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# Bruce Power takes unit 5 offline for a 30-year life extension
- URL: https://atomicinsider.com/news/bruce-power-takes-unit-5-offline-for-a-30-year-life-extension/
- Published: 2026-11-03T10:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T08:39:44.000Z
- Description: Unit 5 is the fourth of six Bruce reactors to go through a major component replacement.
- Author: Oleg
- Tags: News

Bruce Power shut down unit 5 at its Ontario site on 1 November to begin a Major Component Replacement outage. Crews will replace the unit’s steam generators, pressure tubes, calandria tubes and feeder tubes, which adds 30 to 35 years of operation.

Unit 5 is the fourth of six units in the programme. Unit 6 returned to the grid in 2023\. Unit 3 came back in 2026, more than seven months ahead of schedule. Unit 4 is running ahead of unit 3’s pace.

Unit 7 is next, in 2028, followed by unit 8 in 2030\. Bruce Power says the programme supports 22,000 jobs a year.

*Source:* [*World Nuclear News*](https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bruce-unit-5-refurbishment-begins?ref=atomicinsider.com)