PICKERING NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION IS an integral part of the community of the same name.The city, home to about 100,000 people, and neighbouring communities has benefited from a longstanding relationship with the station. The plant employs about 2500 workers, many in high-skill jobs. But OPG has also been a visible corporate champion with years of community tree plantings that have contributed thousands of saplings to the city, educational activities, community fundraisers, and economic investments.OPG's role within the community has been equalled by the station's influence on the fortunes of the province it serves. Ontario is Canada's most populous province and home to the country's economic engine, the Greater Toronto Area. Nuclear provides 60% of Ontario's electricity, making it home to both clean air and a strong nuclear supply chain - a decided economic strength in a world looking for more low-carbon energy.Pickering nuclear can be credited with much of this. The original flagship of the Ontario Power Generation fleet was the first commercially operated station to use Canada's CANDU technology. The success of the eight-unit, 3100MW station, built in the 1970s and 1980s, paved the way for a CANDU industry that today spans two Canadian provinces and seven countries.
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