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The Huron Expositor. • July 29, 2009 Pct 17
Bruce Power withdraws applications to build two
new nuclear stations as electricity demand drops
Maria Canton
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Bruce Power has withdrawn its ap-
plications to build two new nuclear
stations, citing the recession and a
plummeting demand for electricity
as its reasons.
The company announced yesterday
it had notified the Canadian Nucle-
ar Safety Commission and the Ca-
nadian Environmental Assessment
Agency that it is withdrawing its site
licence applications and suspending
its environmental assessments for
both the Bruce County site and the
Nanticoke site on Lake Erie.
"It is driven by the economic down-
turn. The demand for electricity has
dropped precipitously and, as a re-
sult of that, the activities around
adding new nuclear build to the
electricity grid at this stage is not a
good prospect," said Murray Elston,
vice-president of corporate affairs
for Bruce Power.
"This is a big decision for us. We've
been extremely positive about the
initial assessments for both sites and
we thought the prospects were good
for moving ahead with the new build
projects, but we had to take stock of
the work we had
done, look at
the work that 1
was to be done
and look at the
current busi-
ness climate,
and we decided
to stop until the
economy is pro-
viding us with
better details
about energy
consumption re-
bound."
The unexpect-
ed announce-
ment — Bruce
Power has long
had ambitious
plans to build
new reactors in
Ontario — domes
on the heels of a request last week and an uncertain
from the Independent Electricity the reasons.
Market Operator for the energy pro-
vider to shut down a reactor because
of low demand.
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`It is driven by they
economic dove. The
demand for electricity has
ropped precipitously
as a result of that, the
divities.arouryl adding
new nuclear Wild to the
s � w
eie gr t this
stage is not agood
prospect,' --
Murray Elston, Bruce Power vice
president of corporate affairs
Unit 8 re-
mains offline
and marks only
the second time
in the compa-
ny's history —
the first was in
June — that it
has shut down
a reactor be-
cause of low de-
mand.
Furthermore,
the cancella-
tions come only
a month after
the Ontario
government
halted plans to
build new re-
actors at Dar-
lington, where
it cited high costs
future as two of
While the bulk of energy use has
dried up along with the loss of dozens
of manufacturing plants in Ontario,
a cool, wet summer is also factoring
in to poor demand as fewer people
are running air conditioning units,
Elston added.
The plan now is to focus instead
on refurbishing units 3-8 at Bruce
Power. Units 1 and 2 are now be-
ing refurbished and are slated to be
back online in earlier 2010 at a cost
of upwards of $3 billion.
"We'll develop the business cases
for each h of the units . , and we have
to get approvals for each one and we
also have to make sure we stage the
work on those units in a way that
ensures the province has enough
electricity provided," said Elston.
The decision to pull the plug on the
new reactors, says the.company, will
have no impact on its plans to bring
nuclear energy to either Alberta or
Saskatchewan. Both of those govern-
ments are expected to release policy
statements on the potential role of
nuclear energy there later this year.
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