NB's Point Lepreau nuclear plant ranked as poor performer...

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N.B.'s Point Lepreau nuclear plant ranked as poor performer among international peers

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CBC - March 20, 2024

EXCERPT: "Since 2014 the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station has been one of the poorest-performing reactors among dozens of similar facilities in five countries, a pair of unflinching reports commissioned by N.B. Power about the troubled plant suggest.

The U.S.-based energy consulting firm ScottMadden found N.B. Power spent less on upkeep at Lepreau since it completed a major refurbishment in 2012 than owners of more reliable reactors, and they provided evidence that Lepreau's troubles may be connected to a failure to invest enough on maintenance.

The reports also suggest Lepreau's performance may worsen in future years if amounts spent on keeping ahead of trouble are not increased significantly.

"Although the refurbishment initially improved Point Lepreau's performance as expected, in recent years, Point Lepreau has missed its reliability-related projections for outage durations, capacity factors, forced loss rates, and other measures," wrote the company in one of two separate reports. . . . . "

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