OPG releases 2018 first quarter Darlington Refurb project report

The Darlington Refurbishment, Canada’s largest clean energy project, continues to track on time and on budget, as Unit 2 reactor reassembly gets underway.

We experienced a successful first quarter in 2018 highlighted by arriving at the halfway mark on the Unit 2 schedule and the green lighting of Unit 3 refurbishment. Both of these milestones serve to reinforce our stakeholders’ confidence in our project team’s ability to safely complete the refurbishment of all four reactors at Darlington Nuclear on time and on budget. During this quarter, OPG and our project partners completed the removal of all 960 end fittings, 480 pressure tubes and 480 calandria tubes from Unit 2. The removed components have been shipped to OPG’s state-of-the-art Re-Tube Waste Processing Building where they are being prepared for long-term safe storage.

We have now begun installing new and refurbished components in Unit 2. Other work is also underway, including refurbishing our fuel handling equipment, rebuilding or replacing nearly 1,000 valves and overhauling our turbines and generators, both which help produce electricity.

In this report, you’ll learn more about some of the exciting milestones we’ve reached on the Darlington Refurbishment project in our first quarter, and how we’re delivering results for 30 more years of safe, clean and reliable energy.

Dietmar Reiner,
Senior Vice President, Nuclear Projects