Decommissioning of NPD Generating Station

Abstract

The Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) generating station at Rolphton, Ontario was committed in 1955 and began operating in 1962. It is owned by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Ontario Hydro, and operated by Ontario Hydro. It was intended to demonstrate the practicability of producing electric power with the CANDU reactor design, and to provide information for use in the design, construction, and operation of larger stations. Over its twenty-five years of operation NPD has produced a great deal of information that has contributed to the success of later CANDU stations; is continuing to a produce useful information in its decommissioning.