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BRUCE-5
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 750B
Ontario Power Generation
Bruce Power
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
817
MW
e
822
MW
e
872
MW
e
2832
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
31 May, 1978
14 Nov, 1984
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
01 Dec, 1984
28 Feb, 1985
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
237.71 TW.h
85.7 %
88.1 %
14.3 %
85.1 %
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
1984
187.320
795
510
1985
5464.160
815
7163
86.1
85.9
85.9
84.2
84.2
1986
7078.030
835
8675
99.0
96.7
91.8
96.8
91.2
1987
5730.150
835
7197
82.2
78.2
87.0
78.3
86.6
1988
6673.560
860
7824
89.1
88.5
87.4
88.3
87.1
1989
7130.760
860
8589
98.0
94.1
88.8
94.6
88.7
1990
5534.660
860
6656
76.0
73.5
86.2
73.5
86.0
1991
6769.630
860
8130
92.8
90.3
86.8
89.9
86.6
1992
6452.050
860
7636
86.9
85.8
86.6
85.4
86.4
1993
5118.340
860
7457
85.1
68.1
84.5
67.9
84.3
1994
5629.340
860
7671
87.6
75.0
83.5
74.7
83.3
1995
6125.270
860
7859
89.7
81.4
83.3
81.3
83.1
1996
5767.610
860
7153
81.4
76.4
82.8
76.4
82.6
1997
6388.270
860
8148
93.0
84.8
82.9
84.8
82.7
1998
5623.110
785
7305
83.4
81.7
82.8
81.8
82.7
1999
5281.900
785
6719
76.7
76.6
82.4
76.8
82.3
2000
6908.740
785
8719
99.3
99.1
83.4
100.2
83.4
2001
4902.080
790
6220
71.0
70.9
82.7
70.8
82.7
2002
5993.140
790
7630
87.1
86.3
82.9
86.6
82.9
2003
5302.510
790
6783
77.4
77.3
82.6
76.6
82.6
2004
5889.110
790
7543
85.9
85.1
82.7
84.9
82.7
2005
5109.630
790
6678
76.2
74.1
82.4
73.8
82.3
2006
6723.490
795
8694
99.2
96.8
83.0
95.9
82.9
2007
6710.890
795
8760
100.0
97.2
83.6
96.4
83.4
2008
5596.970
817
6943
79.0
78.0
83.4
78.0
83.2
2009
6826.700
817
8597
98.1
97.9
83.9
95.4
83.7
2010
6699.690
817
8368
95.5
94.0
84.3
93.6
84.1
2011
6149.760
817
7666
87.5
86.8
84.4
85.9
84.1
2012
6927.640
817
8690
98.9
98.2
84.9
96.5
84.6
2013
6421.790
817
8141
92.9
92.0
85.2
89.7
84.8
2014
5859.110
817
7487
85.5
84.6
85.1
81.9
84.7
2015
6180.840
817
7978
91.1
90.6
85.3
86.4
84.7
2016
6742.400
817
8613
98.0
97.4
85.7
94.0
85.0
2017
5034.080
817
6394
73.0
72.4
85.3
70.3
84.6
2018
7076.650
817
8760
100.0
99.4
85.7
98.9
85.0
2019
4865.800
817
6173
70.5
69.7
85.2
68.0
84.5
2020
6227.870
817
7682
87.4
87.1
85.3
86.8
84.6
2021
7138.880
817
8760
100.0
99.6
85.7
99.8
85.0
2022
5465.110
817
6776
77.4
76.4
85.4
76.4
84.8
2023
6928.710
817
8527
97.3
97.2
85.7
96.8
85.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-10-03
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