January 17, 2015
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The public is encouraged to participate in the Bruce Power relicensing process which will include a formal hearing in Ottawa Feb. 5, as well as three days of hearings – April 14-16 – at the Kincardine Legion.
“Public support and engagement have 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.”
Canada’s nuclear regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), will hold the two-part public hearing on the application by Bruce Power for a five-year renewal of its power reactor operating licence for Bruce A and B generating stations at the Bruce Nuclear site in the Municipality of Kincardine. The public hearings will be webcast live and then archived for a period of 90 days on the CNSC website, www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca.
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.
Bruce Power has advanced a number of outreach initiatives, including Version 2 of its iPad and iPhone apps, collaboration with EnergyMobile for the GridWatch app, which provides up-to-the-minute electricity supply mix information, as well as the Ontario’s Nuclear Advantage campaign, an outreach initiative that highlights the strength and benefits of Ontario’s nuclear industry. The company also donated iPads to libraries in Bruce, Grey and Huron counties to help explain Ontario’s electricity sector.
In addition, Bruce Power reintroduced site tours in 2014 for the first time since 2001. Four bus tours were held each week in July and another two tours were added to each week of August to help meet demand, with more than 1,900 participants.
Improvements continued at the Bruce Power Visitors’ Centre in 2014, including a new interactive Radiation Exhibit that was installed in December. The exhibit illustrates types and sources of radiation, as well as techniques nuclear energy workers use to minimize exposure. It features a video component as well as a hands-on, role-playing activity.
The Visitors’ Centre hosted more than 10,000 people in 2014.
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