Bruce Power announces increased power output and isotope harvest milestones. Bruce Power announces increased power output and isotope harvest milestones.
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Bruce Power announces increased power output and isotope harvest milestones

Bruce Power has announced a number of key milestones in the implementation of its ‘Made in Ontario’ economic recovery plan, including increased power output and an isotope harvest later this year.

“We are moving forward with our five-point economic recovery plan and these milestones demonstrate we’re advancing this at a time when our province and our planet need it most,” said Mike Rencheck, Bruce Power’s President and CEO.

The new site generation peak is 6,550 megawatts (MW), an increase from 6,300 MW in 2016, which has been achieved through investments and innovations in the facility, and is enough to power up to 250,000 Ontario homes, businesses and hospitals.

“Ontario’s nuclear industry is well prepared to support the creation of new opportunities for growth, jobs and drive emissions reductions,” said Hon. Todd Smith, Minister of Energy. “By increasing its energy output, Bruce Power is leading the way, providing clean energy to hundreds of thousands of additional homes, while at the same time harvesting medical isotopes that will save lives, including in the fight against cancer.”

Bruce Power also announced a Cobalt-60 isotope harvest later this year. The medical isotopes will be sent to Ottawa-based Nordion for processing and distribution, and will provide enough isotopes to sterilize up to 10 billion pairs of surgical gloves and COVID swabs. Isotopes from the harvest will also be used in the treatment of breast cancer and brain tumours.

Smith adds work is ongoing across the province, replacing energy infrastructure to modernize and update it. “Also, with an eye on climate change and what that means for the infrastructure we have in the province and working with the Ontario Energy Board and doing studies to make sure that we have the robust, solid infrastructure that we need to deliver this power to homes and businesses and farms across the province.”

The company also launched ‘Project 2030’ with the goal of achieving a site peak of 7,000 MW by 2030 in support of climate change targets and future clean energy needs.

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