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I would like to ask the witness some questions regarding the, ouglas point nuclear plant. Where, to the main extent, does the electric energy produced, there go? What area of Ontario does it supply now?- Mr. S. Foster: As you know, Douglas Point is located on the shore of Lake Huron and it feeds into that part of the systems at Hanover, so most of the energy would drop off toward the Kitchener area. Mr. McKinley:Could you advise us as• to what stage they are in now in production and what will be the ultimate capacity when the present plans are completed? Mr. S. Foster:On the .site there is the 200-megawatt, Douglas Point nuclear power station and now under construction is the Bruce generating station with four 750 megawatt units. Ontario Hydrolias plans for commencing, in two years' time, the construction of a second plant, like Bruce, of four 750 megawatt units. So all together there will be 6,200 megawatts of generation on the site. The Bruce heavy water plant, of course, went into operation in 1967, and for the past two or' three years it has been operating at around a 75 per cent capacity. So far this year it is operating at about an 85 per cent capacity factor. The first two Bruce Units will start up during this fiscal year, so 1,500 megawatts should be in operation a year from now. Mr. McKinley:Did you say there were plans for another heavy water plant? Mr. S. Foster: There is also a heav y water plant on the site. Operating now is ,an 800 ton per year capacity unit, operating at a high capacity factor and they are building two more 800 ton sections on that plant. Mr. McKinley: These two 800 ton sections are being built on the same' location? Mr. S. Foster: •yes. Mr. McKinley:Are there any, further plans for further construction of nuclear energy plants, .or heavy water plants farther. south on Lake. Huron somewhere north of Grand Bend, between the Bruce station and Grand Bend? Are there further plans in the foreseeable future for other plants along Lake Huron? Mr. S. Foster: I do not know of any plans. As you know, this is Ontario Hydro's program. I do not know of any plans to install a plant further south along that shore. , Mr. McKinley:That leads me, Mr. Chairman, ,to the next question. It has never been quite clear to me exactly what jurisdiction your Atomic 'Energy of Canada .Limited people have, .what jurisdiction Ontario Hydro has, and the costs of these plants to each. Could we learn a little more about that please? Mr. S. Foster:Certainly. With respect to nuclear power in Canada, ACL's main roles are to do the underlying necessary research on and development of the system, and to provide engineering with respect to the nuclear steam-raising part of the plant. So for plants that Ontario Hydro, and other utilities are building Quebec Hydro, and New Brunswick we, in effect, act as a consulting engineer, producing the design and providing some purchasing and technical supervision services to the utility. Mr. McKinley:And the finances? Mr. S. Foster:Perhaps we should go back. The prototype plants, which were plants built to demonstrate the sytem at Douglas Point and the Gentilly 1 plant in Quebec were built at federal government expense. The next stage was the construction of the Pickering station. In that plant we have an investment of about 40 per cent in the first two units. We get that repaid out of earnings. More recently, as you know, the government has announced that the first nuclear unit in other provinces will be financed at half the cost, usually to a celing. Half the cost will be financed by the federal goverment. This is the case in Quebec, where the federal government is lending up to $150 million for the Gentilly 11 plant and in New Brunswick where the government is lending up to $350 million for the Point Lepreau plant. Mr. McKinley:Did they do that orginally with Ontario, but the federal government does not do it any more because it is not an original installation? Is that the reason? • Mr. S. Foster:No, I think the effect is about the same in all the provinces. It took a little different form in Ontario-breaking new ground. The investment in the two Pickering units, I think,, corresponds quite well with the loans to Quebec and to the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission. In the one case, it is an equity, investment and, in the other case, it is a loan. But they are quite comparable. Mr. McKinley:Does the federal government - have any finances involved in the Douglas. Point plant at all or is it all Ontario Hydro? Mr. S. Foster:No, as I mentioned, that was a demonstration plant. It was not built to be an economic plant. It was built to learn and that is about 95 per cent federal investment and the same thing with the Gentilly 1 plant in Quebec. Mr. McKinley:Are the heavy , water plants at Douglas Point on Lake Huron, plants that are built to learn or are they meant to be production plants? Mr. J.S. Foster: No, that is a commercial plant. It was built by ACL and sold at full cost recovery to Ontario Hydro. The extensions referred to earlier are being built by Ontario Hydro. We are not involved in those. HAYWARD'S Discount -- Variety Patent Medicines Cosmetics Tobacco Groceries and St-ationary Weekdays 9-9 Holidays 8 Sundays 1 2-6 4.11=1=1\ STRONG CIL AgrOttiart Baler Twine; chemically. treated against rot o. rodents, and insects. High .strength Ahd knotless, it's the' "§tebrig contender " for your baler% Name. Call us 'now at Brussels 887-6016 A romart Address Brussels BOB ROWE 887-6528 THE BRUSSELS POST'i JUNE 90 1976 i,13