Bruce Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Huron near Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, operated by Bruce Power. It houses eight CANDU pressurized heavy water reactors with a combined nameplate capacity of about 6,550 megawatts, the first two of which entered commercial service in September 1977 and the last of which came online in 1987. Until 2016 it was the world's largest fully operational nuclear generating station by number of operating reactors. In 2023 the station supplied more than 45 terawatt hours of electricity, roughly seven percent of Canada's total consumption.
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Facility Type LocationKincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, on Lake Huron 1 Capacity (MW) Commissioned YearUnits 1 and 2 entered service on 1 September 1977; the station's remaining six units were commissioned in stages through 22 May 1987. Connections
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Pressurized heavy water reactor station, Tiverton, Ontario, Canada, the largest operating nuclear facility in the world by unit count.
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Wikimedia Foundation- Status: Operational
- Facility Type: Nuclear power station
- Location: Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, on Lake Huron
- Capacity (MW): 6550
- Commissioned Year: 1977
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article, introduction paragraph
Nuclear power station located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.
Lead section
Because of the requirement to provide steam, the Bruce A turbines were undersized relative to the reactor power. === Inverhuron Provincial Park, 1950-present === OPG owns the nearby 288 ha Inverhuron Provincial Park on Lake Huron, bordering Inverhuron, 14 km north-east of Kincardine, which is not part of the Bruce site proper, and leases it to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
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A new operating licence was granted for 1 June 2015, until 31 May 2020 and was renewed again from 1 October 2018 until 30 September 2028.
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6,550MW
In Group: North American Nuclear Stations, Lead
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.
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