Bruce Nuclear Generating Station
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Active reactors ( gross ):
The nuclear power plant Bruce is the most powerful nuclear power plant in Canada. It is located near the village belonging to the municipality of Kincardine Tiverton, Ontario. The plant got its name from Bruce County in which it is located.
The power plant was built in different phases of 1970-1987 from the Canadian government operation Ontario Hydro. Since May 2001, manages Bruce Power, a private consortium, the nuclear power plant. With its eight CANDU reactors and 6272 MW net or gross 6738 MW power plant is one of the largest in the world.
In the vicinity of the nuclear power plant is the disused nuclear power plant Douglas Point, where there is a previous version of the CANDU reactor.
Operation
The blocks A-3 and A-4 were taken in 2003 and in January 2004 after a long standstill again.
Bruce Power and the provincial government of Ontario announced in the fall of 2005 to redevelop the two 1997 and 1995, decommissioned reactors A-1 and A-2. Thus, the increasing energy demand of Ontario is taken into account. For the restoration of Bruce -A-1 and A-2 had among other things the 500 pressure tubes in which are the fuel that is to be replaced. At Block A - 1, this work was largely completed by the year 2008/ 2009. 2011, preparations were made for a restart of Units 1 and 2.
After Canada's nuclear safety authority had given the green light for the block 2 in March 2012, entered a leak in the moderator system, so that the reactor had to be shut down again. On September 19, 2012 Unit 1 was returned to service, on October 16, 2012 was followed by block 2
Data of the reactor units
The nuclear power plant Bruce has a total of eight blocks: