TOP100 2024 Report - Report - Page 14
Bruce Power Refurbishment
$13 BILLION*
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,
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2023 Rank: 3
Location: Tiverton, Ont.
Owner: Bruce Power
DBFM Team (Office Complex and Training Facility): Concert Infrastructure—Bird
Construction, Stantec, Concert Realty Services—Stonebridge Financial Corp.
Engineer: Hatch (preliminary/planning study); Wood E&I (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)
Other Key Players: WSP (drafting support); Golder-a WSP company (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+;
Comtech
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 (cost consultant);
Turner & Townsend (management consultant)
Legal: Osler (lead counsel); Torys (acting for the lender)
Funding: Private
Substantial Completion: 2033
* All capital cost is disclosed by TC Energy
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.
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