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Ontario begins refurbishing four Pickering nuclear reactors
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- Four reactors at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station are coming off-line for refurbishment at an estimated cost of $26.8-billion.
- The refurbishment work is set to start in January and take units out of service for about a decade.
- The project would extend the plant's life by up to 38 years and produce electricity for 2.2 million homes.
- The work includes replacing 1,520 fuel channels, 48 boilers and building a 1.5-kilometre deep-water intake.
- Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said the project will support 30,500 jobs.
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