Bruce Power investing $58-million into Unit 1 during planned maintenance outage

On the heels of its best four-unit run since 1981, Unit 1 at the Bruce A nuclear generating station, has been removed from service for a $58-million planned maintenance outage.

 

A press release from Bruce Power states that the unit was removed from service Jan. 30 after 99 consecutive days of supplying safe, reliable and carbon-free nuclear energy to Ontarians, during the cold winter months. Unit 1 was part of the Bruce A Restart program and returned to service in 2012 after it had been shut down by the former Ontario Hydro in the late 1990s.

 

“We’re very proud of our staff at Bruce A, which has safely performed an immense amount of work to fine-tune Unit 1 in the post-Restart years,” says Len Clewett, executive vice-president and chief nuclear officer. “The people of Ontario are now reaping the rewards of our employees’ commitment to safely and reliably operating Bruce A.”

 

The station also set a post-1981 long-run record of 91 consecutive days of four-unit operation, before Unit 3 was removed from service for a short-duration, planned maintenance outage.

 

The 91-day run also tripled a post-Restart record of 28 days of four-unit operation.

 

“With this long-run record, we continue to prove to the people of Ontario that refurbishment of nuclear reactors can be successful and is an excellent investment in low-cost, clean energy that will produce safely for decades,” says Clewett.