Gentilly-2 Nuclear Facility
Hydro-Québec owns and is licensed to operate the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Facility, located near Trois-Rivières, Québec. Hydro-Québec also operates a nuclear waste management facility at the station. The station was permanently shutdown in December 2012.
- Plant Information
- Latest CNSC Plant-Specific Announcements
- Latest Licensee Public Disclosures
- Regulatory Reporting
- Other Key Topics
- Adjacent Nuclear Facility
Aerial view of the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station
Plant Information
Location: Bécancour, Québec
Operator: Hydro-Québec
Reactor type: CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium)
Vendor: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Number of units: 1 reactor
Installed capacity: 675 MWe
Status: Shutdown
Licence issued: July 1, 2016
Licence expires: June 30, 2026
Start of commercial operation: October 1, 1983
Licensing documentation: Request a copy of the Gentilly-2 licence and licence condition handbook by email
Latest CNSC Plant-Specific Announcements
- June 20, 2017: CNSC to consider a request from Hydro-Québec to modify the financial guarantee agreement for its Gentilly-2 nuclear facility and radioactive waste management facilities
- June 22, 2016: CNSC issues a decommissioning licence for the Gentilly-2 facility
- May 26, 2016: Organisation régionale de la sécurité civile de la Mauricie’s decision to discontinue the external nuclear emergency response plan at Gentilly-2 and cease distribution of KI pills. (Source: Organisation régionale de la sécurité civile du Québec) (PDF) (Available in French only)
- April 22, 2016: CNSC publishes 2015 Independent Environmental Monitoring Program results for the Gentilly-2 nuclear facility
- January 30, 2013: Presentation by Ramzi Jammal, Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer to the Québec National Assembly Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources (PDF)
- September 13, 2012: Gentilly or Not To Be: Hype Not Truth!
- July 13, 2012: Response to Ottawa Citizen article entitled “Decaying concrete worries safety officials” published on July 9
Latest Licensee Public Disclosures
As part of CNSC's regulatory requirements, major licensees must have robust public information and disclosure programs in place. These programs, for nuclear power plants, include a disclosure protocol developed in consultation with community stakeholders. You may visit Hydro-Québec's Web site for a full list of disclosures.
Regulatory Reporting
- Disclosure protocol PDF (source: Hydro-Quebec, in French only)
- Event reports-S99 (source: Hydro-Quebec, in French only)
- Environmental monitoring program data (source: Hydro-Quebec, in French only)
- Regulatory oversight report for Canadian nuclear power plants
- Regulatory Actions
- Most Recent CNSC Power Reactor Status Report (This report is prepared to update Commission members during most public meetings.)
Other Key Topics
Day 2 of the public Commission hearing for the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station was held in April 2011 in Bécancour, Québec.
- April 2013: Protocol on the End of Commercial Operation of the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Reactor (PDF)
- Fact Sheet - Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants
- Canada's Action Plan in Response to the Nuclear Accident in Japan
- Browse Hearing Documents
- Nuclear Power Plant Safety Systems
Adjacent Nuclear Facility
Gentilly-1 Waste Management Facility
Located within the Gentilly-2 generating station's boundary is the Gentilly-1 Waste Management Facility, which is operated by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd. (CNL). The Gentilly-1 Nuclear Power Station, which operated intermittently from 1972 to 1978, is also located on site. A decommissioning program was initiated in 1984 to bring the facility to a safe, sustainable shutdown state. The site is now partially decommissioned and in a storage-with-surveillance mode and is licensed as a waste facility.
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