{"id":4182,"date":"2020-11-25T21:19:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T21:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnl.wpengine.com\/?page_id=4182"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T21:03:08","slug":"nuclear-power-demonstration-closure-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cnl.ca\/environmental-stewardship\/nuclear-power-demonstration-closure-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The responsible solution to decommission Canada’s first power reactor<\/h4>\n

We are proposing to complete the closure of the Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) facility, ensuring the long-term safety of humans and the environment. The proposed approach is to demolish the above grade structure and place the debris into open areas in the below grade structure, then to fill the entire facility with grout to convert it into a permanent disposal facility. This technique is known as in-situ disposal as the waste remains in place, avoiding handling, shipping, and building another storage facility elsewhere. In situ disposal completes the decommissioning and contains and isolates the remaining empty systems and components below grade in bedrock.\u00a0 It is a safe technique and ensures people and the environment remain protected.<\/p>\n

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A proud legacy<\/h4>\n

The Nuclear Power Demonstration, better known as NPD, was the first Canadian nuclear power reactor and the prototype for the CANDU\u00ae reactor design.\u00a0 NPD made history in 1962 when it generated electricity from nuclear power for the first time in Canada.\u00a0 It was a small single unit 20 MWe pressurized heavy water reactor located in Rolphton, Ontario.\u00a0 The NPD reactor was the prototype and proving ground for research and development that led to commercial application of the CANDU\u00ae system for generating electric power.<\/p>\n

For 25 years NPD produced sustainable, clean energy, and operated as a training centre for nuclear operators and engineers from Canada and around the world. Operations at NPD ended in 1987, after which the first stages of decommissioning were completed, including the removal of all nuclear fuel from the site and the draining of the systems.\u00a0 The site has been in a safe shutdown state over the last 30 years.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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