Whitemud nuclear power plant — Canada

Whitemud nuclear power plant is a 2,200 MW nuclear power station in Alberta, Canada. It ranks #11 of 1,210 Canada power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 13.1% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_whitemud_canad.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (cancelled); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,200 MW, Whitemud nuclear power plant is well above the median nuclear plant in Canada (941 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized heavy water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Cancelled” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest nuclear power plant of 15 in Canada by capacity.

Canada has 15 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 20,406 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Valleyview · Gas · 100 MW · Alberta
• Peace River Pulp · Biomass · 30 MW · Alberta
• Mihta Askiy Data Center Project power station · Gas · 710 MW · Alberta
• Bitdeer power station · Gas · 101 MW · Alberta
• Whitecourt · Biomass · 25 MW · Alberta

Location

Coordinates 55.4661555, -117.4172659 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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