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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, SEPTEMBER 26,2001 PAGE 3 Environmental assessment to begin on ITER Public input meeting held in Newcastle BY JACQUIE McINNES « Staff Writer CLARINGTON - A fusion research research facility proposed for Claring- ton will be the subject of an environmental environmental assessment beginning next month. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) recently released released the draft outline for the EA process on ITER (International Thermonuclear Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), a research project that scientists hope will result in a new energy source for the globe. Canada is vying to host the $12-billion international research facility and, if its bid is successful, will site the project on the Courticc- Bowmanville border between the Darlington Generating Station and St. Mary's Cement. As part of the EA process, the ITER Institute must conduct a number number of technical studies that will "include "include the effects on everything" in the community, from environmental impacts to the burden on local infrastructure infrastructure such as roads and sewer systems, said Katherine Moshonas, the director of regulatory affairs for the ITER Institute. The EA is a requirement requirement of the facility's licensing if Canada is chosen as the site for the project, she explained at a town hall meeting held last week by the Newcastle Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. A decision decision on where the research facility collaboration between Japan, the European European Union, Russia and Canada Fusion for lunch : COURTICE-Fusion will be on the menu at the next meeting of the Cour- lice Business Association. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the association association will host an information session on the fusion energy research facility proposed proposed for Clarington. Canada has bid to host the international research collaboration collaboration in Clarington. Adrian Foster, a member of the ITER community council council and past-president of the Clarington Board of Trade will inform the audience audience about ITER, including latest developments, developments, safety and environmental considerations, economic impact and community participation in the upcoming upcoming environmental assessment process. I rüjhe meeting,^ also provide an opportunity opportunity for networking and lunch will be sferved. The event will be held begin-, njng at noon at White Cliffe Terrace, 1460 Hwy. 2, Courtice. The cost is $10 to be paid at the door. To register, call Sue Santoni at 905-576-5800. KATHERINE MOSHONAS ITER Institute will look at 'the effects on everything ' in the community. will be located is expected to be announced announced by the international partners by June 2002. About 60 residents, predominantly predominantly from the Clarington area, attended the meeting to ask questions on the safety, financing, benefits and risks of hosting the research institute. Some of the answers provided about the facility by the ITER Institute Institute and ITER Canada panel included: included: • The site will "largely be paid for by other countries" than Canada with a treaty agreement and up-front trust fund created to ensure all partners assist in financing decommissioning, over-runs or costs associated with construction delays; • The Ontario government has committed committed $300 million to the project while the federal government has no financial obligation to it. Many Canadian private companies, including including Ontario Power Generation, have committed to investing in the facility and Canada's bid to host it; • Ontario Power Generation will sell the land for the site and tritium required required for the research as part of a package, which includes the sale of all the electricity needs of the facility. facility. ITER would become OPG's largest customer. Not all of the power would come from the Darlington Darlington Generating Station; • The fusion process is "very, very safe" with "no potential for a runaway runaway reaction" as there is with nuclear nuclear fission. If something goes wrong in the process, it "shuts down;" • The release of radioactivity in water from the research is expected to be "1/1000 to 1/10,000" the amount a "newer nuclear facility" such as the Darlington Generating Station would discharge; • The facility will not generate an energy energy product. It is a research facility only and is the last step in research before a demonstration plant is built in 2030 to be followed by the first commercial plant slated for 2050. The location for those has not been selected yet; • When the research project is completed, completed, the buildings will possibly be used to house other high-technology projects, which could take advantage of the equipment used in the re search. More town hall meetings will be held in the next several months as part of the EA process. Ms. Moshonas said. Also last week, the Ontario government government reconfirmed its support of the ITER project at a meeting with federal and provincial ministers. Jim Wilson. Ontario's energy, science and technology minister encouraged the federal government to establish a research fund to "offset the indirect costs of research." Anyone who would like more information information on the process or would like to provide input can access the ITER Canada website at www.iter- canada.com or contact the ITER Institute Institute toll-free at I-866-333-ITER. Mayor, CAO will jet off to JET Clarington officials take trip to England to tour fusion research facility BY JACQUIE McINNES Staff Writer CLARINGTON - Clarington officials officials are jetting off to JET. Mayor John Mutton and chief administrative administrative officer Frank Wu hope to discover the economic and social impacts of having a fusion research facility in the neighbourhood, when they fly to England next week to tour Oxfordshire, a community hosting a similar project to one proposed for Clarington. On Oct. 4, the pair will fly to England England for a six-day trip through the Oxford-area community and tour of the JET (Joint European Torus) fusion fusion research facility. The internationally-funded internationally-funded facility is the precursor precursor to the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Reactor) which is expected to be built in 2003. Canada has bid to host that project estimated to be worth $12 billion. Canada's bid site is in Clarington. Clarington. "We want to talk to the business leaders and the community. We want to speak to the politicians there and we want to ask them what the impact of JET has been on their community," community," says Mayor Mutton. "We want to ask them what they planned for and what they wished they had planned for; if there were any economic anomalies," as a result of hosting the fusion research facility. Airfare and accommodation will cost $1,000 each. For those who can't fly to England England to tour the facility firsthand, more information is available on JET's website at www.jet.efda.org. 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