Bruce nuclear power plant

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Bruce nuclear power plant
View of the nuclear power plant
View of the nuclear power plant
location
Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, Ontario
Bruce nuclear power plant
Coordinates 44 ° 19 ′ 36 ″  N , 81 ° 35 ′ 15 ″  W Coordinates: 44 ° 19 ′ 36 ″  N , 81 ° 35 ′ 15 ″  W
Country: Canada
Data
Owner: Bruce Power
Operator: Bruce Power
Project start: 1969
Commercial operation: Sep 1, 1977

Active reactors (gross):

8 (6738 MW)
Energy fed in in 2011: 36,261.31 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning: 1,047,960 GWh
Was standing: November 18, 2012
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .
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Bruce is Canada's most powerful nuclear power plant . It is located near the town of Tiverton , Ontario, part of the Kincardine parish . The power plant got its name from the Bruce County in which it is located.

The power plant was built in various phases between 1970 and 1987 by the Canadian state company Ontario Hydro . Bruce Power , a private consortium, has been operating the nuclear power plant since May 2001 . With its eight CANDU reactors and 6272 MW net and 6738 MW gross , the power plant is one of the largest in the world .

In the vicinity of the nuclear power plant there is also the decommissioned Douglas Point nuclear power plant , in which a previous version of the CANDU reactor is located.

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Units A-3 and A-4 were put back into operation in 2003 and January 2004, respectively, after a lengthy shutdown.

Bruce Power and the Ontario Provincial Government announced in autumn 2005 that they would rehabilitate the two reactors A-1 and A-2, which were closed in 1997 and 1995. This takes into account the growing demand for energy in Ontario. For the restart of Bruce-A-1 and A-2, among other things, around 500 pressure tubes in which the fuel elements are located had to be replaced. At Block A-1, this work was largely completed by the turn of the year 2008/2009. In 2011, preparations were made to restart units 1 and 2.

After Canada's nuclear safety authority gave the green light for Block 2 in March 2012, a leak occurred in the moderator system, so that the reactor had to be shut down again.

Unit 1 was put back into operation on September 19, 2012, followed by Unit 2 on October 16, 2012. The units are to be operated until 2043 Template: future / in 5 years. The operator plans to Template: future / in 5 yearsshut down Units 3 to 8 between 2020 and 2033 for a period of around three years each in order to carry out a general overhaul. The aim of the measures is to keep the plant in operation until 2064.Template: future / in 5 years

Reactor area A
Bruce nuclear power plant

Data of the reactor blocks

The Bruce nuclear power plant has a total of eight units :

Reactor block Reactor type net
power 		gross
power 		start of building Network
synchronization 		Commercialization
of essential operation 		Shutdown

Bruce A
Bruce-1 CANDU-791 772 MW 824 MW 06/01/1971 01/14/1977 09/01/1977 (Planned for 2043)Template: future / in 5 years
Bruce-2 CANDU-791 772 MW 824 MW December 01, 1970 09/04/1976 09/01/1977 (Planned for 2043)Template: future / in 5 years
Bruce-3 CANDU-750 A 730 MW 805 MW 07/01/1972 12/12/1977 02/01/1978 (General overhaul planned for 2022-2026)Template: future / in 2 years
Bruce-4 CANDU-750 A 730 MW 805 MW 09/01/1972 December 21, 1978 January 18, 1979 (General overhaul planned for 2025-2027)Template: future / in 5 years

Bruce B.
Bruce-5 CANDU-750B 817 MW 872 MW 06/01/1978 12/02/1984 03/01/1985 (General overhaul planned for 2026-2029)Template: future / in 5 years
Bruce-6 CANDU-750B 817 MW 891 MW 01/01/1978 06/26/1984 09/14/1984 (General overhaul planned for 2020-2023)
Bruce-7 CANDU-750B 817 MW 872 MW 05/01/1979 02/22/1986 04/10/1986 (General overhaul planned for 2028-2031)Template: future / in 5 years
Bruce-8 CANDU-750B 817 MW 845 MW 08/01/1979 03/09/1987 05/22/1987 (General overhaul planned for 2030-2033)Template: future / in 5 years

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nuclear energy: World Report 2008. German Atomic Forum , April 2009, p. 251 , archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; Retrieved October 25, 2009 .
  2. ↑ Bruce Power ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brucepower.com
  3. ^ Announcement by IF Press on March 19, 2012
  4. ↑ a b IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 1, English)
  5. ↑ a b IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 2, English)
  6. ↑ http://www.isoe-network.net/publications/pub-proceedings/symposia-thematic/job-experiences/refurbishment-projects/3243-pritchard2016-ppt-1/file.html
  7. ↑ IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 3, English)
  8. ↑ IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 4, English)
  9. ↑ IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 5, English)
  10. ↑ IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 6, English)
  11. ↑ IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 7, English)
  12. ↑ IAEA PRIS - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World, (Block 8, English)

See also

Commons : Bruce Nuclear Power Plant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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