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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
| Bruce Power Limited Partnership | |
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| Type | Limited partnership |
| Industry | Electricity generation |
| Founded | 2001 in Tiverton, Ontario |
| Headquarters | Tiverton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Products | Electricity & Radioisotopes |
| Website | www |
Bruce Power Limited Partnership (BPLP) is a Canadian business partnership composed of several corporations. As of 2026, it exists as a partnership between OMERS Administration Corporation (48.26%), TC Energy Corporation (48.26%), Power Workers' Union Power 1 Limited Partnership (2.22%); the Society of United Professionals Trust, Bruce Power Employee Investment Trust, and the general partner, Bruce Power Inc. (1.26% aggregate).[1] It is the licensed operator of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located on the shores of Lake Huron, roughly 250 kilometres northwest of Toronto, between the towns of Kincardine and Saugeen Shores. It is the fourth-largest operating nuclear plant in the world by capacity.
Bruce Power operates eight nuclear reactors on Lake Huron, where it leases the Bruce site from Ontario Power Generation.[2] With those eight units in operation, the facility has a capacity of 6,400 megawatts and typically supplies nearly 30 percent of the electricity used in Ontario's provincial power grid.[2] Bruce Power became the world's largest operating nuclear facility in 2012, when Units 1 and 2 returned to operation after a multibillion-dollar refurbishment project. This achievement returned the site to full operating capacity for the first time in 17 years.
According to the company, "Bruce Power set a site record for production in 2015, generating 30 percent of Ontario's electricity at 30 per cent less than the average residential price of power.[3]
Bruce Power has invested more than $7 billion in its Bruce A and B facilities to restart and optimize the performance of its nuclear fleet over the last decade and has successfully carried out massive refurbishment and plant life extension projects on all of its operational units. It plans to refurbish Units 3–8 in a $13 billion project, beginning in 2020.
Following the initial Bruce A Restart project (initiated during the British Energy incumbency) to return to service of Units 3 and 4 (completed in 2003/04), Units 1 and 2 underwent a multibillion-dollar refurbishment after years of dormancy. To facilitate this, on Oct. 17, 2005, Bruce Power announced a revision to its structure.[4]
During its peak, the Bruce A Restart project was named the largest infrastructure project in Canada, and it was widely considered one of the most complex engineering challenges Ontario has ever seen.[5]
Safety was a key component of the Restart initiative, with the project marking 24 million hours worked without a single acute lost-time injury.[6]
In October 2012, Bruce Power returned Units 1 and 2 to commercial operation just weeks after synchronizing to Ontario's electricity grid for the first time since 1997 and 1995, respectively.[7]
On 3 December 2015, Bruce Power president/CEO Duncan Hawthorne announced that it would spend $13 billion for a major overhaul of six of its Lake Huron reactors, starting in 2020. This is a postponement of a project initially planned for 2016; the change was made because the reactors should not require major work as soon as 2016. Bruce Power will assume any risk of financial overruns. The Ontario government was pleased with that news because the province would not be assuming any financial risk. However, the agreement will require Ontario to pay a higher price for electricity produced by Bruce Power. Naturally, the massive project will provide other benefits. "The agreement makes 23,000 jobs possible and supports an estimated $6.3 billion in annual, local economic development," said Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli.[8]
In 2008, Bruce Power applied for a licence to build a nuclear power plant at Cardinal Lake.[9] Chief Executive Officer Duncan Hawthorne travelled to Peace River, Manning, and Grimshaw, Alberta, to personally inform the communities that Bruce Power had initiated a process to consider building western Canada's first nuclear power plant.
Through an application filed with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Bruce Power sought approval to prepare a site that could generate 4,000 MW of electricity from two to four reactors that would not produce greenhouse gases or air pollutants. As concerns over climate change continue to grow, the proposal could have seen the first unit ready as early as 2017, pending the successful completion of a full Environmental Assessment (EA) and consultations with the local communities.
As part of the decision-making process, open houses, workshops, and community meetings were held, and regular newsletters were issued to update residents and seek their input across Alberta.
Late in 2011, Bruce Power announced it had decided against advancing the proposal.[10]
Bruce Power is developing Unit 7 as an Isotope Production System (IPS). In January 2022, it announced the completion of a facility to produce Lutetium-177 (Lu-177), which is used to produce the medical isotope Lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide. The company plans IPSes, which would produce other useful isotopes. The Lu-177 will be processed by a partner, ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM), and marketed with its partner Saugeen Ojibway Nation under the name "Gamzook'aamin Aakoziwin."[11]
Bruce Power was founded as a Limited Liability Partnership in 2001 between British Energy (82.4%), Cameco Corporation (15%), the Power Workers' Union and The Society of Energy Professionals. Following the financial difficulties of British Energy in the Fall of 2002, the LLP became a wholly Canadian-owned Limited Partnership on Feb. 14, 2003
In May 2001, Bruce Power became the licensed operator of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Tiverton, Ontario. The concession for operating the station was granted by Ontario Power Generation, one of the five successor companies of the defunct Ontario Hydro. Bruce A and Bruce B are equipped with eight CANDU nuclear reactors (four at each station). The initial four reactors were commissioned at Bruce A between 1977 and 1979, while Bruce B's were added between 1984 and 1987. The Bruce Power site at Tiverton was the world's largest nuclear generating facility until being surpassed by South Korea's Kori Nuclear Plant in 2016.[citation needed]
Since its creation, Bruce Power has successfully restarted all four Bruce A reactors.
On Oct. 7, 2003, Unit 4 returned to the Ontario grid for the first time since 1998, when it was laid up by the site's previous operators. It was then followed by Unit 3 on Jan. 8, 2004.
On Oct. 17, 2005, Bruce Power reached an agreement with the Ontario Power Authority and launched a $4.25 billion investment program to refurbish and restart Bruce A Units 1 and 2. Unit 1 was returned to the grid on Sept. 20, 2012, with Unit 2 following shortly thereafter on Oct. 18, 2012.[12][13]
Restarting those units boosts Bruce Power's output to 6,300 MW, making Bruce Power the source for about 30 percent of Ontario's electricity on a typical day.[14][AI-retrieved source]
In 2014, Cameco announced it had agreed to sell its 32% shareholding in Bruce Power to BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust (Borealis Infrastructure) for $450 million. Upon completion of the sale, Borealis will become the majority partner of Bruce Power with 56.1 percent ownership.[15][16]
In 2016, Bruce Power started a $13 billion refurbishment program at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station.[17] According to Bruce Power, this multi-year plan "will generate between 1,500 and 2,500 jobs on-site annually—and 18,000 across Ontario directly and indirectly—while injecting up to $4 billion annually into Ontario's economy."[18]
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| Branch | Bruce Power |
| Type | Incident response team |
| Role | Special response in Bruce Power sites |
| Location |  Canada |
Bruce Power maintains a small specialized unit, namely the Nuclear Response Team (NRT), which carries out tactical response operations in Bruce Power sites.[19] NRT members are permitted to carry and use firearms alongside their powers of arrest.[20]
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Bruce Power Limited Partnership (BPLP) is a Canadian business partnership composed of several corporations. As of 2026, it exists as a partnership between OMERS Administration Corporation (48.26%), TC Energy Corporation (48.26%), Power Workers' Union Power 1 Limited Partnership (2.22%); the Society of United Professionals Trust, Bruce Power Employee Investment Trust, and the general partner, Bruce Power Inc. (1.26% aggregate). It is the licensed operator of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located on the shores of Lake Huron, roughly 250 kilometres northwest of Toronto, between the towns of Kincardine and Saugeen Shores. It is the fourth-largest operating nuclear plant in the world by capacity. Bruce Power operates eight nuclear reactors on Lake Huron, where it leases the Bruce site from Ontario Power Generation. With those eight units in operation, the facility has a capacity of 6,400 megawatts and typically supplies nearly 30 percent of the electricity used in Ontario's provincial power grid. Bruce Power became the world's largest operating nuclear facility in 2012, when Units 1 and 2 returned to operation after a multibillion-dollar refurbishment project. This achievement returned the site to full operating capacity for the first time in 17 years. According to the company, "Bruce Power set a site record for production in 2015, generating 30 percent of Ontario's electricity at 30 per cent less than the average residential price of power.
In computational complexity theory, BPL (Bounded-error Probabilistic Logarithmic-space), sometimes called BPLP (Bounded-error Probabilistic Logarithmic-space Polynomial-time), is the complexity class of problems solvable in logarithmic space and polynomial time with probabilistic Turing machines with two-sided error. It is named in analogy with BPP, which is similar but has no logarithmic space restriction.
Splinter was an English two-man vocal group from South Shields, England, consisting of Bill Elliott (William Elliott) and Bobby Purvis (Robert J Purvis), who formed in the early 1970s. They were connected with ex-Beatle George Harrison, and had groups of instrumentalists to back them on each album. Splinter was the first act signed to Harrison's Dark Horse Records label, when it was partnered with A&M Records. The band's sound has often been likened to that of The Beatles (particularly George Harrison and John Lennon) and Badfinger. The duo's biggest success came with their debut album, the critically admired The Place I Love (1974), which contained the hit single "Costafine Town". All of their albums have been remastered and reissued on compact disc on the Big Pink Music label from South Korea and Britain’s Grey Scale label. Elliott died on 7 June 2021 following a sudden illness. According to the Legacy Project website: "He was always 100% supportive of the Legacy Project and we will continue to move this forward as planned. The next album Splinter Live In England will be released in the near future, and it displays Billy and Bobby as they were never intended to be heard on record."
Paula Ann Cox CBE is a Bermudian politician and former premier of Bermuda. She was the leader of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party (PLP), from October 2010 to December 2012. In accordance with the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, she was appointed Premier of Bermuda, on Friday, 29 October 2010 by Governor Sir Richard Gozney. She was succeeded as Premier by Craig Cannonier on 18 December 2012, when she led her party into election defeat, losing her own seat in the process.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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