OTTAWA, May 4, 2009 - The Joint Review Panel for the proposed Bruce Power New Nuclear Power Plant Project located in the municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, invites the public to attend a technical information session in Ottawa regarding proposed nuclear power plant designs, based on three different reactor technologies.
The objective of the half-day session is to provide information on these technologies in order to allow the panel to acquire an understanding of the principal features of the designs and their layouts, the key plant operational parameters, the overall normal operation, the approaches to the control and mitigation of potential accidents, and the key similarities and differences.
Date:
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Location:
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) - Public Hearing Room
14th floor, 280 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Time:
12:30 p.m.
This technical session is for information purposes and does not provide an opportunity for questions from the public and the media.
The information session will be webcast live and accessible via the CNSC Web site and will be archived on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry, under reference number 07-05-25738.
The Bruce Power New Nuclear Power Plant Project is a proposal for the site preparation, and the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of up to four new nuclear reactors at the existing Bruce Nuclear Site, located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, north of Kincardine. The project is expected to generate approximately 4000 megawatts of electricity to the Ontario grid.
This technical information session is being held during the comment period on the project's Environmental Impact Statement and Application for a Licence to Prepare a Site. For more information on the project please visit www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca or www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca .
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For more information, media may contact:
Annie Roy
Senior Communications Advisor
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Tel.: 613-957-0396
Aurèle Gervais
Media and Community Relations
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Tel.: 613-996-6860
To register as an interested party and be kept informed of activities relating to the joint-panel review process, provide a full mailing address, an e-mail address or a fax number, to:
Bruce Power New Nuclear Power Plant Project
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
160 Elgin Street, Place Bell Canada
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3
Tel.: 1-866-582-1884
Fax: 613-954-0941
E-mail: Bruce.Review@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
