N.B. Power says it has contained and collected about 200 litres of heavy water that leaked inside the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station. The utility says it first noticed elevated levels of a radioactive isotope on Sept. 10 and shut down the plant the next day to investigate.
N.B. Power says 200 litres of heavy water recovered inside reactor building
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 22, 2026 5:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is a 705-megawatt Candu-6 reactor located on the edge of the Bay of Fundy. (Submitted by N.B. Power)
N.B. Power said it has collected about 200 litres of heavy water from a leak at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station earlier this month, which the utility initially characterized as “small.”
In emails this week, the utility has shared more details about the leak, which CBC News first reported on Sept. 15.
The utility first became aware of a problem inside its reactor building on Sept. 10, when its monitoring system identified elevated levels of tritium.
Tritium is a radioactive isotope that occurs in the heavy water used to transfer heat from nuclear reactors.
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