TIVERTON, ON – April 20, 2009 – Bruce Power launched a planned inspection and maintenance of Bruce B Unit 8 yesterday.
– By Abby Gessner –
During this planned outage, which will last approximately two months, workers will perform inspections and routine maintenance on a host of systems and components. Many of these activities cannot be performed while the 800 megawatt unit is running and all are intended to ensure the safe and reliable production of electricity.
Units 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 remain at high power.
Bruce Power is a partnership among Cameco Corporation, TransCanada Corporation, BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust, a trust established by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, the Power Workers’ Union and The Society of Energy Professionals.