bruce nuclear generating station

Bruce Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian electrical generating station located in Tiverton, Ontario. The facility derives its name from Bruce County in which it is located. The facility was constructed in stages between 1970-1987 by the provincial Crown corporation, Ontario Hydro. In April 1999 Ontario Hydro was split into 5 component Crown corporations with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) taking over all electrical generating stations. In June 2000, OPG entered into a long term lease agreement with private sector consortium Bruce Power to take over operation of the Bruce station. In May 2001, Bruce Power begins operations. The Bruce station is the largest nuclear facility in Canada in terms of output and also one of the largest nuclear facilities in the world, comprising 8 CANDU nuclear reactors located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, having a total output of 6232 MW (capacity net) and 7276 MW (gross net) when all units are online. The reactors are as follows: BRUCE A

BRUCE A 1 (shut down)
BRUCE A 2 (shut down)
BRUCE A 3
BRUCE A 4

BRUCE B

BRUCE B 5
BRUCE B 6
BRUCE B 7
BRUCE B 8

Located within sight of the facility is a wind farm of 5 wind turbines called "Huron Wind".

Bruce Nuclear Generating Station

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