October 20, 2023
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Ms. Caroline Ducros
Director General, Directorate of Advance Reactor Technologies
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
P.O. Box 1046
280 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5S9
Ms. Candida Cianci
Director, Review Panels
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Place Bell Canada 160 Elgin Street, 22nd floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H3
Dear Colleague:
Notice of Intent to Submit
an Application for a Licence to Prepare Site and Commence an Impact Assessment
The purpose of this letter is to provide the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) a formal notice of Bruce Power’s
intent to submit an application for a Licence to Prepare Site and commence an Impact
Assessment (IA) for new nuclear generation on the Bruce site in Tiverton, Ontario.
The company is advancing this process in a pro-active, open and transparent manner inorder to engage Indigenous peoples, local communities, stakeholders and the public earlyin the process as a planning tool to meet Ontario’s long-term energy needs.
In July, the Ontario Government announced its long-term electricity framework entitled“Powering Ontario’s Growth” with the goal of ensuring Ontario has the clean, affordable,
and reliable electricity it needs to power future economic growth and electrification.
A key element to this framework is to commence pre-development work, in collaboration
with the Ontario Government through the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO),
for additional and large-scale generation on the Bruce site. The framework and associatedpre-development work targets up to 4,800 megawatts (MW) of additional nuclear capacity
on the Bruce site. This additional capacity, which we are referring to as Bruce C, would
complement the existing Bruce A and B generating facilities that are home to eightreactors.

James Scongack
Executive Vice‐President Operational Services and Chief Development Officer
P.O. Box 1540 B10, Tiverton ON N0G 2T0
Telephone: 519‐386‐2157
james.scongack@brucepower.com

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The Bruce Site was selected given its unique and strong characteristics. It is a well-studied
site with verified and known environmental impacts, for which iterative assessments
demonstrate no unreasonable risk to human and ecological receptors, supported bydecades of previous approvals. There is ample space on the 932 hectare site, withconnections to existing transmission corridors, and is supported by a skilled workforce andan engaged and supportive local community. Bruce Power is an experienced large-scale
operator with a proven track-record as a private-sector nuclear operator that has been oneof the largest investors in nuclear technology in Canada and is among the lowest costproducers of electricity for Ontario ratepayers.
Through this pre-development work, Bruce Power is taking an initial step towards the IAprocess with the goal of early engagement of both Indigenous peoples and localcommunities. We are fully committed to engaging on concerns and opportunities raised by
Indigenous peoples and local communities as we progress the pre-planning and IAprocess. We will evolve these activities as we progress based on feedback and lookforward to advancing this pre-development work important to Ontario’s clean energy future.
Since the Ontario Government’s announcement in July, Bruce Power has commenced
early engagement activities, with a series of additional activities planned for the balance of2023. Bruce Power will summarize the feedback from these engagement activities into theInitial Project Description (IPD), which the company plans to submit to IAAC and CNSC inearly 2024.
In addition to summarizing early feedback into the IPD, the company will also use theongoing engagement activities to inform future IA activities, including the development ofan Impact Statement (IS). All early engagement and IA activities will be aided by decadesof environmental analysis, studies and approvals of the Bruce Power Site, a previously
approved and technology-neutral bounding plant envelope and input that has been
provided by the public and Indigenous communities from previous processes.
Finally, we will continue to monitor the recent questions raised by the Supreme Court of
Canada related to the IA process in Canada. It is important that this matter be resolved in atimely and comprehensive manner in order to provide regulatory certainty. Nonetheless,Bruce Power plans to continue to advance its pre-development work, as we believe it is theright course of action and focus at this time.
Canada is at an important juncture, we will only be able to address climate change,advance a net zero future and grow our economy through investment in long-term clean
electricity infrastructure. By starting early and engaging in pre-development work, it willplace Canada in a strong position to be successful and inclusive while tackling thesechallenges. This approach will result in greater long-term certainty so we can address thechallenges ahead together.

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We would be pleased to meet with you and your teams to address any questions thatyou have related to this letter, in addition to the ongoing dialogue already underway.
If you require further information or have any questions regarding this submission,please contact Mr. Michael Rinker, Vice-President, Regulatory, Environment andSustainability at (613)897-1487, or michael.rinker@brucepower.com.
Regards,James Scongack
Executive Vice-President Operational Services and Chief Development Officer
Bruce Power
cc:CNSC Bruce Site Office
Mr. Ramzi Jammal, CNSC - Ottawa
Dr. Alexandre Viktorov, CNSC - Ottawa
Mr. Denis Saumure, CNSC - Ottawa
Ms. Monica Hornof, CNSC - Ottawa
Ms. Isabelle Turcotte, IAAC - Ottawa
Mr. Eric Landry, IAAC - Ottawa

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