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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-12-14, Page 20.••• • 71. a %wham Advance -Times, December 14, 1977 aky line A leak has been found in a line carrying radioactive heavy Water at the Douglas Point generating station, according to the operations manager for the Bruce nuclear power develop- ment project. •Elgin Horton said in an inter- view last week the leak was dis- covered about two months ago, and was isolated then. He said it poses no danger. The generating station will likely be shut down while repairs are made and Mr. Horton said costs could run to two million dol- lars in lost production time alone. Repairs will be made in about six months time he said. The broken line is about three- quarters of an inch in diameter and is one of several that trans- ports heavy water used to cool the reactor. Mr. Horton said the leak was at Douglas Point costly to repair first noticed when the line began might be three months . . We leaking heavy water onto the could lose two million. It could floor of the reactor vault. Appar- cost a lot more; it could cost a lot ently the line was not braced well less . . it costs so much because enough to prevent a mild vibra- it's so hard to get at." tion from the station which Horton said months will be eventually wore it through. spent trying to find the best The entire line is encased in method of repair and then in concrete to prevent escape of practising it until it can be done radiation Special equipment will in the least amount of time. have to be designed to reach and He said the tooling needed to repair it Horton said. make the specialized equipment He said the leak itself has been is, not likely to cost less than seen only by television monitors. $100,000. BELGRAVE — Five tables of Because of the complexity of The line is part of a -back-up euchre were played at the weekly the problem, it is almost impos- system that is not currently need- euchre last Wednesday evening, sible to estimate the .cost of the ed to keep the reactors cooled, he winners being: high lady, Mrs. repairs, Horton said. said, but Hydro .can't ignore the Lawrence Taylor; high man, AI- R costs Ontario Hydro about problem because it must be en- bprt Cook; low lady, Mrs. Robert $2,000 an hour to keep the station ,,aured that the other lines are Higgins; low man, William Gow; shut down, and it could take 1,000 properly braced so the vibrations most lone hands . (lady), Mrs. hours in shutdown time to make don't create leaks in them. Helen Martin; most lone hands the repairs. Mr. Horton said measures are (man), Albert Bacon. "It's going to run into weeks to being taken to keep vibrations This is the last euchre until repair. It might be a month; it down until the problem is cor- January 4. rected. While the radioactive material is contained, it doesn't pose any Problem but Mr. Horton admitted opponents of nuclear energy are usually concerned about any pro- blems at the project. Euchre winners 0.11i.••-mto a• • • IV ", • ^ r:o • • CAROL SINGING—Residents of the Brookhaven Nursing Home joined members of the Wingham Catholic Women's Leagtie in carol singing at their Dec. 7 Christmas party. The Wingham Advance -Times, December 14, 1977 Schneiders - Regular or Beef - Ib. Wieners TromI PLUS Quality Foods -Yours Daily -Here ! .89 Schneiders - Ib. - Sliced Breakfast Bacon 169 Schneiders - Broken Slices - 6 oz. Cooked Ham $ 125 Schneiders - Ib. Regular Ring Bologna 929 Schneiders - Regular, Beef, Maple - Ib. 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