Bruce 7

Operable

Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start	Tuesday, 1 May 1979
First Criticality	Tuesday, 7 January 1986
First Grid Connection	Saturday, 22 February 1986
Commercial Operation	Thursday, 10 April 1986

Specifications

Capacity Net	817 MWe
Capacity Gross	872 MWe
Thermal Capacity	2832 MWt
Design Net Capacity	822 MWe

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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 (%)
1986	837	6957	5256.62	97.60	89.80	89.80	89.70	89.70
1987	837	8489	6288.05	96.90	85.90	87.60	85.80	87.40
1988	860	6636	4866.19	75.60	74.80	82.90	65.40	79.40
1989	860	8632	7280.79	98.50	96.40	86.60	96.60	84.00
1990	860	8065	6659.40	92.10	88.50	87.00	88.40	85.00
1991	860	6835	5733.63	78.00	76.30	85.10	76.10	83.40
1992	860	7589	6413.41	86.40	85.10	85.10	84.90	83.60
1993	860	8760	5802.33	100.00	78.10	84.20	77.00	82.80
1994	860	7577	5496.71	86.50	73.20	82.90	73.00	81.60
1995	860	8092	6285.10	92.40	83.50	83.00	83.40	81.80
1996	860	7000	5475.68	79.70	72.60	82.00	72.50	81.00
1997	860	7874	6154.48	89.90	81.70	82.00	81.70	81.00
1998	785	6474	4990.76	73.90	72.40	81.30	72.60	80.40
1999	785	8208	6315.74	93.70	91.80	82.00	91.80	81.20
2000	785	6790	5322.68	77.30	76.90	81.70	77.20	80.90
2001	790	8760	7026.30	100.00	100.00	82.80	101.50	82.20
2002	790	6121	4819.35	69.90	69.50	82.00	69.60	81.40
2003	790	8592	6730.24	98.10	97.70	82.90	97.20	82.30
2004	790	8188	6428.77	93.20	92.80	83.40	92.60	82.80
2005	806	6310	4890.45	72.00	70.20	82.70	70.10	82.20
2006	822	8486	6740.47	96.90	94.80	83.30	94.40	82.80
2007	822	8570	6969.91	97.80	97.10	83.90	96.80	83.40
2008	817	7101	5763.74	80.80	79.90	83.80	80.30	83.30
2009	817	8144	6475.33	93.00	97.90	84.30	90.50	83.60
2010	817	8610	6726.64	98.30	93.70	84.70	94.00	84.00
2011	817	7137	5761.53	81.50	80.70	84.60	80.50	83.90
2012	817	8731	7055.97	99.40	99.60	85.10	98.30	84.40
2013	817	8758	7003.57	100.00	99.40	85.60	97.90	84.90
2014	817	7113	5479.21	81.20	80.70	85.50	76.60	84.60
2015	817	8029	6324.10	91.70	91.50	85.70	88.40	84.70
2016	817	6332	4983.38	72.10	71.90	85.20	69.40	84.20
2017	817	8431	6643.16	96.20	96.30	85.60	92.80	84.50
2018	817	8715	7116.79	99.50	99.00	86.00	99.40	85.00
2019	817	6036	4849.09	68.90	68.30	85.40	67.80	84.40
2020	817	8664	7036.81	98.60	98.00	85.80	98.00	84.80
2021	817	7264	5948.95	82.90	82.70	85.70	83.10	84.80
2022	817	8208	6676.03	93.70	92.90	85.90	93.30	85.00
2023	817	8760	7176.72	100.00	100.00	86.30	100.30	85.40