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BRUCE-3
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 750A
Ontario Power Generation
Bruce Power
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
770
MW
e
750
MW
e
865
MW
e
2550
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1972
28 Nov, 1977
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
Suspended Operation Date
End of Suspended Operation Date
12 Dec, 1977
01 Feb, 1978
01 Apr, 1998
08 Jan, 2004
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
187.12 TW.h
72.8 %
78.0 %
27.2 %
72.9 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2023
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1977
Data from a trial operation not provided
1978
4793.000
740
7361
93.2
87.6
87.6
82.0
82.0
1979
4797.900
740
6885
77.7
77.8
82.4
73.2
77.4
1980
5939.800
740
8276
94.2
91.4
85.5
91.4
82.2
1981
5795.000
740
7873
89.9
89.5
86.5
89.4
84.0
1982
6381.900
740
8497
97.0
96.7
88.6
98.4
87.0
1983
6091.100
740
7905
90.2
89.2
88.7
94.0
88.2
1984
6148.730
740
8077
92.0
91.2
89.1
94.6
89.1
1985
6015.130
775
8118
92.7
88.6
89.0
88.6
89.0
1986
5891.240
848
7600
86.8
84.2
88.4
84.5
88.5
1987
6073.270
848
7724
88.2
81.9
87.7
81.8
87.7
1988
3310.570
848
4044
46.0
45.6
83.4
44.4
83.3
1989
4031.740
848
5364
61.2
54.8
80.8
54.3
80.7
1990
5652.680
848
7472
85.3
76.3
80.4
76.1
80.3
1991
6126.290
848
7950
90.8
82.4
80.6
82.5
80.4
1992
5800.970
848
7438
84.7
77.9
80.4
77.9
80.3
1993
3158.230
848
6557
74.8
43.0
77.9
42.5
77.7
1994
2737.620
848
5006
57.2
36.8
75.3
36.8
75.2
1995
4225.820
848
7000
79.9
56.9
74.2
56.9
74.1
1996
3321.480
848
5684
64.7
44.6
72.5
44.6
72.4
1997
4214.820
848
6325
72.2
56.8
71.7
56.7
71.6
1998
1642.520
848
2328
97.9
81.4
71.8
81.4
71.7
1999
Data Not Available - Suspended Operation
2000
"
2001
"
2002
"
2003
"
2004
4971.580
750
7154
81.4
76.1
72.0
75.3
71.9
2005
4938.110
750
6782
77.4
75.2
72.2
75.2
72.0
2006
5440.250
750
7435
84.9
82.9
72.6
82.8
72.5
2007
4966.670
750
6911
78.9
76.0
72.7
75.6
72.6
2008
5148.880
734
7125
81.1
79.3
73.0
79.9
72.8
2009
5162.090
730
7148
81.6
80.4
73.2
80.7
73.1
2010
4375.770
730
6198
70.8
68.4
73.1
68.4
73.0
2011
5084.860
730
6959
79.4
78.9
73.2
79.5
73.2
2012
3352.060
730
4617
52.6
52.2
72.6
52.3
72.5
2013
5518.710
730
7914
90.3
94.0
73.2
86.3
72.9
2014
4125.000
730
5718
65.3
64.6
73.0
64.5
72.7
2015
5827.570
750
7831
89.4
89.0
73.5
88.9
73.2
2016
4995.720
750
6579
74.9
75.5
73.5
75.8
73.2
2017
5502.680
750
7344
83.8
83.2
73.8
83.8
73.5
2018
6268.880
750
8079
92.2
92.2
74.3
95.4
74.1
2019
4213.890
750
5592
63.8
62.4
74.0
64.1
73.9
2020
6776.480
770
8574
97.6
97.1
74.6
100.2
74.6
2021
3164.000
770
4022
45.9
45.1
73.8
46.9
73.9
2022
6220.670
770
7953
90.8
89.1
74.2
92.2
74.3
2023
1145.060
770
1438
16.4
16.2
72.8
17.0
72.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18
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