Bruce Power's Unit 3 removed from service for planned maintenance outage

Bruce Power removed Unit 3 from service earlier this week as it embarks on a planned maintenance outage that will last into the third quarter of 2016.

 

It joins Unit 2 in a maintenance outage, while the site prepares for the Station Containment Outage (SCO), a maintenance program that will confirm the integrity of the safety systems. Units 1 and 4 were removed from service Thursday for the SCO, which is mandated through the independent regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).

 

“Bruce Power is undertaking a significant amount of planned maintenance work this year, as we begin our life-extension activities that will ensure our reactors continue to operate safely and reliably until their scheduled refurbishment dates,” said Paul Boucher, senior vice-president, Bruce A.

 

Units 1 and 4 will return to service, providing reliable, low-cost and carbon-free electricity to the people of Ontario, after the SCO is completed later this month.

 

“We have very detailed plans in place over the next three years that will result in carefully-planned maintenance outages, benefiting Ontario ratepayers over the long-term," said Len Clewett, chief nuclear officer, "as clean Bruce Power nuclear costs consumers 30 per cent less than the average residential price of electricity."