Life-Extension & MCR

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

Bruce Power’s Unit 6 Major Component Replacement (MCR) project reached a major milestone October 25 with the completion of fuel channel assembly installation, advancing Ontario’s largest clean-energy infrastructure project. The installation of 480 fuel channels in the Unit 6 reactor … Read more

Project secures tens of thousands of jobs, cancer-fighting medical isotopes The Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario has re-affirmed its commitment to working closely with Bruce Power to support its Life-Extension Program, along with its Major Component Replacement … Read more