Advisers to nuclear regulator bolster industry position on deteriorating pressure tubes

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Advisers to nuclear regulator bolster industry position on deteriorating pressure tubes
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As research continues into deteriorating pressure tubes, most of the nation’s 19 reactors in service are in extended operation, meaning they are operating beyond their 30-year design lives

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. Ontario’s Bruce and Darlington stations are in the midst of extensive refurbishments, which include complete replacement of old pressure tubes.

The provincial government is now considering whether to refurbish four reactors at Pickering station, its oldest operating nuclear plant. Hydro-Québec is considering restarting its Gentilly-2 reactor, which was shut down in 2012.Ottawa yet to decide whether reprocessing spent nuclear fuel should be allowed in Canada

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