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I PAGE A8THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, SEPTEMBER 11,2002 www.durhamregion.com International scientists and diplomats to visit ITER site INTERNATIONAL from page 1 Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Reactor) project is hoped to be the last stage of research toward creating fusion fusion energy prior to building a demonstration commercial plant somewhere in the world. Partners on the project arc Japan, the European Union, the Russian Federation and Canada. The United States is currently currently considering re-entering the program, program, after it left in 1999 after a scries of delays on the project and a political change of direction on the energy policy. policy. But this past year, interest in re-entering re-entering the project has been expressed by both the Secretary of State of Energy Energy and US President George W. Bush. American fusion experts are meeting meeting Sept. 11 and Sept. 12 to make recommendations recommendations to the US Department of Energy regarding that country's participation in the program so a decision decision is expected soon, says Dr. Stewart. Stewart. The site assessment team includes three or four members from each of the partners, says Dr. Stewart. Because Because of the timing of the US decision, decision, "when they come in we will have to take the American team back to Clarington," he says. Dr. Stewart adds, he is very optimistic it is'a question question of when, not if, the US will come back into the ITER project. Each of the international partners is responsible for a portion of the cost of the project and regardless of where it will be located, all of them are committed committed to funding the research because because of the significance for a future energy source. The exception to this is Canada, whose partnership is contingent contingent on site selection in this country. In addition to the site assessment, the partners will be in Toronto Sept. 17-18 to continue with the fifth round of negotiations for working out the terms of the project and the site selection. selection. The negotiation sites rotate between between the partners and it is Canada's turn, explains Dr. Stewart. The last negotiations look place in France in July and prior to that the Russian Federation Federation hosted the third-round negotiations negotiations in Moscow in April. A delega- Rosie: Spot our roving reporter reporter during scarecrow festival festival and win a DVD player. Spot our roving reporter to win Scarecrow festival runs till Sept. 21 CLARINGTON - The Canadian Canadian Statesman's roving reporter is making her way through Claring- ton during this year's annual scarecrow scarecrow festival and readers who spot her have a chance to win a DVD player. The festival, a non-competitive event celebrating business and community, continues until Sept. 21. More than 40 businesses have created scarecrows and arc displaying displaying them during business hours throughout the municipality, says Sheila Hall, Clarington Board of Trade administrator. The Statesman's roving reporter scarecrow will be in various locations locations throughout the festival. If you spot her in three different locations, just send them in with the dale you saw her to the Canadian Statesman, Clarington This Week. Email jbob- bilt(» , dtuhamregion.com or fax (905) 579-1809, Entries can also be dropped off at Sears, 91 Baseline Rd. W., Dowmanville or mailed to 865 Farewell St., Oshawa, On. U II 71,5. Here are elites to two of her locations locations to date: • on Sept, 6 and Sept. 7, she visited an annual event that has taken place for 150 years; • on Sept. 10, she "bought" a watch in downtown Bowmanville. Tour guides with a listing of festival festival participants are available at the Clnringlon Board of Trade office office at 181 Liberty Si. S„ Bowmanville. Bowmanville. lion front Durham attended that round to express the community's support for the project, an important consideration consideration for site selection. "These negotiations will include extensive discussion on how the process of assessment went in Clarington," Clarington," says.Dr. Stewart. "We'll discuss discuss what's been developed and whether it was logical and doable." From Sept. 19 to 21, further discussions discussions will be held on the composition composition of the international treaty to create create ITER and on the sharing of the research research discoveries. The director says he is comfortable with Canada as the first assessment site and says it is rather fitting given the fact it was the first country to submit submit its bid for the project. "We'll set the benchmark," he says, adding it is not a closed process and as the other site assessments progress there will still be time for Canada to make additions or modifications modifications to its bid, if required. "It's an SINGLES DANCE PARTY GRAND OPENING-NEW LOCATION open, fair process. It's not a sealed tender by any means," he says. The final decision on the site selection selection will likely come in March or April, says Dr. Stewart. Initially, a de cision was expected as early as this past summer but the process became drawn out while some countries awaited the final government approvals approvals on their bids. But with all bids in, and the formal assessments under way, all it will take is "good political will" for the final decision to be made by the spring, Dr. Stewart says. Canadian Nuclear Commission canadienne |t| Safety Commission de sûreté nucléaire Canada FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13*- 8:00 pm GALLANTRY'S BANQUETHAll-PICKERING TOWN CTR. at south end of Pickering Town Centre next to Zellers loading dock Hwy40t at Liverpool Rd ¥ ¥ V FREE PARKING, CASH 1 SPOT PRIZES,TOP DJ ¥ -- PRESS COPE (Enforced) S12.00PP. COME EARLY M * GTA Çjfina/oi UIQpor/' Notice of Public Hearing The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announces a two-day public hearing on the application by Ontario Power Generation Inc., Toronto, Ontario for the renewal of the operating licence for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, Bowmanville, Ontario. Hearing Day One: November 14, 2002 Place: CNSC Public Hearing Room, 14 lh floor, 280 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario Hearing Day Two: January 16, 2003 Place: CNSC Public Hearing Room, 14 th floor, 280 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario Public hearings begin at 8:30 a.m. and follow the order listed in the agenda published prior to the hearing dates. The public is invited to participate either by oral presentation or written submission on Hearing Day Two. Requests to participate and text of oral presentations or written submissions must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission by December 17, 2002. c/o Carmen Ellyson Commission Operations Officer Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 280 Slater St., P.O. Box 1046 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5S9 Tel.: (613) 996-2026 or 1-800-668-5284 Fax: (613) 995-5086 ■ E-mail: interventions@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca Members of the public are welcome to observe public hearings. 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