In August 2006 the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) received the application from Bruce Power Inc. for a licence to
prepare the site within the municipality of Kincardine, Ontario for the future construction of a nuclear reactor generating facility.

Bruce Power LP, of Tiverton, Ontario, operates the entire Bruce complex and leases the Bruce stations from Ontario Power Generation
(OPG), the province-owned generating company. Bruce Power is owned by uranium miner Cameco Corp (31.6 percent), energy company
TransCanada Corp (31.6 percent), BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust, an investment entity owned by Ontario Municipal Employees
Retirement System (31.6 percent), the Power Workers' Union (4 percent) and the Society of Energy Professionals (1.2 percent).
(Reuters, 2009).

Bruce Power forwarded a project description for the proposal of site preparation, construction and operation of up to four new nuclear
reactors for the generation of approximately 4,000 MW of electrical generating capacity for supply to the Ontario grid. The facility is
located at the Bruce Power located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, north of Kincardine, Ontario. The project would allow Bruce
Power to meet its commitment to maintain and potentially increase it electricity generating capacity.

CNCS considered that, with the potential addition of four nuclear reactors and the refurbishment of existing reactors, the Bruce
Nuclear site could have up to 12 'reactors operating all at once, making it one of the largest nuclear facilities in the world in
terms of power produced on a single site. (CNCS, 2008)

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission considered that a similar project, that is site preparation, construction and operation
of a new nuclear generation site (NGS), has not been carried out in Canada in recent decades. The most recent facility to join
Canadaís nuclear fleet is the Darlington NGS which reactors came into service in the early 1990ís. (CNCS, 2008)

The projectís stakeholders are illustrated below:

 

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission concluded that Bruce Powerís proposed project is a new major nuclear project
whose complexity and potential uncertainties should be addressed in a broad EA process such as is offered by a review
panel. (CNCS, 2008) See section on legal and regulatory framework for further details regarding the approval process.

The scope of Bruce Powerís proposal includes the following stages:

•       preparation of the site,

•       construction

•       operation of the new nuclear power reactors

•       decommissioning and

•       abandonment.

 

 

Operations involves all activities required to operate and maintain the new reactor units, including management of all
conventional wastes, low, medium and high-level radioactive waste, and other hazardous wastes.

Bruce Power is currently considering a range of reactor designs, but has not yet decided on the specific technology. Nevertheless,
it is anticipated that the new reactors would have an approximate 60-year operating life, which would include a mid-life
refurbishment. (CNSC, 2008)