It was a busy year on
the Bruce Power site.
In
2011, many important programs, including the Bruce A restart, made great
advancements, while hundreds of millions of dollars were invested into
the operating units through planned maintenance outages. These
outages, which created hundreds of jobs regionally and resulted in an
immeasurable infusion of cash into the local economies through
visiting contractors, increase the reliability of the units and
result in the safe, reliable operation of Units 3-8, which performed
at their peak for the majority of the year.
Bruce
Power, which hired more than 340 new full-time employees in 2011, also
donated $1.4-million to community initiatives, while employees and
union partners also rallied to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars
for the United Way of Bruce Grey, and relief efforts in Goderich,
Japan and northern Ontario.
“I’m
extremely proud of the accomplishments of every employee at Bruce
Power this year,” said Duncan Hawthorne, president and chief executive officer. “Our restart project continues to be on track to
return Units 1 and 2 to service, while Units 3 through 8 experienced
strong, sustained operations in 2011, creating safe, affordable,
clean, reliable energy for the people of Ontario.”
Top 11
Bruce Power Accomplishments of 2011
Generated
about one-quarter of Ontario’s electricity through safe, reliable
operations and providing ratepayers with dependable, affordable
electricity to their homes, businesses, schools, hospitals and
farms.
Units
1 and 2 return-to-operations program
achieved major milestones with fuel-loading completed on both Units
1 and 2.
Announced
$500-million of continued investment in
the site’s operating units to ensure safe, reliable operations for the
province.
Continued
investment in the people with 340 new full-time employees and the
creation of hundreds of jobs through the ongoing
outage investment program.
More than $2-million donated from the company, employees and contractors to
important community initiatives, including
relief efforts in Goderich, Japan and northern Ontario, Easter Seals
Ontario, United Way of Bruce Grey, Unity for Autism, Wounded
Warriors and for fellow employees experiencing family emergencies,
while also giving to the local food banks and Christmas Hamper
programs.
Enhancing
Bruce Power's industry-leading emergency response capability through the
formation of the Emergency and Protective Services division,
bringing 400 full-time security and emergency services staff under
the same umbrella. The Nuclear Response Team also won its fourth
consecutive international competition, while a group of firefighters
ranked at a national competition.
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Named
one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in Canada
and one of Canada’s 10 most outstanding employers for commitment
to young people.
Living
the No. 1 value of ‘Safety First’
with strong performance across site and the Bruce A Restart project
reaching 15-million hours worked without an acute lost-time injury.
Bruce
A and B achieved a capacity factor of approximately 90
per cent.
Bruce
A Units 3 and 4 had their strongest performance since returning to
service, with Unit 4 surpassing its
previous record run of 267 days – its strongest performance in
Bruce Power’s 10-year history.
Bruce
B also achieved strong performance marking Bruce Power’s 10 years
of operation. Unit 7 reached its second longest run of 438
days and Unit 8 reached 532 days of continuous operations – both
reached these milestones before planned maintenance activities.
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