The license paves the way for Ontario to build a commercial GE Hitachi reactor as U.S. utilities eye the same technology.

It was first opened in 1985 and is home to the world’s first advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) facility. The facility has seven reactors, of which five have a 1.1 GW capacity apiece.

The purpose of this 1300 MWe boiling water reactor simulator is educational - a teaching tool for university professors and engineers involved in teaching various topics related to nuclear power. It ...