The Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, initially constructed in 1977, is an 8-core CANDU pressurized heavy-water reactor. It is Canada’s largest reactor, and up until 2016, it was the world’s largest fully operational power plant. It was the first nuclear power plant in the world to produce 1000 TWh in a year. It is also the world’s largest supplier of the useful isotope, Cobalt-60. To learn more visit: https://www.brucepower.com/isotopes-and-medical-innovation/cobalt-60-isotopes/

The Darlington Nuclear Generating Station first went online in 1990. Four CANDU reactors create electricity at this power station. The Darlington plant currently holds the record for the longest operation of any type of thermal generating plant, at 1,106 consecutive days (roughly 3 years!). [7] In 2008, the plant achieved a 94.5% capacity factor, making it one of the highest achieved capacity factors of any electricity-generating facility in the entire world.

The SLOWPOKE research reactor is at École Polytechnique in Montréal. Commercial operation commenced in 1976 with 93% enriched fuel. In 1997 the reactor was refuelled using 20% enriched uranium, producing 20 kWs at its peak. It has since renewed its licence as a Low-Enriched Uranium reactor and continues to be used for research, education, and neutron/isotope generation.

The SLOWPOKE-2 research reactor is owned and operated by the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. It was commissioned in 1985, as the first Low-Enriched Uranium reactor. This reactor is a sealed container design still operating on its original fuel. It just recently got approval for refueling to continue its important research. This SLOWPOKE reactor differs from other research reactors due of a modification that allows it to perform neutron computed tomography (CT), which is similar to the an X-ray CT scan you may get at a hospital but is often used to look for defects in mechanical parts such at aircraft wings.