Life-Extension & MCR

Bruce Power’s Unit 6 Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project reached a historic milestone over the weekend when the unit achieved a sustained fission chain reaction which creates the heat needed to produce electricity, known in the nuclear industry as ‘first … Read more

Bruce Power successfully completed loading fuel into the Unit 6 reactor, keeping the Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project on track to resume the production of clean, reliable energy and cancer-fighting medical isotopes later this year. Operations and Maintenance crews loaded … Read more

Bruce Power has made a major investment in powering Ontario’s economy and climate change goals forward, awarding a $1.3-billion contract to Shoreline Power Group for Fuel Channel and Feeder Replacement (FCFR) for its remaining Major Component Replacement (MCR) projects in … Read more

Bruce Power has commenced loading fuel into Unit 6 and is on track to resume the production of clean, reliable energy and cancer-fighting medical isotopes for decades to come at the conclusion of the unit’s Major Component Replacement (MCR) outage … Read more

With the monumental construction phase of the Major Component Replacement portion of its Unit 6 refurbishment now substantially complete, Bruce Power is turning its attention to the process of returning the unit to service. Unit 6, which provides enough electricity … Read more

Bruce Power and Cambridge-based ATS Corporation’s (ATS) Industrial Automation business are collaborating on new automated tooling for inspection and installation work to reduce schedule, improve safety and quality, reduce human error, and improve overall performance of Bruce Power’s Unit 3 … Read more

Crews at Bruce Power have completed the Unit 3 defueling milestone 16 days ahead of schedule. The 27-day defuel program, which saw 5,748 fuel bundles removed from Unit 3’s reactor core, was completed 31 days faster than the same program on … Read more

Bruce Power’s Unit 3 was removed from service March 1 to begin its Major Component Replacement (MCR) outage. The refurbished unit is scheduled to come back online in 2026 and will provide clean, reliable power for the people of Ontario … Read more

Bruce Power’s Unit 3 marked 45 years since declaring commercial operation on Feb. 1, with the Bruce A unit beginning its lengthy run of providing clean, reliable power for the people of Ontario on that day in 1978. It also … Read more

The Bruce Power Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project is bringing a successful 2022 to a close as it progresses Ontario’s largest clean-energy infrastructure project. Bruce Power and its partners have completed the bulk of the construction phase of the Unit … Read more