Toronto's neighbouring municipality of Pickering is home to the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. Although the risk of a nuclear power accident is very low, the City of Toronto has a plan in place to deal with this type of event.
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is located at about 35 kilometers east of Toronto (City Hall) on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. It is owned and operated by Ontario Power Generation and has been generating electricity for the province since 1971. The Pickering nuclear facility has eight Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) nuclear reactors. Each reactor can produce 540 megawatts of electricity. To learn more about how nuclear energy is produced at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, visit the Ontario Power Generation website.
