February 5, 2015
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Bruce Power president and chief executive officer Duncan Hawthorne and senior staff were in Ottawa Thursday morning, Feb. 5, for the first part of a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) hearing into the five-year licence renewal for the Bruce Nuclear site in the Municipality of Kincardine.
The CNSC was reportedly supportive of Bruce Power's licence renewal request, and to combine the Bruce A and B generating station licences.
Hawthorne said that all eight units are operating at the highest standard, and the site had record output last year.
The CNSC hearing was webcast and will be archived for 90 days at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca.
The second part of the hearings will be April 14-16 at the Kincardine Legion. The public is encouraged to participate in this three-day hearing, whether through a written or oral submission to the panel.
“Public support and engagement has always been a key component to Bruce Power’s success and one we never take for granted,” says James Scongack, vice-president, corporate affairs. “We encourage people to get involved in the process and have their say.”
Members of the public, who have an interest or expertise in this matter, or information that may be useful to the CNSC, are invited to comment on Bruce Power’s application during Part 2 of the hearing in Kincardine. Requests to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission by March 16, either on-line at nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/the-commission/intervention, via mail c/o Louise Levert, Secretariat, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, 280 Slater St., Box 1046, Ottawa, Ont., K1P 5S9, or E-mail at interventions@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca.
The request must include a written submission of the comments to be presented to the CNSC, a statement setting out whether the requester wishes to intervene by way of written submission only or by way of written submission and oral presentation, and name, address and telephone number of the requester.
Agendas, hearing transcripts and information on the hearing process are available at the CNSC website, www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca. More information, including a relicensing briefing document, is available at www.brucepower.com/licence-renewal-2015.
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