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Bruce Power Unit 6 has synchronized to the grid and rapidly ramped up to 235MW. It is currently limited by the 35% full power regulatory hold from the CNSC. Once this hold is removed, power output will increase.
This marks the completion of the refurbishment of the first Bruce B unit. It was completed ahead of schedule and on budget.
Here's a photo of when it went down:
It will be very interesting to see if this is the first unit allowed to run up to 100% full power. As I've noted in previous posts, all the Bruce units are limited in thermal output and not allowed to go to 100% FP. Bruce has been working with Cameco (their fuel provider) to try and remedy this, as it's the result of the PHT circuit being a single loop rather than 2-loop like at Pickering or Darlington.
Bruce is the most productive power plant in North America, producing up to 49TWh/year, which is more than consumed by the country of Denmark and enough to power a country the size of Portugal.
When the uprate work is complete, and the FP hold eliminated, the plant should produce ~55TWh from its 8 units.
As noted in the previous thread, development work on Bruce C is now underway, adding up to 4,800MW to a site that will be >7,000MW post refurbishment. This will make it the largest thermal power plant in the world once again (Korea currently operates one with a higher nameplate capacity) and will allow Bruce to provide up to 50% of Ontario's electricity from this one site.
This marks the completion of the refurbishment of the first Bruce B unit. It was completed ahead of schedule and on budget.
Here's a photo of when it went down:
It will be very interesting to see if this is the first unit allowed to run up to 100% full power. As I've noted in previous posts, all the Bruce units are limited in thermal output and not allowed to go to 100% FP. Bruce has been working with Cameco (their fuel provider) to try and remedy this, as it's the result of the PHT circuit being a single loop rather than 2-loop like at Pickering or Darlington.
Bruce is the most productive power plant in North America, producing up to 49TWh/year, which is more than consumed by the country of Denmark and enough to power a country the size of Portugal.
When the uprate work is complete, and the FP hold eliminated, the plant should produce ~55TWh from its 8 units.
As noted in the previous thread, development work on Bruce C is now underway, adding up to 4,800MW to a site that will be >7,000MW post refurbishment. This will make it the largest thermal power plant in the world once again (Korea currently operates one with a higher nameplate capacity) and will allow Bruce to provide up to 50% of Ontario's electricity from this one site.
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