Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Pickering, Ontario. It is one of the oldest nuclear power stations in the world and Canada's third-largest, with eight CANDU reactors.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pickering GO Station and Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant.
Pickering GO Station
Railway station
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Pickering GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore East line and was the eastern terminus from 1967 until 1990, when service was extended to Whitby and subsequently to Oshawa. Pickering GO Station is situated 3 km northwest of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant
Wastewater treatment plant
Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant is on the north shore of Lake Ontario in the City of Pickering. It operates as a partnership between the Regional Municipality of York and the Regional Municipality of Durham. Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant is situated 1¼ km northeast of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
The Shops at Pickering City Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Shops at Pickering City Centre is a large regional shopping mall located in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1972 as Pickering Sheridan Mall, the mall has over 150 stores. The Shops at Pickering City Centre is situated 3½ km northwest of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pickering and Ajax.
Pickering
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Pickering is an outer suburb of Toronto in Durham, Ontario. Located directly east of Toronto on Ontario Highway 401, it shares a name with Pickering in North Yorkshire, England.
Ajax
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Ajax is a town in Durham Region, midway between Oshawa and Toronto. Split from Pickering Township in 1941 to house munitions factory Defence Industries Limited, it is now a growing Greater Toronto Area suburb with nearly 127,000 people.
West Rouge
Neighborhood
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West Rouge is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the south-east corner of Toronto, within the former city of Scarborough. The community is roughly bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, the Rouge River and the Rouge National Urban Park to the east, Port Union Road to the west and Kingston Road to the north. West Rouge is situated 6 km southwest of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
- Type: Power station
- Description: Nuclear power station in Pickering, Ontario
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Durham, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.81116° or 43° 48′ 40″ northLongitude
-79.06322° or 79° 3′ 48″ westElevation
79 metres (259 feet)Inception
July 29th, 1971Operator
Ontario Power GenerationOpen location code
87M2RW6P+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 24656911GeoNames ID
11836957Wikidata ID
Q1739455
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Pickering Nuclear Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة بيكرينق للطاقة النووية”
- Chinese: “皮克灵核电站”
- Chinese: “皮克靈核電站A”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Pickering”
- Dutch: “Pickering Nuclear Generating Station”
- French: “Centrale nucleaire de Pickering”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Pickering”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de pickering”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Pickering”
- French: “Centrale Nucléaire De Pickering”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Pickering”
- Indonesian: “Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Nuklir Pickering”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Pickering”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Pickering”
- Japanese: “ピカリング原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pickering kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Pickering kjernekraftverk”
- Persian: “نیروگاه هستهای پیکرینگ”
- Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Pickering”
- Polish: “Pickering Nuclear Generating Station”
- Russian: “АЭС Пикеринг”
- Slovak: “Jadrová elektráreň Pickering”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear de pickering”
- Spanish: “Central Nuclear de Pickering”
- Spanish: “Pickering Nuclear Generating Station”
- Spanish: “Planta de energia nuclear Pickering”
- Spanish: “Planta de energía nuclear Pickering”
- Swedish: “Pickering kärnkraftverk”
- Swedish: “Pickerings kärnkraftverk”
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