to achieve the previously disclosed commercial operation date target of October 2030 or be completed within the previously disclosed estimated cost of $7.7 billion, inclusive of required systems and…

Ontario’s SMR project is over time and over budget, and what it means for Saskatchewan

The whole idea of Saskatchewan building SMRs was Ontario would go first and blaze the trail. That trailblazing is now over schedule and over budget.