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while 1 both regarding the output of the heavy galley said recent govetvzhant the end of the year. Three things, ,�t'har will be bulli -up in -
officials at the Bruce
Necker Power Development are
plicated one, invo vrng
design and manufacturing.
water plants. As a result, instead
"we
decisions have definitely had an
he said, could trigger the
of the plant: the need
a same
mechanical and electrical
satisfied with the overall
The joints are manufactured
of operating at maximum,
be more choosy„ regarding
effect on the overall program.
At Bruce B units 7 and a have
operation
for more energy, increased sales
manpower through 1976-80 for the
operation of the Douglas Point
station and Bruce Nuclear
by Zalba, an American firm, and
Mr. Horton said discussions are
can
Output options for 1960.
been delayed from 1986-s6 to 19W
of energy outside Ontario and the
work on the central service
area, he said.
Generating Station A, problems
now being held as to who will pay
Because of the present high
67. Units 8 15 and 16 have been
"the
possibility of a major problem
Questions
with expansion joints have
for what. While there is a
cost of oil, Mr. Horton said the oil
put off because demand for
with existing plants.
During the geeBen period
mused delays in the "in service"
warranty of sorts on the ex-
fired steam Plant at Bruce is now
only as a backup for
heavy water is changing".��
"And as far as heavy water
But it could be 10 years before
operations manager Elgin
date for Bruce Station B.
the
pension joint which will cover the
it, delay in
used
reliability purposes. "At one
plant B is ., .., , , , *," said. Mr.
it (E7) is in operation."
Horton informed the media that
while the output of nuclear
Reporting on operations
status of the. Bruce plant at a
repair of cost of
putting the unit in service is not
time," he said, "there were three
Estey, "the shoe dropped last
has
Due to changes in the con-
struction program Bruce NPD is
enerating stations is "based on
media day program held on'the
covered.
`"fie 4`ne
or four oil trains per week
coming into Bruce, now one train
January." Unit ES bosh
placed in "stop and store"
past its peak manpower
a lifetime factor of 80 per cent",
very few if any, have
site Thursday, Nov. 29, Elgin
Horton, operations manager,
decision to use ex-
pension joint in the first place
per month comes to the site."
position while units E7 and F4
"mothballed".
requirement. With the exception
" �,
changes man-
plants,
output.
achieved t level o ou t.
said there is now "no in service
date" for enriching unit 4 (E4) of
was made by Lummus Company
of Canada Limited," said Mr.
Construction
Outlining construction at the
will be
Construction on E7 according
of seasonal
power at the sitewillmore or less
However, said Mr. Horton,
nuclear stations have a better
the R station.
Horton. "If the name decision
site, Project manager George
to Mr. Estey will be completed by
remain constant through 1983 and
output average than fossil fueled
The unit was scheduled for
was to be. made today, it might be
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plants. He added that the bigger
commercial service on Nov. 13,
different."
if
Your
the nuclear plant, the less the
but while the individual unit was
operating at full capacity, a
Mr. Horton said that instead of
using the expansion joint, the
Farmers ma rose � r�l 'an
output. The 500 MW Pickering
plant, for example, has a slightly
series of problems with gas
piping could have been looped.
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higher Output than does the 750
circulation blowers stopped the
Regarding overall operations,
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station from having a "full Mr. Horton reports the "grand- a alone cannot determine the size tw
design output trial", thus father of the Bruce Nuclearof a nuclear station according to Irl
delaying the Weervice date. Power Development, the Douglas convention dei Warn Mr. Horton. a
Problems with the expansion Point station, is operating at 70 "Size must also be determined ' '
joint in the unit have now delayed per cent of original output with TORONTO—Ownership of the farmer. integration demands of the food by blackout possibility and Christmas Door Prize
the in service date further. that output being available 93 per y (fig This ambivalence on the part of, . giants. He told his audience that sometimes it is better to build a �>:1
Ontario farm land is subtly •
Mr.. Horton explained that cent of the time. transferred through the mstru- the agricultural intelligentsia has governments are under constant bigger station."
problems in expansion joints In addition he described the The operations manager said
were first di. . , , , meet of the mortgage to urban- created a vacuum in agricultural pressure from large corporations Pe' snag
in October Douglas Point station as having based credit agencies, Del leadership as it relates to the and the media. "Farmers can that overall Canadian nuclear ,=
Im when a gas leak on site an "excellent" safety record. O'Brien a lawyer and liticsbf agriculture, which the, relieve some of this pressure by stations have a better output � enter our 3rd annus
mused "some concern". The Douglas Point staff of 220 has farmer from the Ottawa Valley, OFA has attempted to fill, Mr. striking up an alliance with the average than do American draw a
Investigation revealed a, worked safely for 2% years, told delegates on the final day of O'Brien said. consumer. The enlightened stations which are in turn, "much i� , it
problem with the way the joint accumulating more than one the Ontario Federation of "The recent hearings with consumer is our natural ally." better" than similar stations in ret
was put together and the problem million man-hours without a lost- the United dom.
Agriculture convention..s respect to the discounts in the He concluded by saying the I�
was corrected. time accident. In his opinion, the effects of food industry illustrate the consumer wants a Canadian Mr. Horton also said there Is a
Then in October of this year a Bruce Nuclear Generating changing the taxation formula to weakness of much of the agricul- product not an import. "She Present need for another tran- 7/� AdPCl .•
different ,problem with the ex- Station A, he said, "has had a market value assessment will be. tural leadership. They have wants natural food, not artificial emission lice to operatp Bruce B. O
on t arose . and as a 'b
P '
pansy join pretty good year across all units far more serious for the farmer failed to support the farmer, substitutes; she wants it The need, he said, is rept a
result the blower circulating operating at an average output of than foreign ownership of farm leaving the burden to the OFA. It chemical -free and she wants it at q�Hen of ��g linea getting �( of
hydrogen sulphide could not be 74.5 per cent. "red hot" but of "`stability" •'�
put into operation and as a result Overall Mr. Horton described land.,, � natural farmers should a fair price. The farmer can ,
E4 has been kept out .of service: the., ' year's output , s the He told the delegates the take an adversary role, in the guarantee all of these, if he "Generating rejection will be ^
farmer must learn to rely on his commission because they iecwg- survives. The consumer can significantly worse when we try
According to the operations development as being own resources and organizations, nize that they will be the next ensure our survival." to run Bruce B with existing lines ! Shop now for Christmas We •r'
manager, the problem regarding —satisfactory". He added there is' for � has traditionally had many victims in the food .chain to be and I predict it will prove ex -
the expansion joint is a com- now an "excess capability" pensive to consumers." have a tremendous selection I
false friends. His best allies, the absorbed by the corporate food
elected politician and agriculture giants." /,� "
' ministers, have consistently The farmer, if he is not to be Arthritis can be.a big problem Draw to be /leld Dec. 20
supported the farmer and stood the next victim of corporate take- in business and industry because D w BELL LL ~
solidly behind the marketing over, must get off the back forty of the number of days lost from R •
HEARIN G T ESTS legislation most vital to farmers, and invade the marketplace, Mr. work. The Arthritis Society is4
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he said. O'Brien urged the delegates. "He working to reduce the number of OPTOMETRIST
VaACe'S Drug Store, Wingham "However we must accept the must organize collectively and days lost. Understanding ar- ••Gemini
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Qk , fact that governments are under the best form of organization thritis is vital. Contact the Ar- GODERICH
on increasing pressure from urban which has emerged is the thritis Society for free in- TheSquarr i2Y'6ai Winaham R.J.i�iuka ��
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groups who consistently producer -elected marketing formation. �•„ `" :n
challenge their support of the board."
. Fri , December 1 4 r1 - 3 p.m. farmer. Delegates applauded when Mr. ' � � � �'� � ' �� ��� � � �� : e
"Even more serious is the fact O'Brien declared that, "the _ ~
that, many civil servants and horrendous cost of advertising ;t
NO OBLIGATION .. many educators in the' field of food is an unjustifiable ripoff in
Batteries, Accessories, repairs to all makers. agriculture identify with urban the food story". He went on to unta
sugges"
rather than rural interests. claim that food corporations t
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J. p. Fair He went on to tell about a have an"enormous control over Iloilo414
4.5 � Ontario St. Professor at the University of the media by the leverage given ..
Guelph who had a theory that the them through advertising.
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Stratford, OliI cost of land ought to be removed Mr. O'Brien said marketing
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_ eliminating ownership of land by collectively from the vertical ■ ■
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