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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-07-21, Page 4newer Y cknew Sentinel, Wednesday,, Joky 21, 1982—Page 4 Support services being constructed onBNPD site By Stephanie Levesque Bruce Nuclear Power Development (BNPD) is more than generating sta- tions. and heavy water plants, it also requires sup- port services some of which .are • currently being im- plemented. Recently, media represen- tatives eresen-tatives were brought up to date on events at the, .:power development in the past ' year. BPD'' official Elsa Hor- ton_ gave an overview of several support services be- ing constructed on the site. A new laundry, a low level waste . storage building, a training centre and a visitor information centre are plan- ned. • A western Ontario nuclear training centre be set. up at BNPD will serve part of the province. Mr. Horton. explained the eastern train- ing centre is located at Pickering and also serves. the Darlington nuclear sta.' tion. Nuclear generating station simulators are the most cost- ly part of the training centre • project, said Mr. Horton. It will cost $19 million alone for the Bruce ,At generating sta- tion simulator to be in- service by February,' 1983. Inflation accounts for the estimated $30 million it will• cost for the Bruce ''B' ' simulator to be purchased in. about three yearn: It's ' very expensive, Mr. Horton admitted but said it. is generally agreed it ,is• a necessary program to train operators. A central laundry is being constructed •to handle the monthly level of 50 tons of :washing. Mr. Horton said the laundry is used to ' wash Special clothing worn in radioactive areas. A new low-level waste storage facility for the site is expected to be completed.by fall: .Mr. Horton explain-. ed articles such as rags used around the site will be stored in the facility. A small visitor informa- tion centre has been•In use at. one of the . entrances to BNPD for some years. This Wilding will be expanded and will have several uses besides providing Informa- • tion to visitors. An emergen- cy communication centre, a government requirement, Is to be located in a proposed auditorium at the centre. In the future, a dining facllittyy is also planned for the information centre, Now, BNPD has a construction. camp cafeteria which Mr.. Horton said is, convenient as long . as there are con- struction crews, The new dining area is to be establish- ed by the spring of 1984. Mr. Horton said it isn'town yet,whether, Ontario Hydro wilrun the facility or .if it • will be contracted out. . There is a need for such a facility, as Mr. Horton pointed out ,there ere over 4,000. construction employees" and an operating staff of 3,300 as well as a number of international visitors. . HEAVY WATER PLANTS , Safety is a prime con- sideration at any. industrial ,.site, including BNPD, and heavy water plant manager Stan Franklin boasts of ' an accident rate five to 10 times lower than the rate at in- dustrial chemical sites. This yearthere havebeen two Minor accidents at the heavy water plants. We can help keep you from passing the buck with as Newmac combination furnace: The buck stops with our great alternative... burning • wood or coal and oil to lower your heating bills. 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In 1981 there. were five such incidentsin a two-month period. • There were no such incidents in 1980. " Mr. Franklin said there Is no explanation for the, in- cidents, but the objective is to minimize them. The heavy water plant's environmental performance is encouraging; Mr. Franklin said there were no odour reports fromresidents in the surrounding° area last'. year. "Itcould mean they're getting used to it or we're do - in a o- ingga better job," he said. Maintenance is ongoing and in the past year the top 60 feet of a flare stack on heavy water plant 'A' was replaced. Mr. Franklin ex- plained the flare tops burn up every 10 years. Inkeeping with its goals of safety and reliability, the heavy water plants have an inspection program. There are 12 inspectors, six of whom are engineers. ' DOUGLAS POINT Started .in 1968, the Douglas Point generating station is now up to 100 per- cent full, power, after having been limited to 75 percen its capacity. Station manager . Allan Holt said the slow increase to full power did not pose any problems. The station has experienc- ed' several outages,. necessitating shutdowns, over the past couple of. years. Last year, a defective fuel bundle was located in • the station. Inspection revealed there was a defect in the welding of the 20.4nch long cylinder, one many"in the reactor.. This year "Douglas Point passed the mark of two million man hours without lost time because of an acci- dent. , "It's." been since some time in. late 1977 without a lost time injury," said Mr. Holt. BRUCE A Bruce generating station 'A', operating for several years now, has achieved a safety record of over three million man hours without lost, time because of an acci- dent ' Bruce 'A' production .Manager Bob Coutts noted that Shortly after the mark was reached, there were four accidents. "It was quite.a let -down,"• • said Mr. Coutts. 1 Earlier this year, Bruce 'A' experienced an internal leak in a pressure tube. Mr. Coutts said it wasn't easy to locate the leak amongst 240 tubes in the calandria. Once located, Mr. Coutts said the major time involved in replacing. the leak was us- ed for rehearsals, which took 15 days. Going into a radioactive' area, Mr Coutts said the two crews used, only stayed in the area for two hours at a time. The production manager added that besides rehear- sals, each member of the two 25 -man .crews wore protec- tive suiting. • pe• cteBdRUCE B Ep .to be in-service by April of '1984, Bruce Generating station `B' is still Turn to page 8• Have a Dciymond Contractor install RITE FLEXDRAIN. Don't get stuck .without: More and more farmers are ' discovering that it pays to BUY RIGHT. BUY WHITE. If you haven't already, lookinto the many benefits of a ,Raymond. sub -surface drainage system before you buy. Call NOW. IcOTI' BROS. Conitructjon co. Ltd. RIPLEY, ONTARIO (51.9) 395-2992"