CNSC letter to Bruce Power regarding regulatory hold point 2

Regulatory Operations Branch

August 2, 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 Removal of the Guaranteed Shutdown State, Major Component Replacement

Dear Mr. Burton:

The purpose of this letter is to respond to Bruce Power’s request [1] to remove the second regulatory hold point (RHP-2), allowing the Guaranteed Shutdown State to be removed 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-2. 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-2 for the guaranteed shutdown state to be removed 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 Point for Removal of the Guaranteed Shutdown State, Major Component Replacement”, May 18, 2023, BP-CORR-00531-04140,
2. CNSC staff document, “Request by Bruce Power to Remove Regulatory Hold Point for Prior to GSS Removal for Unit 6”, dated August 1, 2023,