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TransCanada Corporation confirmed today that the restart of the Bruce A Unit 2 reactor at Bruce Power nuclear facility in Ontario will be delayed.
The reactor won't restart on schedule during the second quarter of 2012, the company said. It didn't provide a restart date.
The delay comes after an accident occurred in the electricity-generation section of the plant that damaged some plant equipment.
Refurbishment of the Unit 1 reactor at Bruce Power is progressing as planned, and it is expected to begin commercial operations in mid-third quarter 2012 as previously disclosed.
Bruce Power consists of two generating stations (Bruce A & B) with each station housing four nuclear reactors. Six of those reactors are currently operational, producing more than 4,700 MW of power.