Is Bruce Power currently down? Live Status and Outage Reports

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Ottawa Wind Concerns @northgowerwind

Reported 2022-05-20 16:29:40

Imagine a @Bruce_Power in Eastern Ontario @ottawacity Reliable clean power, electrification on a grand scale, real jobs, string economy. Instead Energy Evolution will ^ hydro bills, drive biz and jobs away.

James Scongack @jscongack

Reported 2022-05-19 19:56:33

Amazing team work by over 2,000 women and men @Bruce_Power delivering our 2022 Vacuum Building & Bruce A outage. Innovations delivering safety, reliability and more clean energy for Ontario. Also, great to see our Bruce Site @CNSC_CCSN inspectors on the roof of the facility. https://t.co/xAi3gwu4mN

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-05-11 19:01:26

As Scott notes, old @opg Lennox is being called on, which is unusual, but these are unusual times with the @Bruce_Power vacuum building outage. We've also crossed over the 100gCO2/kWh threshold, which is what our future looks like if we allow Pickering to shutter. #SavePickering https://t.co/tA98wbeo59

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-05-10 11:17:50

@DarrinADurant @ravinaproject As far as I know, Darlington is on-time and on budget. @Craig_Hotrum can confirm. Yes, Bruce 1 and 2 went over budget, but that's not our problem, Bruce Power is responsible for their own costs. While no fan of the hydro electric cancellations, Ontario does not need more wind.

Bruce Power NGS @Bruce_Power

Reported 2022-05-09 11:34:15

Bruce Power’s Bruce A generating station will see all four operating units (Units 1-4) removed from service today for its planned Vacuum Building Outage (VBO). This happens every 12 years to allow for maintenance and inspections of the vacuum building. https://t.co/azqKYvJGQC https://t.co/UXLLAe13p0

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-05-08 10:43:18

As we sit presently, even with two units down, this is what @Bruce_Power is currently contributing: https://t.co/47hDgsxPg4

Al Scott: The Rational View @AlScottRational

Reported 2022-05-06 21:24:32

@carlptweet @TomHess_ @cadlam @Bruce_Power I’m pretty sure the sun goes down every night.

Bruce Power NGS @Bruce_Power

Reported 2022-05-06 09:21:33

Bruce Power’s Unit 2 achieved a record run of 626 consecutive days of providing clean, reliable electricity to the province before it was removed from service May 5 for a planned maintenance outage. https://t.co/5mubD36nP3 https://t.co/AuN00MkNBD

carlp @carlptweet

Reported 2022-05-06 01:01:21

@TomHess_ @cadlam @Bruce_Power California's Solar Farm Fleet has just commenced a planned outage after 6.5 hours of continuous operation.

Tom Hess @TomHess_

Reported 2022-05-05 22:19:25

@Bruce_Power Unit 2 has just commenced a planned outage, ending its continuous run at 626 days, over 1.7 years, a unit best. In fact, Unit 2 is now 2nd to Unit 1, which holds the site record of 693 days. Not bad for two old new units! #CANDU 🇨🇦 #NuclearEnergy ⚛ Naturally.👍 https://t.co/aFUZSvMgHb

Globe and Mail Events @TheGlobeEvents

Reported 2022-05-05 12:59:05

Maia Ingram of @Bruce_Power on supply chain: "Canada has the infrastructure already. @Bruce_Power has the capacity to produce, as much as is necessary but when it comes down to it, it’s balancing how much we’re able to produce and at the right time." #GlobeNuclearMed https://t.co/BZHF62mfM7

Sue @Sue4allofus

Reported 2022-05-02 12:36:58

@SBG_HC @LisaThompsonPC @Bruce_Power The Ford government has systematically destroyed healthcare in Ontario. This is like putting a bandaid on a broken arm.

chris keefer @Dr_Keefer

Reported 2022-05-02 12:33:30

Luckily when the Ontario government decided to shut down the #coal fleet, Dan, a highly skilled worker, had the opportunity to find work of similar caliber and pay operating a #nuclear reactor @Bruce_Power . 3/ https://t.co/abXZjw4vc9

Steve Aplin @SteveAplin

Reported 2022-04-15 10:54:19

@FrantaJaro @Bruce_Power One reason is influential people like Al don't like big reactors (solves the problem too quick I guess), and Al's suckups don't want to venture too far off his script for fear of losing the Hollywood glow

BatteryOnBoard.com @BatteryOnBoard

Reported 2022-04-15 08:38:15

@opg @Bruce_Power @johnAgorman @ToddSmithPC First rebuild the wind turbines you pulled down Doug @fordnation Then we’ll talk.

BatteryOnBoard.com @BatteryOnBoard

Reported 2022-04-15 08:37:20

@PlugN_Drive @opg @Bruce_Power First rebuild the wind turbines you pulled down Doug @fordnation Then we’ll talk.

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-03-22 11:34:55

@MikeMcL00531595 @Atomicrod @Dr_Keefer ***omersetgreens @Greens4Nuclear @opg @Bruce_Power But, as you note, despite this failure and the clear lesson to be learned here from Ontario's experience, we have those driven by steadfast adherence to ideology, despite how flawed it may be, that are willing to double-down even further. These people are dangerous.

horus316 @horus3161

Reported 2022-03-11 08:45:07

#11mar11 Detail read on ***ushima Daiicha and Daini https://t.co/mltxfqiLvj Vid on what we have done in🇨🇦 BRUCE POWER specific where I have worked. Although Tsunami is not an issue Tornados are https://t.co/7GPDBvGf9I

GA mom @SCgirlinGAworld

Reported 2022-03-10 08:54:08

@HeyTammyBruce Power & greed Elites & government look down and laugh at Americans!

🦋 @_queencessy_

Reported 2022-02-25 21:20:16

@derangedplant thor space ( the only avenger who came form space) Bruce power stone (hulk is the strongest avenger) and his the only one who use all infinity stones who didn’t even die last clint reality ( he is the most down to earth avenger and have stable family outside of the team)

Jaro Franta @FrantaJaro

Reported 2022-02-25 06:50:13

@ScottLuft One IESO report includes this graphic, but doesn't break down the $8 billion between OPG and Bruce Power. https://t.co/4MR9p1TB0L

mike TG @mgt_mike

Reported 2022-02-19 19:23:15

@HeyTammyBruce Powerless and intolerant cowards like the Liberals and the NDP can enact an Emergency Act instead of sit down and listen to the protesters

James Scongack @jscongack

Reported 2022-02-12 13:36:59

Nuclear Up. Coal Down. @Bruce_Power @ontnuclear

Cold Air @ScottLuft

Reported 2022-02-12 10:08:04

@NuclearBitcoinr it curtails at Bruce Power's units where steam can byp*** turbines. I once heard an operator refer to it as "heating the lake". (that operator missed the old days of actually stepping down reactor power through control of rods - which is a long abandoned practice)

Prolucid @prolucid

Reported 2022-02-08 21:06:30

An impressive record run for @Bruce_Power's Unit 5, generating electricity for 591 straight days. #PowerGeneration #Nuclear #Electricity #Technology #NuclearEnergy #NuclearPower #PowerPlant https://t.co/VjT42H0PCI

Shoreline Classics FM @ShoreClassicsFM

Reported 2022-02-08 13:31:18

Bruce Power’s Unit 5 Sets Reliability Record Ahead of Planned Outage. The Unit surp***ed it's previously record of 556 consecutive days online on January 1st. #brucepower #unit5 #plannedoutage #reliability #isotope #cobalt60 FULL STORY: https://t.co/56Y5EKmzSk https://t.co/aRSXNSIkfO

Tim Smyth @Tpsmyth01

Reported 2022-02-07 20:55:16

@ideapete @MeredithAngwin @SteveAplin @Bruce_Power @CEGCleanEnergy @timechols @PGE4Me In particular the so called Amtrak "South End" 25hz electrification system is a very unique piece of engineering in North America that no one would ever think to build again(new RR electrification is all 60HZ at 12.5KV or 25KV. 12.5KV is used when clearances are an issue)

Meredith Angwin @MeredithAngwin

Reported 2022-02-07 19:41:02

@Tpsmyth01 @SteveAplin @Bruce_Power @CEGCleanEnergy Plus, @isonewengland proposed one after another, different ideas and programs for winter reliability. Most of which get shot down by FERC as “unfair.” I think they care. They just have limited options. (2)

Tim Smyth @Tpsmyth01

Reported 2022-02-07 19:34:50

@energybants @SteveAplin @MeredithAngwin full vertical integration ala Meredith's model but now think the only way out is to bring in a second management team ala Bruce Power. Some of the problem I think to a point I made earlier today is certain elements of EDF are too focused on "other" things seperate from the nuke

Tim Smyth @Tpsmyth01

Reported 2022-02-07 19:21:15

@SteveAplin @MeredithAngwin @Bruce_Power @CEGCleanEnergy Well Southern had been researching carbon capture since the 1990s. I think they didn't know when to fold and close up shop. Some of the problem too was Tom Fanning's predecessor was more pro coal than he was and the thing may have been to far along to stop.

Mike McLean @MikeMcL00531595

Reported 2022-02-07 13:54:26

@TomHess_ @Bruce_Power Interesting that https://t.co/hMSceU9S6T has noticed. Nuclear just barely holding 10GW. No wind/solar to make up for reactor down. Burning more gas today to meet demand and contracts.

Tom Hess @TomHess_

Reported 2022-02-07 13:41:41

@Bruce_Power As I view it, I would not count the 21 hours either. It's not a full day. I ran into a similar issue with the Darlington Unit 1 record run. It was 1105 days, 14 hours according to my data. I called it 1105, OPG called it 1106. The Bruce Unit 5 previous record is another matter.

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-02-07 00:42:47

@sideen_dan @jscongack @TomHess_ @Bruce_Power The other thing is that refurbs and layups draw-down lifetime CF’s, something the American plants haven’t had to contend with. Post refurb performance of Bruce 1 and 2 has been very good. Darlington also tends to run pretty flat, individual unit CF is quite high (no curtailment).

Mark Cojuangco @markcojuangco

Reported 2022-02-06 23:49:56

@TomHess_ @sideen_dan @jscongack @Bruce_Power You have a constant bending force of the tubes in the horizontal, right ? Thats physics too. Force needed to move the bundles? Top down, is gravity. You would need a braking mechanism. Not unsolvable. The point is; longer tube life between refurbishments ?

Notorious Big Pipe Wrench @masoneight

Reported 2022-02-05 19:14:53

@RogerJBaker @doug_schweitzer Am I the only one that remembers so many Albertians having a pants ****ting melt down in like 2009-2010 when Bruce power was proposing building a nuclear plant here?

Cold Air @ScottLuft

Reported 2022-02-05 10:26:23

@TomHess_ @sideen_dan @Bruce_Power I suspect a difference here, aside from the age of the units (minor) is the large number of units requires planning in scheduling the outages. Not every outage can be during a freshet.

Tom Hess @TomHess_

Reported 2022-02-05 10:11:27

@sideen_dan @Bruce_Power The key is regulatory. Short outages are as little as 2 days, could be shorter if only for the poison out cycle. These outages reset the continuous run clock. Unit 5 returned from a long outage in Nov 2019, had a 2-day outage that Dec, & then a 5 week one into Jun 2020.

Mike McLean @MikeMcL00531595

Reported 2022-02-05 09:55:56

@sideen_dan @TomHess_ @Bruce_Power Also helps folks to understand Ontario needs 18 reactors in service or down for safety inspections, repair etc. Losing 6 at Pickering would compromise the record of 60% of ON grid nuclear abundant, affordable, clean energy.

Tom Hess @TomHess_

Reported 2022-02-05 09:43:24

@sideen_dan @Bruce_Power Sitting out on the public side, one has to deduce which it is. IESO adequacy reports show whether the outage was anticipated or not. It was. Semi-forced, a problem cropping up, appears as planned. These are machines after all. Lots of complicated parts. 1.6 years is up there.

Dan Sideen @sideen_dan

Reported 2022-02-05 09:41:47

@TomHess_ @Bruce_Power Thanks. But it's a bit discouraging that CANDUs, with on power refueling don't have a better capacity factor than other reactors that have to shut down to refuel

Dan Sideen @sideen_dan

Reported 2022-02-05 09:12:09

@TomHess_ @Bruce_Power With on power refueling, why do CANDU reactors need to be shut down after 592 days?

Tom Hess @TomHess_

Reported 2022-02-05 07:29:07

@Bruce_Power Unit 5 commenced a planned outage last evening, ending a continuous run at 592 days, over 1.6 years. A new unit best, its previous record continuous run was 555 days set in 2019. Its first grid connection occurred in 1984. #CANDU 🇨🇦 #NuclearEnergy ⚛ Naturally.👍 https://t.co/PZ50shPGeZ

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-01-25 13:37:53

Hence the outage that Unit 7 just returned from. Great work @Bruce_Power !

Crystal Mackay @CrystalMackay32

Reported 2022-01-24 18:18:38

@ashleighweeden @TheAgenda @SaugeenShoresON @Bruce_Power @GemmaFCLMPB @spaikin @meredithmartin Awesome! So important to shed light on this issue.

poor-worker @ladyleme7

Reported 2022-01-21 19:35:02

@johnAgorman @TalkNuclear @CurseOfPolitics @hscoffield @JonathanWNV @s_guilbeault @opg @Bruce_Power @NB_Power @SaskPower ****o.plz i am UN sg china student.plz help me?i have something crime problem.plz come to your in my school teacher .sorry.nothing

Timothy Mealing @MealingTimothy

Reported 2022-01-17 11:06:09

@shaliniverma1 @Plasticsimpact @khaleejtimes Are the wind mills just a decoy of wasted money and p’lent’y steal’ing from the earth. Pooh bear on a train, Bruce powering up Shiela’s car down below. @Amanwy @JulieJamesMS Food waste, Mr Waters could sell the new trains to the Ugandan dictator? @BethWinterMP 🐝 steaming. https://t.co/w6IIbf6DUf

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-01-14 14:19:15

@PDBateman @Bruce_Power @opg I'm sure you can see how it's problematic to use a date 2 years after the announcement where 1,558MW of nuclear has already been returned to service though and coal has already dropped 6% (down from 24%).

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-01-14 14:00:37

@PDBateman @Bruce_Power @opg Since 2017, we've consistently been down at least one unit for refurbishment, and that capacity is being made up primarily with gas. We are presently down two units (Bruce 6, Darlington 3) and again, that capacity is being replaced by gas, which we have a lot of.

Christopher Adlam @cadlam

Reported 2022-01-14 13:56:44

@PDBateman @Bruce_Power @opg By using 2005 (instead of 2003, when the phaseout was announced) you cut down the level of coal by 6% and start with Bruce 3 and 4 already back in service. You've intentionally shifted the timeline to downplay the significance. Nuclear was 42% in 2003 vs 61% in 2014.

John MacDonald @JhnMcDnld

Reported 2022-01-10 22:32:30

@IdealSupply @Bruce_Power I am literally the son of the family that sold ideal , do better or I’m going to make enough money to just shut ideal down cuz I’m bored :) (they won’t allow for this cuz my family and who they sold it to are both trash, here I am)

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