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Pat McNeil, senior vice-president of generation development at
Ontario Power General (OPG), was at the May 20 Kincardine council
meeting to update the municipality on what's happening with the deep
geologic repository (DGR) project at the Bruce Nuclear site. The
underground repository would accept low-level and intermediate-level
waste from all nuclear reactors in Ontario and is to be up and
running by 2018.
Tom Mitchell is the new chief executive officer at OPG, and Janice
Hudson has taken over from Keith Mombourquette who has retired as
vice-president of nuclear waste operations along with Angelo
Castellan as vice-president of Environmental Assessment and
corporate support at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO),
which has taken on the regulatory approvals phase of the DGR.
"OPG continues to have oversight on the licensing and Environmental
Assessment of the DGR," said McNeil, "and will be the licence holder
of the DGR, but the NWMO is taking the lead on this project."
Castellan said the DGR project is on schedule, with a preliminary
design to be to the consultants and a draft report available by the
end of 2009 or early 2010. The construction licensing hearing should
be under way by 2011.
"The DGR will be built 680 metres below the surface which is deeper
than the CN Tower is high," said Castellan, "and will take a total
of 160,000 cubic metres of waste." (next column)
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Totally unrelated to the DGR, he added, is the NWMO's project to
determine a permanent site for used nuclear fuel.
In other council news ...
- Council approved a motion to use bequeathed funds from the
Harold Smith Estate for the Tiverton Fire Station, to purchase
plaques commemorating past firefighters and all current members, and
a barbecue to be used by station members during large events.
- The municipality has renewed an agreement with the Lake Huron
Fishing Club to manage and operate the rental of the Rotary Docks in
the Penetangore River. The contract is similar to the previous one
and runs from May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2013.
- Council has agreed to extend the agreement with Dennis Todd as
arena manager at the Tiverton Sports Centre for one year. During
that year, the recreation committee will explore options for the
management and operation of the Tiverton Arena.
- The municipality has approved the development plan to have St.
Andrew's Park in Tiverton completed in time for the Tiverton Reunion
at the end of July. The quotation deadline will be June 10 and
council will award the project then, with a construction deadline by
July 22. The approved cost for the park is $145,300. "The project
will come in on budget and on time," said recreation director Karen
Kieffer.
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