Saturday, November 24, 2012

New Brunswick nuclear reactor returns to service

Global News | New Brunswick nuclear reactor returns to service after costly delays to overhaul:
FREDERICTON - Atlantic Canada's only nuclear power plant returned to commercial operation Friday for the first time since March 2008, when it began a major refurbishment that was plagued by repeated delays and massive cost overruns.
The Point Lepreau reactor in New Brunswick resumed generating power following an overhaul that was scheduled to last 18 months and cost $1.4 billion. Instead, the project took three years longer than expected and cost the province's Crown-owned utility an extra $1 billion.
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