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Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station
Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station (''Centrale nucléaire de Gentilly'' in French) is a former nuclear power station located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Bécancour, Quebec, 100 km north east of Montreal. The site contained two nuclear reactors; Gentilly-1, a 250 MW CANDU-BWR prototype, was marred by technical problems and shut down in 1977, and Gentilly-2, a 675-MW CANDU-6 reactor operated commercially by the government-owned public utility Hydro-Québec between 1983 and 2012. These were the only power generating nuclear reactors in Quebec.There is also a SLOWPOKE research reactor at Montreal's École Polytechnique. The Gentilly reactors were constructed in stages between 1966 and 1983 and were originally part of a plan for 30-35 nuclear reactors in Quebec. A third reactor, Gentilly-3, was scheduled to be built on the same site but was cancelled because of a drop in demand growth in the late 1970s. In October 2012, it was decided for econo ...
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Bécancour, Quebec
Bécancour () is a city (Quebec), city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières. Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is an enclave within the town of Bécancour. They arrived from Norridgewock, Maine (formerly Acadia) in the aftermath of Father Rale's War. There was a small migration of Acadians to the village (1759), after the British began the Expulsion of the Acadians from the Maritimes. Specifically, the Acadians migrated from present-day New Brunswick to avoid being killed or captured in the St. John River Campaign. Description The town of Bécancour was created October 17, 1965, from an amalgamation of eleven municipalities. Bécancour was one of the province of Quebec's first Municipal history of Quebec#1965, amalgamated cities. At the time, Bécancour was the largest c ...
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Nuclear Power Stations In Quebec
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List Of Power Stations In Canada
Canada is home to a wide variety of power stations (or generating stations). The lists below outline power stations of significance by type, or by the province/territory in which they reside. By type The following pages lists the power stations in Canada by type: * List of largest power stations in Canada ;Non-renewable energy * Coal in Canada § List of coal-fired power stations * List of natural gas-fired power stations in Canada * Nuclear power in Canada § Power reactors ;Renewable energy * Geothermal power in Canada § Recent developments * List of hydroelectric power stations in Canada * List of photovoltaic power stations in Canada * List of wind farms in Canada By province or territory The following pages lists the power stations in Canada by province or territory: * List of generating stations in Alberta * List of generating stations in British Columbia * List of generating stations in Manitoba * List of generating stations in New Brunswick * List of generating ...
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List Of Electrical Generating Stations In Quebec
The following page lists electrical generating stations in Quebec, Canada. Quebec produces close to 96% of its electricity through hydropower. The James Bay Project is Quebec's largest generation complex, with an installed capacity of 16,527 megawatt of power, approximately 40% of the province's peak load. Hydro-Québec, the government-owned public utility is the main power generator in the province with 59 hydroelectric facilities located across the province, for a total installed capacity of 34,490 MW. Hydroelectric Owned by Hydro-Québec List of hydroelectric generating stations owned and operated by Hydro-Québec Production. Stations with partial Hydro-Québec ownership Privately owned hydroelectric generating stations List of privately owned hydroelectric generating stations in Quebec, including facilities owned by municipal utilities. Other Renewables Wind List of wind farms in Quebec. Biomass List of biomass and waste generating stations ...
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