Bruce nuclear power plant

Bruce nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Bruce nuclear power plant is the 1st largest of 4 operating nuclear sites in Canada, holding 51% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 1st of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1977 and 1987; the median unit is 44.5 years old, older than the median of 41.0 in Canada.

The 8 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 5.4 to 7.6 years (median 6.4) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Pickering nuclear power plant (209 km), Darlington nuclear power plant (234 km) and Darlington New nuclear power plant (235 km).

8 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit A1 +5.7%, Unit A2 +6.1%, Unit A3 +2.7%, Unit A4 +2.5%, Unit B5 -0.6%, Unit B6 -0.6%, Unit B7 -0.6% and Unit B8 +2.8%.

The tracker lists a planned retirement year, a forecast and not a decision on record, for 8 operating units: Unit A1 (2042), Unit A2 (2043), Unit A3 (2064), Unit A4 (2064), Unit B5 (2064), Unit B6 (2064), Unit B7 (2064) and Unit B8 (2064).

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.