Bruce Power

7 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 BRUCE POWER on the Bruce site began in the 1960s for Units 1 and 2 with both placed in service in the late ‘70s. Construction on the additional Units 3-8 followed with all eight commercial reactors operating by 1987 by Ontario Hydro. Bruce Power assumed control in 2001 making it Canada’s only private nuclear generating company. Today, Bruce Power is a Canadian- owned partnership of TC Energy, OMERS, the Power Workers’ Union, and the Society of United Professionals. “Bruce Power is a private company that leases the site from Ontario Power Generation (OPG), that once operated as Ontario Hydro on the site,” says Chris Mudrick, Chief Nuclear Officer and EVP at Bruce Power. “The plant operates two stations on site, Bruce A (Units 1-4) and Bruce B (Units 5-8), on a 2300-acre facility, making it one of the largest nuclear power generating sites in the world.” Bruce Power sells energy to the Ontario grid in an agreement signed in 2015 that runs through 2064. “One of the interesting things about the Bruce Power plant is the fact that we can refurbish the various plant components to enhance the life of the units,” explains Mudrick, “something unique considering most nuclear power plants in the world undergo Nu-Tech Precision Metals Inc. has been providing material solutions for the nuclear industry for the past 65 years. Nu-Tech pioneered an original method to extrude zirconium and titanium into seamless tubes which has evolved into our world class products produced currently. Fast forward to today and Nu-Tech has over half a century of innovation in developing and supplying every pressure tube to every CANDU reactor operating in the world. Our innovation continues with the development of products such as those used in the core of new Small Modular Reactors and the construction of zirconium pressure vessels for testing new forms of nuclear fuel used in these reactors. In late 2021 Nu-Tech joined the family of companies owned by Reliance Steel and Aluminum, the largest metal supplier and distributor in the world.  Nu-Tech is now able to leverage its expertise in materials engineering and quality control to provide access to the world’s largest store of raw materials with over 100,000 different metal forms and grades.  We are ready to assist with your metal supply challenges for plate, bar, forgings, fasteners, fittings, pipe or tubes, in any material.   Let us help turn today’s drama into everyday boring! ...... For more information, please visit our website www.nutechpm.com