Bruce Power Refurbishment

Province: Ontario

City/Region: Tiverton

Image Credit: Bruce Power

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Project End: 2033

Project Type: Nuclear

Industry Sector: Energy

Project Amount: $13 billion

Date of Completion: 2033

Funding Source: Private

Private Funding: $13 billion

LEED Status: Certified

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About The Project

In 2015, Bruce Power reached an agreement with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to advance a long-term investment program to extend the life of its nuclear feet and secure the site’s operation until 2064. The Life-Extension Program started on January 1, 2016, and began with the replacement of older systems during regularly scheduled maintenance outages. As part of the Life-Extension Program, Bruce Power is carrying out an intensive Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project, which began in January 2020 and focuses on the replacement of key reactor components in Units 3-8, including steam generators, pressure tubes, calandria tubes, and feeder tubes. The first of 6 MCR refurbishments was completed on September 8, 2023 when Unit 6 was synced back to the grid. The Unit 6 MCR project was finished ahead of schedule and under budget with over 12 million hours of construction work executed over the 3.5 year project. The second MCR refurbishment began on March 1, 2023 and Unit 4 will start in 2025 with all 6 refurbishments scheduled for completion by 2033. The life extension of each unit will add approximately 30 to 35 years of operational life, while other investments will add a combined 30 reactor years of operational life to the units.

Project Owner: Bruce Power

P3 Team Members/Project Team: DBFM Team: (Office Complex and Training Facility): Concert Infrastructure—Bird Construction, Stantec, Concert Realty Services—Stonebridge Financial Corp.

Engineer: Hatch (preliminary/planning study); Wood (WSP) (consulting engineer); Tetra Tech (MCR); Candu Energy (MCR)

Contractor: AECOM, Aecon, AREVA NP; Framatome (steam generator replacement); Black & McDonald (Unit 6 mechanical and electrical projects); Shoreline JV: Aecon, AECOM, AtkinsRéalis (Fuel Channel Feeder Replacement program); E.S. Fox, BWXT (Highland Nuclear); Steam Generator Replacement JV (Aecon, SGT (Framatome & United Engineers & Constructors Inc.)

Other Key Players: WSP (drafting support); Golder (WSP) (geotechnical services/environmental engineering); Deloitte; AGAT Labs (analytical testing); Burns & McDonnell (integrated project controls support); Sargent & Lundy (integrated project management & project controls support); Deloitte; CIMA+; Accenture (project manager); LRI Engineering

Other Suppliers: BWXT Canada Inc. (steam generators, feeder fabrication, end fittings, liners, and flow elements); Nu-Tech Precision Metals (zirconium alloy pressure tubes); Cameco Fuel Manufacturing (calandria tubes and annulus spacers); Brotech Precision (shield plugs); BC Instruments (Positioning assemblies, feeder hubs), Framatome (PHT chemical decontamination skid); Laker Energy Products (end fittings, liners, and flow elements); Victaulic; A.W. Hooker Associates Ltd. (cost consultant); Turner & Townsend (management consultant); ATS Industrial Automation Inc. (tooling performance); Velan Inc.; GE Vernova; Egis

Legal: Osler (lead counsel); Torys (acting for the lender); Dentons (legal advisor)

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