Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Bécancour - Trois-Rivières
Latest Updates
2011
- July 29, 2011: Hydro-Québec and the CNSC sign protocol on the operation of the Gentilly-2 nuclear power reactor and radioactive waste facility (PDF)
- April 19, 2011: Update to regulatory action issued to all Class I facilities and uranium mines and mills in Canada
- April 12, 2011: Update to regulatory action issued to all major nuclear facilities in Canada
- March 22, 2011: CNSC request to all Class I nuclear facilities and uranium mines and mills in Canada pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations
- March 19, 2011: Seismic activity near Gentilly-2 Nuclear Power Plant
- March 17, 2011: CNSC Request to all major nuclear facilities in Canada pursuant to Subsection 12(2) of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations
2010
- June 21, 2010: CNSC issues request for action to CANDU licensees
Current Issues
Nuclear Facilities in Bécancour - Trois-Rivières
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) licenses three nuclear operations near the community of Trois-Rivières, a nuclear generating station and two waste management facilities.
Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station
Hydro-Québec owns and is licensed to operate the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station, which has one power reactor licensed to generate 600 megawatts of electricity. It began operating in 1982 and remains in service today.
Gentilly-1 and Gentilly-2 waste management facilities
Located within the Gentilly-2 generating station’s boundary is the Gentilly-1 Waste Management Facility, which Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) owns and is licensed to operate. The Gentilly-1 Nuclear Power Station, which operated intermittently from 1972 to 1978, is also located on site. A decommissioning program was initiated in 1984 to bring the facility to a safe sustainable shutdown state. The site is now partially decommissioned and in a storage-with-surveillance mode and is licensed as a waste facility.
The Gentilly-2 Waste Management Facility, on the same site, but owned by Hydro-Québec, is licensed to accept and store radioactive waste and spent fuel produced at the generating station.
Full-time CNSC personnel work on site at the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station and carry out inspections to evaluate operations and verify compliance with regulatory requirements and licence conditions.
For more information about the Gentilly nuclear generating stations, please see Hydro-Quebec’s Web site.
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