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BRUCE-7
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
01 May, 1979
07 Jan, 1986
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
22 Feb, 1986
10 Apr, 1986
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
232.22 TW.h
86.3 %
89.0 %
13.7 %
85.4 %
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
1986
5256.620
837
6957
97.6
89.8
89.8
89.7
89.7
1987
6288.050
837
8489
96.9
85.9
87.6
85.8
87.4
1988
4866.190
860
6636
75.6
74.8
82.9
65.4
79.4
1989
7280.790
860
8632
98.5
96.4
86.6
96.6
84.0
1990
6659.400
860
8065
92.1
88.5
87.0
88.4
85.0
1991
5733.630
860
6835
78.0
76.3
85.1
76.1
83.4
1992
6413.410
860
7589
86.4
85.1
85.1
84.9
83.6
1993
5802.330
860
8760
100.0
78.1
84.2
77.0
82.8
1994
5496.710
860
7577
86.5
73.2
82.9
73.0
81.6
1995
6285.100
860
8092
92.4
83.5
83.0
83.4
81.8
1996
5475.680
860
7000
79.7
72.6
82.0
72.5
81.0
1997
6154.480
860
7874
89.9
81.7
82.0
81.7
81.0
1998
4990.760
785
6474
73.9
72.4
81.3
72.6
80.4
1999
6315.740
785
8208
93.7
91.8
82.0
91.8
81.2
2000
5322.680
785
6790
77.3
76.9
81.7
77.2
80.9
2001
7026.300
790
8760
100.0
100.0
82.8
101.5
82.2
2002
4819.350
790
6121
69.9
69.5
82.0
69.6
81.4
2003
6730.240
790
8592
98.1
97.7
82.9
97.2
82.3
2004
6428.770
790
8188
93.2
92.8
83.4
92.6
82.8
2005
4890.450
806
6310
72.0
70.2
82.7
70.1
82.2
2006
6740.470
822
8486
96.9
94.8
83.3
94.4
82.8
2007
6969.910
822
8570
97.8
97.1
83.9
96.8
83.4
2008
5763.740
817
7101
80.8
79.9
83.8
80.3
83.3
2009
6475.330
817
8144
93.0
97.9
84.3
90.5
83.6
2010
6726.640
817
8610
98.3
93.7
84.7
94.0
84.0
2011
5761.530
817
7137
81.5
80.7
84.6
80.5
83.9
2012
7055.970
817
8731
99.4
99.6
85.1
98.3
84.4
2013
7003.570
817
8758
100.0
99.4
85.6
97.9
84.9
2014
5479.210
817
7113
81.2
80.7
85.5
76.6
84.6
2015
6324.100
817
8029
91.7
91.5
85.7
88.4
84.7
2016
4983.380
817
6332
72.1
71.9
85.2
69.4
84.2
2017
6643.160
817
8431
96.2
96.3
85.6
92.8
84.5
2018
7116.790
817
8715
99.5
99.0
86.0
99.4
85.0
2019
4849.090
817
6036
68.9
68.3
85.4
67.8
84.4
2020
7036.810
817
8664
98.6
98.0
85.8
98.0
84.8
2021
5948.950
817
7264
82.9
82.7
85.7
83.1
84.8
2022
6676.030
817
8208
93.7
92.9
85.9
93.3
85.0
2023
7176.720
817
8760
100.0
100.0
86.3
100.3
85.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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