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Bruce B reactors offline for planned check on vacuum safety system
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Bruce Power has taken all four Bruce B reactors offline to perform scheduled work on the vacuum building CANDU safety system — a roughly once-a-decade requirement. The outage began April 23, the start of a 20-day maintenance and inspection project, the nuclear operator said in an April 24 news release. The vacuum building is part…
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Bruce B reactors offline for planned check on vacuum safety system
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Bruce Power has taken all four Bruce B reactors offline to perform scheduled work on the vacuum building CANDU safety system — a roughly once-a-decade requirement. The outage began Tuesday, the start of a 20-day maintenance and inspection project, the nuclear operator said in a news release Wednesday. The vacuum building is part of the containment…
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Lots of future opportunities touted at nuclear job fair
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Mohamed Hamed left resumes with employers at the nuclear industry job fair in Owen Sound Wednesday, many of which he’d already applied to online. But he made the trip from Mississauga to add a personal touch to his job search efforts in what he finds to be a slow job market. He said he moved…
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Feds announce up to $50M for possible expansion at Bruce Power
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The federal government is earmarking $50 million for predevelopment work at the Bruce Power site for what would be the first new nuclear construction project in Canada in 30 years, if approved. The Bruce C Project is a proposed expansion at the nuclear power plant in Tiverton. If given the go-ahead, the expansion would increase…
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Feds announce up to $50M for possible expansion at Bruce Power
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The federal government is earmarking $50 million for predevelopment work at the Bruce Power site for what would be the first new nuclear construction project in Canada in 30 years, if approved. The Bruce C Project is a proposed expansion at the nuclear power plant in Tiverton. If given the go-ahead, the expansion would increase…
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Bruce warden returns from ROMA with some successes
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Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody left the three-day Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference Jan. 23 with assurances of more rural access to natural gas and that municipalities would be consulted on impacts such as on housing in the event of future nuclear expansion at the Bruce. Natural gas buildout in Brockton, where Peabody’s mayor, and…
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Bruce warden returns from ROMA with some successes
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Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody left the three-day Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference Jan. 23 with assurances of more rural access to natural gas and that municipalities would be consulted on impacts such as on housing in the event of future nuclear expansion at the Bruce. Natural gas buildout in Brockton, where Peabody’s mayor, and…
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Bruce warden returns from ROMA with some successes
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Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody left the three-day Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference Tuesday with assurances of more rural access to natural gas and that municipalities would be consulted on impacts such as on housing in the event of future nuclear expansion at the Bruce. Natural gas buildout in Brockton, where Peabody’s mayor, and elsewhere…
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Annual fundraiser for toy drives, hamper programs launched by Bruce Power
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Bruce Power has launched its annual fundraiser for local toy drives and hamper programs – this year it’s an online campaign with the goal of at least $40,000 in cash donations for community needs. In a Nov. 7 media release, Bruce Power said the fundraiser is open to its employees and contractors, as well as…
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Bruce Power says refurbished Unit 6 back online
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Bruce Power’s Unit 6 nuclear reactor was reconnected to Ontario’s electricity grid after more than three years of refurbishment, the company announced Sept. 8. The Major Component Replacement outage began in January 2020 and was completed ahead of schedule, the company said in a news release. By replacing and upgrading key equipment, the reactor’s life…