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Nuclear reactors supplied by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is recorded as the nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) supplier of 35 units in 6 countries, per the IAEA PRIS register: 27 operating with 18,032 MWe net and 8 shut down.

Designer of the CANDU, with Ontario Hydro on the Canadian plants and local partners on the exports. By country: Canada (24), South Korea (4) and India (2). By technology: 32 PHWR, 2 PWR and 1 HWLWR. The first unit was connected in 1967 and the most recent in 2007. The most powerful unit in operation is Darlington 1, in Canada, with 878 MWe. 8 units have been permanently shut down.

Units with a Atomic Energy of Canada Limited nuclear steam supply system

UnitCountryTypeModelMWeGrid connectionStatus
Douglas Point (AECL)Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 2002061967Shut down
Gentilly 1Canada CanadaHWLWRCANDU BLWR 2502501971Shut down
Pickering A1Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500A5151971Shut down
Pickering A2Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500A5151971Shut down
Pickering A3Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500A5151972Shut down
Rajasthan 1India IndiaPHWR1341972Operation suspended
Pickering A4Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500A5151973Shut down
Bruce A2Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 7918171976Operating
Bruce A1Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 7918161977Operating
Bruce A3Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 750A7701977Operating
Bruce A4Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 750A8071978Operating
Rajasthan 2India IndiaPHWR1871980Operating
Gentilly 2Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU-66351982Shut down
Pickering B5Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500B5161982Operating
Point Lepreau 1Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU-66601982Operating
Wolsong 1South Korea South KoreaPHWRCANDU-66611982Shut down
EmbalseArgentina ArgentinaPHWRCANDU-66081983Operating
Pickering B6Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500B5161983Operating
Bruce B5Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 750B8171984Operating
Bruce B6Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 750B8171984Operating
Pickering B7Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500B5161984Operating
Bruce B7Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 750B8171986Operating
Pickering B8Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 500B5161986Operating
Bruce B8Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 750B8171987Operating
Darlington 1Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 8508781990Operating
Darlington 2Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 8508781990Operating
Darlington 3Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 8508781992Operating
Darlington 4Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 8508781993Operating
Cernavodă 1Romania RomaniaPHWRCANDU-66501996Operating
Wolsong 2South Korea South KoreaPHWRCANDU-65711997Operating
Wolsong 3South Korea South KoreaPHWRCANDU-65951998Operating
Wolsong 4South Korea South KoreaPHWRCANDU-65691999Operating
Qinshan 3-1China ChinaPWRCANDU 66772002Operating
Qinshan 3-2China ChinaPWRCANDU 66772003Operating
Cernavodă 2Romania RomaniaPHWRCANDU-66502007Operating

Data: Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0), IAEA PRIS 2025, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. Capacities in net MWe unless stated.

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