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• Assessments continue at Bruce

  Bruce Power is conducting checks on 192 staff that could have been affected by a contamination incident in November last year. Chalk River Laboratory has so far carried out 39 large volume bioassays with the results that ten people have shown less than detectable activity (MDA); 20 have more than MDA but less than 10 mSv; six are between 10 and 20 mSv and three are between 20 and 30 mSv. None of these results has taken a worker beyond annual or five-year dose limits. An American lab will soon begin contributing to the work, following approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, which expects the move "to double the rate of bioassay testing within a few weeks." Bruce Power is complementing the survey with 'extent-of-condition' tests for workers that may have previously encountered alpha contamination. Alpha contamination was present in corrosion products dislodged during grinding work. Posted Mar 12 2010, 07:45 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power, Canada, Chalk River, workers, safety, incident, contamination, staff

• Milestone reached in refurb of Bruce A units

  The last of the calandria tubes have been removed from Bruce A Unit 1, marking the end of the disassembly phase in the project to refurbish Units 1 and 2 at the Canadian plant. Posted Mar 06 2009, 11:53 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power, Canada, Bruce A Restart

• Bruce thinks again on Alberta site

  Bruce Power has withdrawn its application to prepare a site for nuclear build, opting to begin a selection process between that site and another nearby. There had been local concerns that the first site was too near an aquifer. Posted Jan 09 2009, 11:34 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Bruce Power releases Saskatchewan feasibility study

  Bruce Power has completed its feasibility study into the use of nuclear energy in Saskatchewan and has concluded that nuclear energy could contribute 1000 MWe to the Canadian province's generation mix by 2020. Posted Nov 28 2008, 07:48 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Mayor: 'Foolish' not to consider hosting plant

  [CBC News, 18 November] The mayor of Prince Albert in Canada's Saskatchewan province has said he is interested in the possibility of a nuclear power plant being built near the city. Bruce Power is considering building a plant in the province and its feasibility study is expected to be completed by the end of 2008. Jim Scarrow, who earlier this month led a delegation to one of Bruce Power's nuclear power plants in Ontario, said there would be many benefits to allowing a plant to be built in the Prince Albert area. Scarrow said, "We would be very foolish as a municipality if we didn't take a good clear look at the possibility of it being located in our vicinity." He added, "The economic impact of it is probably the most significant that could be made to a municipality." Posted Nov 19 2008, 12:38 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power, Canada

• Life expectancy growing for Canadian units

  A complex maintenance programme has boosted Bruce Power's plans to increase the operating life of Bruce A unit 3, the company has announced, while recently completed boiler work has extended the life of unit 4. Posted Nov 06 2008, 10:39 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Nanticoke a potential nuclear site

  [The Star, 31 October] Bruce Power is expected to announce an application to prepare a site for nuclear build today. The company's president and CEO, Duncan Hawthorne, is thought to be ready to announce the move at an event in the vicinity of the site, which sits alongside Lake Erie. The application, to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, would be the first step in a five-year process which could end with a nuclear power plant sitting next to a shut-down coal-fired plant. Coal power is being phased out, with the Nanticoke plant set to close by 2015, according to the energy policies of the Canadian province of Ontario. Any new nuclear plant would likely not operate until around 2020. Posted Oct 31 2008, 11:37 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• EIS submitted for proposed Bruce C plant

  Bruce Power has submitted its environmental impact statement (EIS) for up to four new reactors at the existing Bruce nuclear power plant site in Ontario, Canada. The report indicates there should be no significant impact. Posted Sep 22 2008, 11:54 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Panel appointed to assess Bruce C proposal

  A Joint Review Panel (JRP) has been established to review the environmental impact of the proposed Bruce C nuclear power plant in Ontario, Canada. Four new reactors could be built - alongside eight already in the vicinity at Bruce A and B. Posted Sep 08 2008, 11:50 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Bruce Power considers feasibility of nuclear in Saskatchewan

  Bruce Power launched a new energy initiative in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, which includes a feasibility study for the construction of province's first nuclear power plant. Posted Jun 18 2008, 08:09 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Bruce Power makes announcement in Saskatchewan

  [CBC, 17 June] Duncan Hawthorne, president and CEO of Bruce Power, is expected to make "an important announcement in Saskatoon" this afternoon, the company said. Also in attendance will be the Saskatchewan minister of enterprise and innovation, Lyle Stewart, and the provincial minister of crown corporations, Ken Cheveldayoff. Although no details have been given regarding what is to be announced, there is speculation that Bruce Power will announce a feasibility study to determine if a nuclear power plant would be viable in Saskatchewan. Bruce Power is already considering the construction of a plant at Peace River, Alberta. However, Bruce Power said earlier this year that Saskatchewan may be a better site for western Canada's first nuclear power plant. Cheveldayoff has said that Saskatchewan has no plans to build its own nuclear power plant, but is open to discussions with the private sector about nuclear power. Posted Jun 17 2008, 01:13 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Bruce restart project on schedule, but costs rise

  Bruce Power has completed a review of the cost and schedule estimates for restarting units 1 and 2 of the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario, Canada. While still set to restart in 2009 and 2010, the cost of the project has increased. Posted Apr 18 2008, 12:24 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Bruce Power to make 'important announcement'

  Bruce Power said that on 13 March it would make an "important announcement" about the future of nuclear energy in the Canadian province of Alberta. The company has arranged press conferences to be held consecutively in three locations in Alberta: Peace River, Manning and Grimshaw. Bruce Power signed a letter of intent in November 2007 to purchase certain assets of Energy Alberta, which has already begun preliminary work on a proposal to construct a nuclear power plant in Alberta. In August, Energy Alberta announced that it had chosen Peace River as the potential site for its nuclear power plant and had filed an application for a site preparation licence with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The application is for the siting of up to two of twin-unit plants, using AECL's ACR-1000 Advanced Candu reactors. Energy Alberta said that it plans initially to build one 2200 MWe twin-unit plant, with a start-up target of 2017. Posted Mar 13 2008, 10:36 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power

• Bruce Power and CME prepare for nuclear investments

  Bruce Power has joined forces with Canadian Manufacturers & Exports (CME) to help prepare for up to $40 billion of new nuclear investment in Ontario over the next 15 years. Nuclear energy plays a significant role in Ontario's energy plan announced last year. Posted Jan 17 2008, 09:20 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power, CME

• Bruce refurb and uprate project progresses

  Bruce Power has progressed on its refurbishment and uprate projects. All the replacement steam generators have now been delivered for units 1 and 2, while three of the units have now been uprated. Posted Jan 11 2008, 10:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power