Site Update

Bruce B Update: Updated – March 30, 2020 On March 28, staff at Bruce B responded to a release of approximately 20 litres of heavy water in Unit 6 which has been shut down since Jan. 17 for Major Component … Read more

On January 30, Bruce A staff discovered a small amount of heavy water on the floor of Unit 2. Station staff followed procedures to allow for safe clean-up, including assembling of Bruce A employees away from the affected area. Unit … Read more

On May 6, Bruce A staff discovered a small amount of water from the heat transport system (approximately 200 millilitres, which is less than a pop can) on the floor of Unit 3. Tritium was detected in the area and … Read more

Bruce Power continues to monitor the release of mineral oil, which occurred Thursday night when a transformer failed outside Unit 8. The unit was offline for planned maintenance. A mineral oil sheen was observed late this morning in the station’s … Read more

On Dec. 6, a failure of a transformer outside the Unit 8 building at the Bruce B generating station, resulted in a release of mineral oil. The unit was offline for planned maintenance. There is a collection system designed and … Read more

An employee is back to work today after an electrical contact event on Monday, Oct. 15. The employee was conducting welding work on a boiler system during Unit 8 outage activities when they received an electrical contact. The employee left … Read more

Unit 3 was returned to service after a seven-day forced outage.

Unit 3 was removed from service for a forced outage.

Unit 4 was returned to service after a 105-day planned outage.

A Bruce Power Boiler Safety Relief Valve in Unit 4 was opened in the early afternoon on June 15. Steam from the valve on the roof of the Bruce A generating station produced a sound that might have carried beyond … Read more