May 7 and 8, 2014 Public Hearing Transcript
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Canadian Nuclear Commission canadienne de Safety Commission sûreté nucléaire Public hearing Audience publique May 7th, 2014 Le 7 mai 2014 Public Hearing Room Salle des audiences publiques 14th floor 14e étage 280 Slater Street 280, rue Slater Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (Ontario) Commission Members present Commissaires présents Dr. Michael Binder M. Michael Binder Mr. Dan Tolgyesi M. Dan Tolgyesi Dr. Moyra McDill Mme Moyra McDill Ms Rumina Velshi Mme Rumina Velshi Mr. André Harvey M. André Harvey r Dr. Ronald Barriault D Ronald Barriault Secretary: Secrétaire: Mr. Marc Leblanc M. Marc Leblanc General Counsel: Avocate générale : e Ms Lisa Thiele M Lisa Thiele 613-521-0703 StenoTran www.stenotran.com ii TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Opening remarks 1 CMD 14-H2.12/14-H2.12A 5 Written submission from Frank Greening CMD 14-H2.36/14-H2.36A/14-H2.36B 6 Written submission from New Clear Free Solutions CMD 14-H2.1/14-H2.1A/14-H2.1B 8 Oral presentation by Ontario Power Generation Inc. CMD 14-H2/14-H2.A/14-H2.B 44 Oral presentation by CNSC staff CMD 14-H2.49 71 Written submission from the City of Pickering CMD 14-H2.45 83 Written submission from Northwatch CMD 14-H2.4 157 Written submission from Tim Seitz CMD 14-H2.25/14-H2.25A 157 Written submission from Durham Nuclear Awareness CMD 14-H2.5 168 Written submission from Kathleen Chung CMD 14-H2.6 170 Written submission from Josefine Singh CMD 14-H2.53/14-H2.53A 170 Written submission from the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility CMD 14-H2.7 187 Written submission from Monica Whalley CMD 14-H2.8 189 Written submission from Fanny Guilmet iii TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE CMD 14-H2.13 222 Written submission from Kelly Clune CMD 14-H2.14 222 Written submission from Tania Szablowski CMD 14-H2.41 222 Written submission from International Institute of Concern For Public Health CMD 14-H2.19 231 Written submission from The Society of Energy Professionals CMD 14-H2.20 231 Written submission from Robert C. Azzopardi CMD 14-H2.35/14-H2.35A 233 Written submission from Michel A. Duguay CMD 14-H2.22 242 Written submission from Dan Holtl CMD 14-H2.23 242 Written submission from Susan Holtz CMD 14-H2.24 242 Written submission from Mike Darmon CMD 14-H2.28 243 Written submission from Rachel Gladstone-Gelman CMD 14-H2.29 243 Written submission from Albert Pietersma CMD 14-H2.30 243 Written submission from Nonie French CMD 14-H2.32 244 Written Submission from Gail Cockburn iv TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE CMD 14-H2.33 244 Written Submission from Ontario Clean Air Alliance CMD 14-H2.34 248 Written Submission from Graham Lodge CMD 14-H2.37 248 Written Submission from Colleen McLaren CMD 14-H2.38 248 Written Submission from Louis Bertrand CMD 14-H2.39 249 Written Submission from Linda Hicks and Family CMD 14-H2.40 249 Written Submission from Zach Ruiter CMD 14-H2.42 249 Written Submission from Parkcrest Tenants' Association CMD 14-H2.43 251 Written Submission from Jeff Brackett CMD 14-H2.46 252 Written Submission from Carrie Lester CMD 14-H2.48 252 Written Submission from Corine Psarrou-Rae CMD 14-H2.51 252 Written Submission from Jacquie Allen CMD 14-H2.52 253 Written Submission from David Skripac CMD 14-H2.54 253 Written Submission from A.J. Kehoe v TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE CMD 14-H2.55 253 Written Submission from Ad Hoc Committee Against Industrial Nuclear Facilities in Ontario and Canada CMD 14-H2.56 254 Written Submission from Louisette Lanteigne CMD 14-H2.10 254 Written Submission from Chris Barry CMD 14-H2.11 254 Written Submission from Pat Reed CMD 14-H2.15 254 Written Submission from Linda Heron CMD 14-H2.16 255 Written Submission from Brenda Thompson CMD 14-H2.26 255 Written Submission by Sarah Sherman CMD 14-H2.27 255 Written Submission from Sheila-Marie Richardson CMD 14-H2.2 256 Written Submission from Jerome Joseph CMD 14-H2.3 256 Written Submission from Anna Wrona CMD 14-H2.17 256 Written Submission from Klaus Dohring CMD 14-H2.18 256 Written Submission from Jill Lennox CMD 14-H2.21 256 Written Submission from Ivan Gallegos CMD 14-H2.50 256 Written Submission from David Collacutt 1 Ottawa, Ontario --- Upon commencing on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 9:06 a.m. / L'audience débute le mercredi 7 mai 2014 à 9 h 06 Opening remarks M. LEBLANC : Bonjour, Mesdames et Messieurs. Bienvenue à ces audiences publiques de la Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is about to start a series of three public hearings, one today and two tomorrow. The Commission meeting is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. today and will resume tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. During today's business, we have simultaneous translation. Des appareils de traduction sont disponibles à la réception. La version française est au poste 2 and the English version is on Channel 1. Please keep the pace of speech relatively slow so that the interpreters have a chance to keep up. 2 I would like to note that this proceeding is being video webcast and that the proceeding is also archived on our website for a three-month period after the closure of the hearing. Les transcriptions sont disponibles sur le site Web de la Commission dès la semaine prochaine. To make these transcripts as meaningful as possible, we would ask everyone to identify themselves before speaking. As a courtesy to others in the room, please silence your cell phones and other electronic devices. Monsieur Binder, président et premier dirigeant de la CCSN, présidera l'audience publique d'aujourd'hui. Mr. President. LE PRÉSIDENT : Merci, Marc. Good morning and welcome to the public hearing of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Mon nom est Michael Binder, je suis le président de la Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire. 3 Je souhaite la bienvenue aux gens ici présents and welcome to all of you who are joining us through the webcast. I would like to introduce the Members of the Commission that are with us here today. On my right are Dr. Moyra McDill and Mr. Dan Tolgyesi. On my left are Ms Rumina Velshi, Dr. Ronald Barriault and Mr. André Harvey. We have heard from our Secretary, Marc Leblanc. We also have Ms Lisa Thiele, General Counsel to the Commission. She's here with us today on the podium. With this information, I would now like to call for the adoption of the agenda by the Commission Members, as outlined in CMD 14-H1.C. Do we have concurrence here? Thank you. For the record, the agenda is adopted. The first hearing today is on the request by Ontario Power Generation Inc. to remove the hold point associated with Licence Condition 16.3 of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Power Reactor Operating Licence. 4 Marc. MR. LEBLANC: This is a one-day public hearing. The Notice of Public Hearing 2014-H-01 was published on February 10, 2014. Submissions from OPG and CNSC staff were due on March 21, 2014. The public was invited to participate by written submission. April 22 was the deadline set for filing by intervenors. The Commission received 58 requests for intervention, including 3 submissions which were not accepted either because they were not specific to the matter at hand or filed after the deadline. The Commission Members will have an opportunity to ask questions on the intervenors' submissions after OPG and CNSC staff's presentations. April 30, 2014 was the deadline for filing of supplementary information. I note that presentations have been filed by CNSC staff, OPG and intervenors. In fact, in terms of the question period, it will be done in the context of the interventions' review and then if there's any 5 further question period at the end of the proceedings. I will now deal with two procedural requests. Pursuant to Rule 20 of the CNSC Rules of Procedure, a participant may make a written or oral request to the Commission for a ruling on a particular issue by explaining the issue and the reasons for the ruling that is sought. The Commission, where procedural matters are raised, shall deal with these as informally and expeditiously as the circumstances and the considerations of fairness permit. CMD 14-H2.12/14-H2.12A Written submission from Frank Greening MR. LEBLANC: Request number 1 is Dr. Frank Greening has requested the adjournment of this hearing. The supporting reasons are documented in CMD 14-H2.12A. The Commission has determined that it will not at this time adjourn the hearing and wishes to proceed and hear all of the evidence 6 prior to making further related decisions. As the Commission is not accepting this request, there's no need to provide OPG an opportunity to present their views regarding an adjournment. CMD 14-H2.36/14-H2.36A/14-H2.36B Written submission from New Clear Free Solutions MR. LEBLANC: Request number 2 from New Clear Free Solutions. New Clear Free Solutions has requested, pursuant to Rule 20 of the CNSC Rules of Procedure, that the Commission rule on its request -- and I quote: "in part that the Commission permit, under Rule 21(1), participants a one-week timeline after the hearing transcripts are made publicly available to present information on subject matter relating to this hearing in writing." The Commission is taking this request under advisement. The Commission will 7 determine, as part of its deliberations, whether to seek additional information, allow more time for further submissions or if it has sufficient information to render a decision.