Bruce Power nuclear generating station
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Bruce Power nuclear generating station is one of the world’s largest nuclear power facilities, located on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada, and a major supplier of electricity to the province.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bruce Power nuclear generating station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8011486 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Power nuclear generating station Context triple: [Bruce County, near, Bruce Power nuclear generating station]
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A.
Robert-Bourassa generating station
The Robert-Bourassa generating station is a massive hydroelectric power plant in northern Quebec and one of the key facilities in Hydro-Québec’s La Grande complex.
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B.
Muskrat Falls Generating Station
Muskrat Falls Generating Station is a large hydroelectric power facility on the lower Churchill River in Labrador, Canada, developed to supply renewable electricity to Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond.
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C.
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a large Canadian nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Ontario that has been a major source of electricity for the Greater Toronto Area.
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D.
Cameron Falls Generating Station
Cameron Falls Generating Station is a hydroelectric power facility located on the Nipigon River in Ontario, Canada, that generates electricity from the river’s flow.
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E.
Les Cèdres generating station
Les Cèdres generating station is a hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, that harnesses the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to generate electricity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Power nuclear generating station Target entity description: Bruce Power nuclear generating station is one of the world’s largest nuclear power facilities, located on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada, and a major supplier of electricity to the province.
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A.
Robert-Bourassa generating station
The Robert-Bourassa generating station is a massive hydroelectric power plant in northern Quebec and one of the key facilities in Hydro-Québec’s La Grande complex.
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B.
Shawinigan-2 Generating Station
Shawinigan-2 Generating Station is a historic hydroelectric power plant in Shawinigan, Quebec, that harnesses the Saint-Maurice River to generate electricity.
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C.
Muskrat Falls Generating Station
Muskrat Falls Generating Station is a large hydroelectric power facility on the lower Churchill River in Labrador, Canada, developed to supply renewable electricity to Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond.
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D.
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a large Canadian nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Ontario that has been a major source of electricity for the Greater Toronto Area.
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E.
Cameron Falls Generating Station
Cameron Falls Generating Station is a hydroelectric power facility located on the Nipigon River in Ontario, Canada, that generates electricity from the river’s flow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric power facility
ⓘ
nuclear power station ⓘ |
| approximateNetCapacity | over 6,000 MW ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Ontario high-voltage transmission network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo | Ontario’s low-carbon electricity supply ⓘ |
| coolingSource | Lake Huron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| energySourceType | nuclear fission ⓘ |
| fuelCycle | on-site refuelling of CANDU reactors ⓘ |
| gridConnection | Ontario electricity grid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridOperator | Independent Electricity System Operator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContainmentType | CANDU reactor containment structures ⓘ |
| hasEmergencyPlanningZone | surrounding communities in Bruce County ⓘ |
| hasOnsiteSecurity | armed nuclear security personnel ⓘ |
| hasOperatorType | public–private partnership ⓘ |
| hasSafetySystem | multiple redundant shutdown systems ⓘ |
| hasTransmissionVoltageLevel |
230 kV class lines
ⓘ
500 kV class lines ⓘ |
| hasWasteType |
low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste
ⓘ
used nuclear fuel ⓘ |
| industry | nuclear power generation ⓘ |
| isMajorSupplierOf | electricity to Ontario ⓘ |
| leaseFrom | Ontario Power Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bruce County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lake Huron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnShoreOf | eastern shore of Lake Huron ⓘ |
| nearestCommunity | Tiverton, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
multi-unit CANDU nuclear station
ⓘ
one of the world’s largest nuclear generating stations by output ⓘ |
| numberOfUnits | 8 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Bruce Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Bruce Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousOperator | Ontario Hydro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousOwner | Ontario Power Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFuel | uranium ⓘ |
| provinceSupplied | Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reactorTechnology | pressurized heavy-water reactor ⓘ |
| reactorType | CANDU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southwestern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulator | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInGrid | baseload electricity supplier ⓘ |
| safetyStandard | Canadian nuclear safety regulations ⓘ |
| siteDivision |
Bruce A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bruce B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unitsInBruceA | 4 ⓘ |
| unitsInBruceB | 4 ⓘ |
| usesFuelType | natural uranium ⓘ |
| wasteManagedBy | Ontario Power Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bruce Power nuclear generating station Description of subject: Bruce Power nuclear generating station is one of the world’s largest nuclear power facilities, located on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada, and a major supplier of electricity to the province.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.