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• Bruce: Unit 3 Returns To Service

  Units 5, 6, 7 and 8 remain at full power while Unit 3 remains offline for an outage that began ... Posted Jan 20 2010, 08:04 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, reactor, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, service, Bruce, unit 3, unit 4, maintainence

• Bruce Power Unit 3 Taken Offline For Maintenance

  Units 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 remain at full power. Last month Bruce Unit 4 was offline for maintenance - By Stephen Heiser - Unit 3 at the Bruce A generating station was taken offline earlier today for what is expected to be a brief outage to allow workers to perform valve maintenance on one of the unit’s safety systems. ... Posted Jan 11 2010, 08:15 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Bruce, maintainence

• Bruce Power Unit 4 Returns To Service

  Unit 4 Back In Service at Canadian Nuclear Plant - By Stephen Heiser - Unit 4 at the Bruce A generating station returned to service following a brief outage to allow workers to make minor repairs to the fuelling machine. Units 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 remain at full power. ... Posted Dec 21 2009, 08:00 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, CANDU, Bruce Power, nuclear, fuel, Bruce, maintainence, offline

• Bruce Unit 4 Offline While Maintenance Performed

  Other Bruce units continue to operate at full power - By Linton Levy - Unit 4 at the Bruce A generating station was taken offline earlier today for what is expected to be a brief outage to allow workers to make minor repairs to the fuelling machine. Units 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 remain at full power. ... Posted Dec 17 2009, 08:40 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, CANDU, Bruce Power, nuclear, fuel, Bruce, maintainence, offline

• Bruce Power Responds To Alberta Nuclear Consultation Findings

  Bruce Power is pleased that Alberta's nuclear consultation process confirms the technology could play a role in the province's future energy mix. - By Stephen Heiser - In a news release, the Government of Alberta said nuclear power will be given the same consideration as all other energy options... Posted Dec 16 2009, 08:05 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, alberta, consultation

• Bruce Power's Unit 6 Back In Service

  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) requires all CANDU operators to conduct a thorough examination of the structure every 12 years - By April Murelio - Unit 6 at the Bruce B generating station has returned to service following a brief outage that allowed workers to perform maintenance on the... Posted Nov 17 2009, 08:06 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: maintenance, outage, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, service, Bruce B, returned, unit 6

• Bruce Power Unit 4 Returns To Service

  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) requires all CANDU operators to conduct a thorough examination of the structure every 12 years - By April Murelio - Unit 4 at the Bruce A Generating Station returned to service today after being taken off line in September as part of the scheduled inspection... Posted Nov 12 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: restart, Canada, Cameco, CANDU, outage, Bruce Power, inspection, Bruce, unit 4

• Bruce Power Unit 3 Returns To Service

  A unique safety feature of CANDU reactors, the vacuum building is designed to prevent the release of radioactive material to the environment in the unlikely event of an accident - By Christopher Smith - Unit 3 at the Bruce A Generating Station returned to service today after being taken off line in September... Posted Nov 11 2009, 08:17 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: restart, Canada, Cameco, CANDU, outage, Bruce Power, inspection, Bruce, unit 3

• Bruce Power Gets Five-Year Operating Licenses

  CNSC also approved Bruce Power’s request to load fuel into Units 1 and 2 once the current refurbishment project at Bruce A reaches that stage - By April Murelio - The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has accepted a recommendation from its staff to renew Bruce Power’s operating licences... Posted Nov 05 2009, 08:20 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, Bruce Power, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, CNSC, Bruce A, Bruce B

• Bruce A Vacuum Building Inspected

  Staff has done an excellent job preparing for this significant work program - By Stephen Heiser - After months of planning, operators shut down Bruce A Unit 3 today following the weekend shutdown of Unit 4 as part of the scheduled inspection of the station’s vacuum building. “Our staff has... Posted Sep 14 2009, 08:30 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, CANDU, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, CNSC, Bruce A, vacuum

• Bruce Power’s Business Improvement Group Seeks To Maximize Employee Assets

  Bruce recognize and reward employees for their business improvement ideas - By: Razor Suleman, CEO and Founder, I Love Rewards - Bruce Power is the only private nuclear generation company in Canada and the source of nearly 25 per cent of Ontario’s electricity. Ranked 156th on the Financial Post’s... Posted Aug 31 2009, 09:48 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, process, improvement, business

• Bruce Unit 4 Returns To Service

  Unit was offline for brief work - By Linton Levy - Unit 4 at the Bruce A generating station has returned to service following an outage that began Aug. 26 to perform maintenance on a governor valve on the conventional side of the station. Units 3,5,6,7 and 8 all remain at high power. Bruce Power is Canada’s... Posted Aug 31 2009, 08:25 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, Bruce Power, nuclear, power, Bruce A, Bruce

• Bruce Unit Four Offline For Maintenance

  Other units remain at normal power - By Stephen Heiser - Unit 4 at the Bruce A generating station has been taken offline for what is expected to be a brief outage to allow workers to perform maintenance on a governor valve on the conventional side of the station. Units 3,5,6,7 and 8 remain at high power... Posted Aug 27 2009, 11:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Bruce A, Bruce

• Bruce Power Enjoys Strong Production In Q2

  Bruce employees are poised to celebrate 15 million hours without an acute lost-time injury - By Abbby Gessner - Bruce Power supplied approximately 8.46 terawatt hours (TWh)* of electricity to the Ontario grid last quarter while continuing an impressive industrial safety streak of more than two years... Posted Aug 19 2009, 12:28 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, production, Bruce, Q2

• Bruce Power's B Unit 8 Returns To Service

  800 MW Unit 8 at the Bruce B generating station has returned to service - By Linton Levy - Bruce Power's 800 MW Unit 8 at the Bruce B generating station has returned to service following an outage that began on July 14 due to a surplus of baseload generation in Ontario. Unit 3,4,5, 6 and 7 all remain... Posted Jul 29 2009, 08:06 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Canada, maintenance, outage, repair, Bruce Power, nuclear, power, service, unit, return