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BRUCE-1
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PHWR
CANDU 791
Ontario Power Generation
Bruce Power
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
811
MW
e
732
MW
e
868
MW
e
2620
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jun, 1971
17 Dec, 1976
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
Suspended Operation Date
End of Suspended Operation Date
14 Jan, 1977
01 Sep, 1977
16 Oct, 1997
19 Sep, 2012
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
159.70 TW.h
73.8 %
81.6 %
26.2 %
73.5 %
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
1860.700
740
2698
94.5
88.4
88.4
88.0
88.0
1978
4152.600
740
6649
76.1
72.6
76.5
64.2
70.1
1979
5018.800
740
7334
82.8
81.5
78.7
76.6
72.9
1980
5597.500
740
7902
90.0
86.2
80.9
86.1
76.9
1981
6253.300
740
8486
96.9
96.7
84.6
96.5
81.4
1982
5914.900
740
7884
90.0
88.8
85.4
91.2
83.2
1983
5802.800
740
7590
86.6
84.8
85.3
89.5
84.2
1984
6457.620
740
8546
97.3
94.8
86.6
99.4
86.3
1985
6417.450
770
8349
95.3
94.9
87.6
94.8
87.4
1986
4398.020
770
5783
66.0
65.3
85.1
65.2
84.9
1987
4087.070
848
5462
62.4
60.7
82.5
55.0
81.7
1988
4642.660
848
6066
69.1
66.0
80.9
62.3
79.8
1989
5094.780
848
7543
86.1
68.7
79.8
68.6
78.8
1990
2451.130
848
4629
52.8
33.0
76.0
33.0
75.0
1991
2394.450
848
3467
39.6
32.2
72.7
32.2
71.8
1992
4546.540
848
7484
85.2
61.0
71.8
61.0
71.0
1993
3389.200
848
6869
78.4
45.7
70.1
45.6
69.4
1994
3849.030
848
7094
81.0
51.8
69.0
51.8
68.3
1995
3531.450
848
5827
66.5
47.5
67.8
47.5
67.1
1996
4326.400
848
7306
83.2
58.1
67.2
58.1
66.6
1997
1383.580
848
2254
32.5
23.5
65.4
23.5
64.8
1998
Data Not Available - Suspended Operation
1999
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2000
"
2001
"
2002
"
2003
"
2004
"
2005
"
2006
"
2007
"
2008
"
2009
"
2010
"
2012
743.650
772
1365
57.1
42.9
65.1
42.9
64.5
2013
5257.070
772
7883
90.0
86.0
66.1
77.7
65.1
2014
5630.950
772
7540
86.1
85.5
66.9
83.3
65.9
2015
5816.970
760
7711
88.0
87.0
67.7
87.4
66.8
2016
6122.170
760
8004
91.1
90.4
68.6
91.7
67.8
2017
6434.230
760
8412
96.0
95.4
69.6
96.6
68.9
2018
5424.380
760
7046
80.4
79.9
70.0
81.5
69.3
2019
6720.150
760
8760
100.0
100.0
71.0
100.9
70.4
2020
6658.490
774
8630
98.2
98.1
72.0
97.9
71.4
2021
5613.000
774
7075
80.8
80.1
72.3
82.8
71.8
2022
6691.270
774
8298
94.7
94.4
73.0
98.7
72.6
2023
7022.430
811
8649
98.7
98.6
73.8
101.1
73.5
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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