On Monday, April 22, Unit 6 passed the one-year mark of continuous operations, reliably providing power to Ontarians when they needed it most, during the sweltering heat of last summer and the deep cold of this past winter.
"We’re very proud of the production from Unit 6, which has been a workhorse for the province’s electrical grid since its last planned maintenance outage," said Duncan Hawthorne, Bruce Power President and CEO. "By investing millions of private dollars into this publically owned reactor, we are ensuring clean and cost-effective Bruce Power nuclear will be available during the peak demand periods we face in southern Ontario. Bruce Power also received 30 per cent less per kilowatt-hour than the average price paid for power in 2013, so we’re helping to keep electricity bills low in the province while generating zero carbon emissions."
The last time Unit 6 was offline was for a two-month planned maintenance outage, an $85 million investment which was successfully completed on April 21, 2013. Prior to that planned outage, Unit 6 had enjoyed a 556-day continuous run, making it the top-performing pressurized heavy water reactor in the world.
