Details
Reactor Type | Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (or PHWR) |
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Model | CANDU 791 |
Owner | Ontario Power Generation |
Operator | Bruce Power |
Timeline
Construction Start | Tuesday, 1 December 1970 |
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First Criticality | Tuesday, 27 July 1976 |
First Grid Connection | Saturday, 4 September 1976 |
Commercial Operation | Thursday, 1 September 1977 |
Long-term Shutdown | Sunday, 8 October 1995 |
Restart | Tuesday, 16 October 2012 |
Specifications
Capacity Net | 777 MWe |
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Capacity Gross | 836 MWe |
Thermal Capacity | 2620 MWt |
Design Net Capacity | 732 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 (%) |
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1976 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1977 | 740 | 2481 | 1696.80 | 86.90 | 87.00 | 87.00 | 80.30 | 80.30 |
1978 | 740 | 5946 | 3603.80 | 68.10 | 65.20 | 70.60 | 55.80 | 61.80 |
1979 | 740 | 6534 | 4408.80 | 73.80 | 73.80 | 72.00 | 67.30 | 64.20 |
1980 | 740 | 8463 | 6074.90 | 96.40 | 93.50 | 78.40 | 93.50 | 73.00 |
1981 | 740 | 7904 | 5795.10 | 90.20 | 89.60 | 81.00 | 89.40 | 76.80 |
1982 | 740 | 6163 | 4432.40 | 70.40 | 68.00 | 78.60 | 68.40 | 75.20 |
1983 | 740 | 7941 | 6112.80 | 90.60 | 89.50 | 80.30 | 94.30 | 78.20 |
1984 | 740 | 8649 | 6223.90 | 98.50 | 91.00 | 81.80 | 95.80 | 80.60 |
1985 | 848 | 6525 | 4979.30 | 74.50 | 73.50 | 80.70 | 72.80 | 79.60 |
1986 | 848 | 5308 | 4257.63 | 60.60 | 57.00 | 77.90 | 57.30 | 76.90 |
1987 | 848 | 4636 | 3781.40 | 52.90 | 50.60 | 75.00 | 50.90 | 74.10 |
1988 | 848 | 7741 | 4971.25 | 88.10 | 71.70 | 74.60 | 66.70 | 73.40 |
1989 | 848 | 2149 | 1316.31 | 24.50 | 17.70 | 69.60 | 17.70 | 68.50 |
1990 | 848 | 3460 | 2578.32 | 39.50 | 35.20 | 66.80 | 34.70 | 65.80 |
1991 | 848 | 5915 | 4483.48 | 67.50 | 60.20 | 66.30 | 60.40 | 65.40 |
1992 | 848 | 625 | 353.88 | 7.10 | 4.70 | 62.00 | 4.80 | 61.10 |
1993 | 848 | 6041 | 3016.81 | 69.00 | 40.80 | 60.60 | 40.60 | 59.80 |
1994 | 848 | 7046 | 3882.47 | 80.40 | 52.30 | 60.10 | 52.30 | 59.30 |
1995 | 848 | 6225 | 3791.00 | 92.20 | 66.30 | 60.40 | 66.30 | 59.60 |
1996 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1997 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1998 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1999 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2001 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2002 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2003 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2006 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2008 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2010 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2012 | 734 | 1826 | 1039.20 | 100.00 | 85.70 | 60.60 | 85.40 | 59.80 |
2013 | 734 | 8190 | 5607.65 | 93.50 | 88.10 | 61.90 | 87.20 | 61.20 |
2014 | 734 | 6984 | 4910.32 | 79.70 | 81.70 | 62.80 | 76.40 | 61.80 |
2015 | 730 | 8660 | 6365.71 | 98.90 | 98.60 | 64.40 | 99.60 | 63.50 |
2016 | 760 | 6408 | 4804.60 | 73.00 | 73.20 | 64.80 | 73.20 | 63.90 |
2017 | 760 | 8560 | 6482.56 | 97.70 | 97.40 | 66.10 | 97.40 | 65.30 |
2018 | 760 | 7828 | 5989.71 | 89.40 | 88.10 | 67.00 | 90.00 | 66.30 |
2019 | 760 | 7526 | 5766.96 | 85.90 | 85.30 | 67.70 | 86.60 | 67.00 |
2020 | 777 | 8584 | 6717.44 | 97.70 | 97.70 | 68.80 | 98.40 | 68.20 |
2021 | 777 | 8760 | 6797.00 | 100.00 | 99.30 | 69.90 | 99.90 | 69.40 |
2022 | 777 | 7481 | 5878.11 | 85.40 | 84.30 | 70.40 | 86.40 | 70.00 |
2023 | 777 | 8564 | 6992.40 | 97.80 | 97.50 | 71.40 | 102.70 | 71.10 |