Bruce Power
Bruce Power accelerates its digital transformation with AVEVA solutions
Bruce Power already operates the world's largest nuclear facility, with eight reactors and an installed capacity of 6,555 megawatts, and is planning three additional expansion projects. To meet the terms of its investment agreement, Ontario's clean energy leader needed to reduce project timelines and costs, while outdated tools and document-centric processes limited efficiency gains. The company deployed a comprehensive suite including AVEVA Asset Information Management, AVEVA Point Cloud Manager, AVEVA Unified Engineering, AVEVA PI System, AVEVA PI Vision, AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management and AVEVA CONNECT to undertake a phased digital transformation. The benefits are tangible: 1,000 work hours saved by avoiding data retrieval, 15% savings by avoiding repeated field visits and inspections, 30% execution savings thanks to improved design quality, and 50% savings in cost and time when closing out engineering changes, securing its expansion ambitions.
Integrated AVEVA software
AVEVA PI System
Bruce Power uses AVEVA PI System with PI Vision to oversee its Canadian nuclear reactors. This platform collects safety data in real-time, ensuring safe and efficient operation of the plants.
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CONNECT
Bruce Power relies on AVEVA CONNECT to access its nuclear power plant data from the cloud. This solution facilitates collaboration and information sharing between operations teams.
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FAQ
How does AVEVA support the expansion of a nuclear power plant?
Bruce Power, the world's largest operating nuclear facility with 6,555 MW of installed capacity, is preparing three expansion projects under the constraints of an investment agreement. The AVEVA suite (Asset Information Management, Point Cloud Manager, Unified Engineering, PI System, PI Vision, Enterprise Resource Management and CONNECT) secures schedules and costs through data-centric rather than document-centric processes. Teams access up-to-date, shared and traceable information, which speeds up decisions on the most strategic expansion projects in Canada's clean energy sector.
What does AVEVA Asset Information Management bring to the nuclear industry?
AVEVA Asset Information Management centralizes all technical information on Bruce Power's assets: drawings, P&IDs, qualification documents and operational data. Combined with AVEVA Point Cloud Manager, which integrates 3D scans of the facilities, AIM avoids repeated site visits and manual data retrieval. Bruce Power has thus saved 1,000 work hours and 15% in costs by eliminating redundant trips and inspections, a critical issue in the highly regulated nuclear environment.
How does AVEVA Unified Engineering improve design quality?
AVEVA Unified Engineering brings Bruce Power's engineering disciplines together in a single collaborative environment. Designs are validated and coordinated across specialties before execution, reducing clashes and late changes. The result is 30% execution savings through improved design quality and 50% savings in cost and time when closing out engineering changes. In a nuclear project where every design error is costly, these gains are decisive.
What is the role of AVEVA PI System in operating a nuclear power plant?
AVEVA PI System collects and historizes process data from Bruce Power's eight reactors, while AVEVA PI Vision makes it viewable and analyzable for operations teams. This data management infrastructure supports both real-time safety and continuous improvement: early anomaly detection, tracking of performance indicators and support for investment decisions. It is the digital backbone of modern nuclear operations, integrated with the AVEVA suite via CONNECT.
Why move away from document-centric processes in a large industrial project?
Document-centric processes slow projects down, multiply versions and limit traceability. Bruce Power deployed AVEVA Asset Information Management, Unified Engineering and Enterprise Resource Management to switch to a data-centric approach. Each piece of information is unique, up to date and accessible. The gains are quantified: 1,000 hours saved, 15% of site visit costs avoided, 30% execution efficiency and 50% gains in closing out changes. It is the benchmark method for major capacity expansions.