CNSC letter to Bruce Power regarding regulatory hold point 4

Regulatory Operations Branch

September 9, 2023

Mr. Maury Burton
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
Bruce Power Inc.
P.O. Box 1540, B10-4W
177 Tie Road
Tiverton, ON N0G 2T0

Subject: Bruce B Unit 6: Release of Regulatory Hold Point for Increasing Above 35% Full Power, Major Component Replacement

Dear Mr. Burton:

The purpose of this letter is to respond to Bruce Power’s request [1] to remove the fourth regulatory hold point (RHP-4), allowing an increase above 35% full power in Bruce B Unit 6, following the Major Component Replacement outage.

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) staff’s assessment [2] concluded that Bruce Power has met all of the Bruce A and B NGS Licence Conditions Handbook section 15.5 pre-requisites established by the CNSC to remove RHP-4 for Unit 6. Therefore, as the person authorized by the Commission and pursuant to Licence Condition 15.5 of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Stations A and B Power Reactor Operating Licence 18.02/2028, I consent to the removal of RHP-4 to allow an increase in reactor power above 35% full power in Unit 6.

Yours sincerely,

Ramzi Jammal
Executive Vice-President and
Chief Regulatory Operations Officer
Regulatory Operations Branch

c.c: CNSC – A. Viktorov, M. Hornof, J. Stevenson, Bruce Regulatory Program Division
Bruce Power – M. Rinker

References:

1. Bruce Power Letter, M. Burton to R. Jammal, “Bruce B Unit 6: Release of Regulatory Hold Points 3 and 4, Major Component Replacement”, June 22, 2023, BP-CORR-00531-04271
2. CNSC staff document, “Request by Bruce Power to Remove Regulatory Hold Point 3 for Prior to Exceeding 35% Full Power for Unit 6”, dated September 9, 2023