Pickering Nuclear Station – old and dangerous

Oldest nuclear reactors

North America

1. Ginna – Wayne County, New York – 1970 (Exelon seeking to shut down plant by 2019)
2. Point Beach – Two Rivers, Wisconsin – 1970
3. Pickering – Pickering, Ontario – 1971 
4. B. Robinson – Hartsville, South Carolina – 1971
5. Palisades – Covert, Michigan – 1971
6. Monticello – Monticello, Minnesota – 1971
7. Pilgrim – Plymouth, Massachusetts – 1972 (scheduled to shut down by 2019)
8. Surry – Surry County, Virginia – 1972
9. Turkey Point – Homestead, Florida – 1972

The Pickering Nuclear Station, with eight reactors (six of which are still operating) is the 5^th largest nuclear station in North America.

World

1. Benzau, Switzerland – 1969
2. Tarapur, India – 1969
3. Ginna, US – 1970
4. Point Beach, US – 1970
5. Mihama, Japan – 1970
6. Pickering – 1971 
7. Novovoronezh, Russia – 1971