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CANTDU last Week issued a
statement disputing, the claim
of Deputy Minister 'of Energy
for the Province of Qatari(); the
Honorable R.M. Uilion, 0 who
stated that uranium, is the 0n1y
dependable and secure supply
of fuel for future energy needs.
Mr. Dillon suggested that this
was a prince reason for Ontario
Hydroo.'.s decision to base its
Capital Construction Program
on the Candu nuclear system.
CANTDU says that the
current plans for nuclearpower
plants and uranium enriched
facilities in Canada will
produce a short -fall in uranium
supplies in about 10 years.
'This is a further demon-
stration that the long._range
plan of the Ontario Ministry of
Energy and Ontario' Hydro is
grossly inadequate," says Mrs.
Marilyn Penfold of CANTDU.
"In addition we are reaching
a point where the cost of
production of electricity from
nuclear power plants is
definitely not competitive with
the conventional energy supply
systems,"- Mrs. Penfold points
out.
The CANTDU statement is as
follows:
WHAT WILL
NUCLEAR POWER COST?
"The Bruce A nuclear
generator with an output of
3,200 mega watts is estimated
to cost $1.4 billion. This means
a capital investment ot $440,000
per mega watt capacity.
• "The Wesleyville coal fired
generator with an output of
2,000 m.w. is estimated to cost
$672. million, investment per
mega watt of output will be
$336,000.
"While it is true that current
prices in Canada for uranium
may give the nuclear reactor a
lower fuelling cost than the
fossil fired nit, world uranium
prices are expected to rise
sharply in the near future, as
one spokesman for the uranium
industry recently stated;
"Utilities are now building
reactors for which there is just
no uranium" (Financial Post
18-1-75)
"It is quite misleading to
imply that currently lower
k fuelling costs ' will ultimately
compensate for the much
higher capital investment of
the nuclear energy source.
Such a concept assumes that
once established the major cost
of the reactor will be fuel.
"Experience --suggests
otherwise:"In the U.S.A. cost
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SOiouS, utilities last year
0974) cancelled or delayed
about 60" percent of the 230
atomic plants on their drawing
boards mainly for economic
reasons" (Newsweek 24.2-75)
"With any new technology
costly modifications mly be
expected, for example
replacement of pressure tubes
at Bruce to avoid defects ex-
perienced at Pickering will add
an estimated $700,000 to the
cost.
"Ontario Hydros costs for
transmission and distribution
in .1974 were $45 million, this is
expected to rise to $230 million
per year when proposed
nuclear stations come on line
due to their - location remote
from the load centers.
"The capitalization . required
for the production of heavy
water ($9m. per unit) and the
high energy demands of this
process are not charged to
nuclear power in a realistic
manner.
"The much higher initial cost
of nuclear plants will make
greater inroads into finite
reserves of metals and other
resources. It is doubtful, due to
radio -active contamination, if
such materials can or will be
retrieved.
"The life expectancy of
nuclear reactors is unknown. A
speculative, and probably
optimistic figure of 30 years has
been suggested. Due to the
corrosive nature of the process
the economic life may well be
less than this. The fate and
care -taking of abandoned
reactors is a matter which has
been given little attention.
"The cost of perpetual
storage ;and monitoring of ever
increasing quantiles of radio
active wastes must be charged
to 'the cost of the energy
produced. Currently the U.S.A.
spends $35 million per year to
store radio active wastes
resulting from nuclear weapon
manufacture since world war
two.
"The Hanford Facility where
,most of these materials are
stored has been characterized
by repeated Targe scale
'escapes'. To date., over 400,000
gallons of `hot' wastes have
contaminated the soil. below
and around this facility.
"In November 1973, 7,000
gallons of highly radio active
liquid leaked from Unit 242S
which had new tanks and
plumbing. Some major leaks
went undetected for several
weeks,
"Hydro spokesmen admit
that if certain procedures prove
to be damaging to the en-
vironment such procedures will
be revised, e.g. if the massive
dumping of waste heat into the
great lakes system has adverse
effects, they will change to
cooling towers, however no
funds have been set aside for
such costly modifications.
"In terms of research,
development, insurance, and
monitoring, nuclear generators
have, and continue to receive
such substantial support from
the government that com-
parison with older energy
sources is quite unrealistic.
"Whatever the cost, and it
must be high, it will be the tax-
payer, not the politician; the
consumer not the nuclear
expert who will pay the bill."
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The Leaders were the play-off winners in the Clinton Mixed Bowling League and were
presented with their trophies at a recent banquet. Left to right are Barbara Van Danune,
Dennis Hutton, Val Marriage, Charlie Lince, Larry Gibbings, and Ray Mair. (News -Record
photo)
April gardening hints
It is finally time to, grow a
garden.
"In most areas of Ontario,
soil can be worked during
April," . explains Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food horticulturist, R. F.
Gomme. "Wait until all the
frost is out of the ground
though. It's a waste of time to
dig and cultivate saturated soil,
especially clay."
As soon as the soil can be
worked, trees, shrubs, and
evergreens can be tran-
splanted. Prune fruit trees and
grapevines in April. Remove
all suckers and low -growing
branches, and those that are
weak and broken, as well as
those that interfere with each
other.
Roses should also be pruned
now. Low -growing types can be
trimmea to a six-inch height.
Prune away about a foot from
the tips of climbing roses.
Shrub roses require little or no
pruning.
Hasten spring by forcing a
few branches of pussywillow or
forsythia. Trim off healthy
branches by making slanting
cuts and place them in water at
room temperature. Four or five
branches in a large vase make
an excellent bouquet.
.dive
yl the
minimum
wage
does up.
And it now includes agricultural workers.
Everyone in Ontario who's covered by the Minimum Wage Act—and
that nowincludes agricultural workers—will be entitled to an increase
beginning May 1.
The new basic rate will be $2.40 an hour.-
All
our-All agricultural workers engaged in the harvesting of fruit, field
vegetables and tobacco will be entitled to the new rate..
People employed by agencies as domestics and people working
as funeral directors or embalmers must be paid not less than $2.40 an
hour. Learners in general industry must be paid atTeast $2.30 an hour
during their first month of employment, and the full rate after that.
Those employed in construction work or as construction site
guards are now entitled to at least $2.65 an hour. There is no learner's
rate in the construction industry. Ambulance drivers, helpers and
fir'st-aid attendants must now receive' at least $115.20 a week or, if they
work Tess than 48 hours'in a week, the regular rate of $2.40 an hour.
Students under 18 who work 28 hours a week or less, or during school
holidays, must receive at least $2.00 an hour.
When employees occupy a room or eat meals supplied by their
Y m. ploYer, $10.00, p9r week for the room .nd $1.05 for each meal or
$22.00 per week for 'meat r"�ie included when ccalcrrfating the
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wage.
Employers of agricultural workers who are entitled to minimum
wage will be limited in the 'maximum deductions they can make from
minimum wage, for room and board to $32.00 per week; for the
provision of a fully serviced house to $40.00 per week; and provision
of an unserviced house to $30.00 per week.
If you have any questions or would like more information, contact
your nearest Ministry of Labour office.
f9
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Stephen Lewis, leader of the
Ontario New Democrats, will
, host the members of the Huron
'NDP Riding Association and
friends at a social evening
Saturday, May 3, at the Sunset
Golf and Sports Centre, North
of Goderich.
Members of the Provincial
Executive and Provincial
Office staff from Toronto will
be in attendance. The dinner
and dance have been arranged
by the Huron NDP as an op-
portunity for Lewis to meet the
voters of Huron and the
surrounding Ridings. •
The occasion will be used by
the Ontario New Democratic
Party as the provincial cam-
paign kick-off for the 1975.pre- ,
election activities throughout
the Province. The tickets are
available to the general public.
Although the evening is
primarily a social event, Lewis
will speak briefly at the dinner
and is expected to issue a
statement to the press 'during
the eveningregarding the
upcoming Provincial election.
HAMILTON
1 West Ave. South 527-4501
KENORA
808 Robertson St. 468-3128
KINGSTON
1055 Princess St. 542-2853
KITCHENER
824 King St. W. 744-5211
LONDON
560 Wellington St. 438-7291
OTTAWA
2197 Riverside Dr. 731-7200
Ontario
Ministry of
Labour
SAULT STE. MARIE
125 Brock St. 949-3331
SUDBURY,
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TORONTO
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WINDSOR
500 Ouellette Ave. 256-8278
Ministry of
Housing
Ontario Housing Corporation
HOUSES FOR
SALE
TOWN OF GODERICH
If home ...owneiship has been eluding you,
Ontario Housing Corporation's Home Owner-
ship Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) Plan may provide
you with the key that will open the door to
your own home.
OHC has allocated serviced building Tots for
the construction of 22 three and four-bedroom
detached houses for sale under the H.O.M.E.
Plan. These houses will be distributed on a first
come, fust -served basis.
The houses will be located in the Suncoast
Estates subdivision, bounded on the north by
Sunset Drive andon the south by Suncoast Drive.
Families interested in purchasing a house should
contact the builder of their choice. Since the
H.O.M.E. Plan is designed to help families
become home owners, applications are re-
stricted: (a) to couples with or without children
or (b) to individuals with at least one legally
dependent child.
'' —.BUILDER TYPE AND PRICES
Glenmark Homes Ltd. 11 three-bedroom
c/o Alexander and Chapman detached houses, $23,600
Realty Ltd.,
8 The Square,
Goderich, Ontario
Tel: 519-524-9662
Delbar Investments of
Goderich Ltd.
36A East Street
Goderich, Ontario
Tel: 519-524-2332
8 three-bedroom
detached houses, $22,800;
3 four-bedroom
detached houses, $23,800
By leasing the land on which the houses will
be built, OHC removes the land costs from the
necessary down payment for a house. As a•
result the home may be purchased with a down
payment as low as five per cent of the house
price. With a minimum down payment, a family
with a current gross annual income of $11,240
may qualify for a house.
The lots are offered on the basis of a 50 year
lease, with the home owner having the option,
to buy the land any time after -five years of
the lease have elapsed. Monthly land lease
payments will be $61.79. •
Mortgage financing for the purchase of the
houses is being provided by the Province of
Ontario at 93/4 per cent interest on a five-year
term .with an amortization period of 35 years.
May 1, 1975, has been designated the qualifi-
cation date on which eligibility requirements
such as residency and income will be consid-
ered.
Applicants must have resided in Ontario for
at least one full year immediately prior to the
,-..qual•ificatiao dote.:
The uses dre avdilable•"t i'Veli t i' rni=—
lies whose current gross annual earnings do.
,not exceed $14,500 'and to two -income fami-
lies whose incomes do not exceed $17,000.
In the latter case, the major wage earner's
income must not exceed $14,500..
Monthly carrying charges, including mortgage
payments, ground rent and estimated municipal
taxes, musf- not amount to more than 30 per
cent of families' gross annual incomers.
Preference will be given to applicants who do
not own a home on the qualification date.
H.O.M.E. Plan houses must be owner -occupied
and not rented.
Families who have previously benefitted from
a, provincially -sponsored home ownership pro-
gram are not eligible. '
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