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Mayor: 'Foolish' not to consider hosting plant

[CBC News, 18 November] The mayor of Prince Albert in Canada's Saskatchewan province has said he is interested in the possibility of a nuclear power plant being built near the city. Bruce Power is considering building a plant in the province and its feasibility study is expected to be completed by...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Life expectancy growing for Canadian units

A complex maintenance programme has boosted Bruce Power's plans to increase the operating life of Bruce A unit 3, the company has announced, while recently completed boiler work has extended the life of unit 4.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-06-2008
Nanticoke a potential nuclear site

[The Star, 31 October] Bruce Power is expected to announce an application to prepare a site for nuclear build today. The company's president and CEO, Duncan Hawthorne, is thought to be ready to announce the move at an event in the vicinity of the site, which sits alongside Lake Erie. The application...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-31-2008
EIS submitted for proposed Bruce C plant

Bruce Power has submitted its environmental impact statement (EIS) for up to four new reactors at the existing Bruce nuclear power plant site in Ontario, Canada. The report indicates there should be no significant impact.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-22-2008
Panel appointed to assess Bruce C proposal

A Joint Review Panel (JRP) has been established to review the environmental impact of the proposed Bruce C nuclear power plant in Ontario, Canada. Four new reactors could be built - alongside eight already in the vicinity at Bruce A and B.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-08-2008
Bruce Power considers feasibility of nuclear in Saskatchewan

Bruce Power launched a new energy initiative in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, which includes a feasibility study for the construction of province's first nuclear power plant.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-18-2008
Bruce Power makes announcement in Saskatchewan

[CBC, 17 June] Duncan Hawthorne, president and CEO of Bruce Power, is expected to make "an important announcement in Saskatoon" this afternoon, the company said. Also in attendance will be the Saskatchewan minister of enterprise and innovation, Lyle Stewart, and the provincial minister of crown...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-17-2008
The Rough and the Smooth in Canada

An editorial in the Ottawa Citizen offers some surprises. Here's the rough: The latest fiasco in the world of nuclear is that the rehabilitation of Bruce Power units 1 and 2 is running up to 24 per cent over cost estimates. That could mean extra costs of between $350 million and $650 million on the...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-23-2008
Bruce restart project on schedule, but costs rise

Bruce Power has completed a review of the cost and schedule estimates for restarting units 1 and 2 of the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario, Canada. While still set to restart in 2009 and 2010, the cost of the project has increased.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-18-2008
GE-Hitachi pulls out of Ontario bidding

Company still has a long-term relationship with AECL The Toronto Star reports that GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy told the Ontario government it will not bid on construction of a new nuclear power plant in the province. There are still a lot of decisions to be made. It isn't over until the fat lady sings...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-09-2008

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