Chalk River nuclear power plant
Chalk River nuclear power plant is a nuclear site in Canada with 1 unit on record. None is currently operating.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk River nuclear power plant | Shelved | - | - | 5 | - |
Chalk River nuclear power plant in context
The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Darlington New nuclear power plant (264 km), Darlington nuclear power plant (265 km) and Pickering nuclear power plant (283 km).
Nearest tracked nuclear sites
| Site | Country | Distance | Operating GW gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington New nuclear power plant | Canada | 264 km | - |
| Darlington nuclear power plant | Canada | 265 km | 3.7 |
| Pickering nuclear power plant | Canada | 283 km | 2.2 |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
| Location | Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 46.0500, -77.3636 |
| Elevation | about 135 mabove sea level |
| Setting | About 240 km from the sea |
| Region | Northern America |
| Units by status | Shelved: 1 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Global First Power Ltd |
|---|---|
| Operators | Ultra Safe Nuclear CORP Ontario Power Generation |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data