 pickering nuclear generating station is a canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of lake ontario in pickering, ontario. the facility derives its name from the city (originally township) of pickering in which it is located. it produces 15-20% of ontario's power and employs 3,000 workers.http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/22/future-of-pickering-nuclear-plant-a-hot-topic-in-durham-region co-located at the pickering station is a single 1.8 mwe wind turbine named the opg 7 commemorative turbine. ==reactor classification== the reactors can be classified as follows: pickering a * pickering a 1 * pickering a 2 (safe shutdown state, defuelled) * pickering a 3 (safe shutdown state, defuelled) * pickering a 4 pickering b * pickering b 5 * pickering b 6 * pickering b 7 * pickering b 8 ==construction==  the facility was constructed in stages between 1966 and 1986 by the provincial crown corporation, ontario hydro. in april 1999, ontario hydro was split into five component crown corporations with ontario power generation (opg) taking over all electrical generating stations and which continues to operate the pickering station. the pickering station is one of the largest nuclear facilities in the world and comprises eight candu nuclear reactors located on the northern shore of lake ontario, having a total output of 4124&nbsp;mw (capacity net) and 4336&nbsp;mw (gross n
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