Details

Reactor Type Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR)
Model CANDU 750A
Owner Ontario Power Generation
Operator Bruce Power

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 1 September 1972
First Criticality Sunday, 10 December 1978
First Grid Connection Thursday, 21 December 1978
Commercial Operation Thursday, 18 January 1979
Long-term Shutdown Monday, 16 March 1998
Restart Tuesday, 7 October 2003

Specifications

Capacity Net 807 MWe
Capacity Gross 868 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2550 MWt
Design Net Capacity 750 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1978 - - - - - - - -
1979 740 7084 4966.40 84.20 84.20 84.20 79.60 79.60
1980 740 6962 4945.10 79.30 76.10 80.00 76.10 77.80
1981 740 7874 5753.50 89.90 89.10 83.10 88.80 81.50
1982 740 8150 6050.20 93.00 92.20 85.40 93.30 84.60
1983 740 8345 6407.40 95.30 94.20 87.20 98.80 87.50
1984 740 8625 6664.64 98.20 97.80 89.00 102.50 90.00
1985 808 6518 4995.16 74.40 73.20 86.60 72.30 87.30
1986 848 8644 6891.57 98.70 92.80 87.50 92.80 88.10
1987 848 6366 5044.99 72.70 67.90 85.10 67.90 85.60
1988 848 5997 4663.68 68.30 65.70 82.90 62.60 83.00
1989 848 7290 5584.21 83.20 75.30 82.20 75.20 82.30
1990 848 4611 3533.03 52.60 47.50 79.10 47.60 79.20
1991 848 7955 5940.70 90.80 79.90 79.10 80.00 79.20
1992 848 8070 5843.37 91.90 78.40 79.10 78.40 79.20
1993 848 527 350.09 6.00 4.70 73.80 4.70 73.90
1994 848 7206 3655.98 82.30 49.30 72.20 49.20 72.20
1995 848 5024 3034.92 57.40 40.90 70.20 40.90 70.30
1996 848 8686 5296.28 98.90 71.20 70.30 71.10 70.30
1997 848 4968 2923.05 56.70 39.40 68.60 39.40 68.60
1998 848 45 12.34 2.50 0.80 67.80 0.80 67.90
1999 - - - - - - - -
2000 - - - - - - - -
2001 - - - - - - - -
2002 - - - - - - - -
2003 769 802 934.47 36.30 100.00 68.20 55.00 67.70
2004 750 7469 5418.78 85.00 83.40 68.90 82.10 68.40
2005 750 7469 5499.12 85.30 83.70 69.60 83.70 69.00
2006 750 7261 5308.22 82.90 80.80 70.00 80.80 69.50
2007 750 7298 5250.98 83.30 80.20 70.40 79.90 69.90
2008 734 7603 5504.43 86.60 84.90 71.00 85.40 70.50
2009 730 7014 4907.55 80.10 76.90 71.20 76.70 70.80
2010 730 8360 5976.18 95.40 94.10 72.00 93.40 71.50
2011 730 8670 6259.24 99.00 98.70 72.90 97.90 72.40
2012 730 5137 3700.41 58.50 58.30 72.40 57.70 72.00
2013 730 5778 4131.32 66.00 63.40 72.10 64.60 71.70
2014 730 8243 6027.76 94.10 99.40 73.00 94.30 72.40
2015 750 6069 4503.60 69.30 68.30 72.80 68.60 72.30
2016 750 7511 5731.38 85.50 85.20 73.20 87.00 72.70
2017 750 8262 6188.10 94.30 93.80 73.80 94.20 73.30
2018 750 6146 4638.81 70.20 69.10 73.60 70.60 73.30
2019 750 8168 6115.21 93.20 92.90 74.20 93.10 73.80
2020 769 5775 4506.10 65.70 65.20 73.90 66.70 73.60
2021 769 8760 6922.00 100.00 100.00 74.60 102.80 74.40
2022 769 6006 4701.86 68.60 67.90 74.40 69.80 74.30
2023 807 7775 5895.12 88.80 84.20 74.70 85.40 74.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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