Bruce-6, Canada

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	PHWR
Vendor	Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL)
Owner	Ontario Power Generation
Model	CANDU 750B
Operator	Bruce Power
Capacity Net	817 MWe
Capacity Gross	891 MWe
Capacity Thermal	2690 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 January 1978
Criticality	29 May 1984
Grid Connection	26 June 1984
Commercial Operation	14 September 1984

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	166.26 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	81.4 %

Bruce B 5-8, Bruce A 1-4 in background