How much did Pickering Nuclear Generating Station cost to build?
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is an eight-unit CANDU plant of about 3,100 MW on Lake Ontario in Ontario, built by Ontario Hydro in two stations: Pickering A (Units 1 to 4, commissioned 1971 to 1973) and Pickering B (Units 5 to 8, commissioned 1983 to 1986), with construction beginning in 1966. Wikipedia gives Pickering A's cost as CAD 716 million and Pickering B's as CAD 3.84 billion, with no source opened to confirm either, and a CAD 26.8 billion refurbishment was approved by Ontario in 2025.
Reported project cost
CAD 3.84 billion
Approximately $2.76 billion
Cost basis: 1986
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1986
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