Life-Extension & MCR

Bruce Power has reached a milestone in its Unit 3 Major Component Replacement (MCR) outage, beginning the removal and replacement series of key components following months of safe and successful preparation. Workers have completed the successful installation of protective shielding … Read more

The Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario has re-affirmed its commitment to work closely with Bruce Power, site contractors and the local community to support the company’s ongoing Major Component Replacement Project (MCR) and Life-Extension Program. Delegates to … Read more

Bruce Power’s Unit 6 was declared commercially operational today, 39 years to the day of its first in-service date of Sept. 14, 1984. The renewed unit met all operational and contractual obligations of the company’s agreement with the Independent Electricity … Read more

Bruce Power’s Unit 6 has been renewed and was connected to Ontario’s electricity grid today following its successful Major Component Replacement (MCR) outage to provide clean, reliable power to the province’s people, hospitals and businesses for decades to come. The … Read more

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