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Bruce Power announces scholarships for post-secondary education |
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In celebration of Bruce Power's 10th Anniversary, the company has announced it will award 200 scholarships to students attending post-secondary school this fall. “We owe a great debt of gratitude to the residents of our community who have offered us so much support over the past 10 years,” said Duncan Hawthorne, Bruce Power president and chief executive officer. “As we look forward to our next decade, we thought it was appropriate to make an investment in the future of young people in our communities.” Through the
Bruce Power 10th Anniversary Scholarship Program, students will have the
opportunity to apply by E-mail, starting July 22 through to Aug. 12. Applicants will be required to complete the following:
Completed submissions can be E-mailed to scholarships@brucepower.com. Successful candidates will be awarded on Aug. 25. The following awards are available:
For more information about Bruce Power's scholarship program, click here. The company also announced last week that it loaded the final fuel bundle into Unit 2 at the Bruce A generating station, completing the work in two weeks and bringing the reactor one step closer to restarting. “I
continue to take great pride in the diligence and craftsmanship of
our people and congratulate them on completing this work in such a
safe and professional manner,” said Hawthorne Pending further regulatory approvals, Unit 2 is expected to synchronize with the province’s electrical grid by the end of the year, followed by Unit 1 early next year. Once restarted, Units 1 and 2 at Bruce A will produce 1,500 megawatts of cost-effective, safe and reliable nuclear power.
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The reactors have been undergoing a first-of-a-kind refurbishment and the project has represented the largest investment in CANDU technology in a generation by Bruce Power. Operators manually installed 5,760 fuel bundles into 480 fuel channels on the reactor face. A fuel bundle is an assembly of pencil-like tubes, two-feet long, containing uranium dioxide pellets. Roughly the size of a fire log, each 22-kilogram bundle can produce enough energy to power 100 homes for a year. The Ontario government's Long-Term Energy Plan, released last year, calls for the refurbishment of its nuclear fleet including units at the Bruce Power site. With all eight units operating, the Bruce Power site has the capacity to produce 6,300 megawatts or roughly one-quarter of the province’s electricity. For stories and video clips on all aspects of the project, please check out the Bruce A Restart web pages at www.brucepower.com. Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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