Laurentian Hills in Renfrew County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Nuclear Power Demonstration Reactor
Photographed by Kevin Craft, July 4, 2017
1. Nuclear Power Demonstration Reactor Marker
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Nuclear Power Demonstration Reactor. . On June 4, 1962 the Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Reactor 3 km east of Rolphton supplied the Ontario power grid with the first nuclear-generated electricity in Canada. A joint project of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Ontario Hydro and Canadian General Electric, NPD was the prototype and proving ground for research and development that led to commercial application of the CANDU system for generating electric power from a nuclear plant using natural uranium fuel, heavy water moderator and coolant in a pressure tube configuration with on-power refuelling. As a science and engineering research centre, NPD produced internationally significant knowledge and techniques. It was also a training centre for nuclear plant operators. NPD closed in 1987 after exceeding its operational goals.
On June 4, 1962 the Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Reactor 3 km east of Rolphton supplied the Ontario power grid with the first nuclear-generated electricity in Canada. A joint project of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Ontario Hydro and Canadian General Electric, NPD was the prototype and proving ground for research and development that led to commercial application of the CANDU system for generating electric power from a nuclear plant using natural uranium fuel, heavy water moderator and coolant in a pressure tube configuration with on-power refuelling. As a science and engineering research centre, NPD produced internationally significant knowledge and techniques. It was also a training centre for nuclear plant operators. NPD closed in 1987 after exceeding its operational goals.
is in Laurentian Hills, Ontario, in Renfrew County. It is on Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 17) 0.4 kilometers east of Swisha Road (County Highway 635), on the right when traveling west. Marker is located in a paved pull-out on the north side of the highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Laurentian Hills ON K0J, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Haliburton Highlands to Ottawa Valley and in Eastern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Ruperts Land.
Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Steamboating on the Upper Ottawa (approx. 5.4 kilometers away).
2. Wideview of Nuclear Power Demonstration Reactor Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2017, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. This page has been viewed 327 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 16, 2017, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec.
