HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD-279-87DN: 279-87
,.,~,. ~.m~,~,,,
TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
c~~
REPORT File #~'~,;~ ®`°~~°
r~ e
Res . # l~ °'.-'"
By-,l,aw # ~~~.
~7I~: General Purpose and Administration Committee
~~~ Monday, November 2, 1987
T #: p„®~~a_s~~ FILE #:
` CT' ONTARIO NUCLEAR SAFETY REVIEW
RECOPR~fEN0ATI0NS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD®279-87 be received for information.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:
At the regular Council Meeting of Monday, June 22, 1987 Council resolved to refer
to Councillor Hubbard and the Director of Planning, correspondence from the
Commissioner of the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review for review and subsequent report.
The correspondence indicated that a review of the safety and design of operating
procedures and emergency measures associated with Ontario Hydro's Nuclear
Generating Stations was being commissioned by the Government of Ontario and would
examine various actions already taken as a result of information received about
nuclear accidents throughout the world.
Inasmuch as our review of the material submitted suggested that the review would
address issues such as safety of design, operating procedure, and emergency plans,
Councillor Hubbard and myself felt that the majority of the issues would be beyond
the technical expertise of Town Staff and accordingly we would be unable to offer
...2
C~~
REPORT NO.: PD®279°87 PAGE 2
meaningful comments particularly in view of the fact that most of these issues,
aside from exclusionary zones established around Nuclear Power Plants, have
little impact upon landuse planning, particularly, in view of the fact that the
locational decisions for such plants appear to have been made with little regard
to settlement patterns.
With respect to the issue of emergency plans, it is noted that the Town does
participate with Ontario Hydro and other governmental agencies in establishing
emergency plans related to nuclear power facilities within the Region of Durham.
An emergency plan has been prepared and establishes procedures for responding to
a nuclear emergency.
Staff of the Planning Department are not qualified to comment on the adequacy of
such procedures and accordingly reserve any comment.
Respectfully bmitted,
T.T. Edwards, M.C.I.P.
Director of Planning
~ ~~ ~ ~
i,.
Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
~~`
~Lawrenee; Kotseff
Chief y istrative Officer
"~~Councillor M. Hubbard
TTE~jip
#Attaeh.
October 21, 1987
~h~
CORPORATION OF TFIE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
40 TEMPERANCE STREET
BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO
L1C 3A6
June 2.6, 1987
Mr. Kenneth Hare,
Commissioner,
Ontario Nuclear Safety Review,
180 Bloor St. W.,
Suite 303,
Toronto, Ontario.
M5S 2V6.
Dear Sir:
TELEPHONE 623-3379
/®f;,
'.~' ~ •,'
!g
~Y~•~' I
chi _ .
At a regular meeting of Council held Monday, June 22, 1987, the
following resolution was passed:
Re: Ontario Nuclear Safety Review
Our File: 68.2.5.
"That the communication dated May 27, 1987, from F. Kenneth
Hare, Commissioner, Ontario Nuclear Safety Review, 180 B1oor
St. W., Suite 303, Toronto, M5S 2V6, inviting submissions
related to the safety and emergency preparedness issues,
associated with Ontario Hydro's Nuclear Generating Stations
be received and referred to the Director of Planning and
Councillor Hubbard for review and subsequent report to the
General Purpose & Administration,Committee."
Yours truly,
~~
Rosemary Rutledge, A.M.C.T.,
Deputy Clerk.
kb
Copy to: Director of P1anning~°
Councillor Hubbard
~ U.t NtlC
~i.,~o~-=r'T~~-~- COMMUNT^ATIONS DIRECTION
0~.°ia l~u~l~ S~.fety ~.e~cri.~vv
Iti0 131cx~r SU-ci~l Wes(, ~~.iit~~ 3U3,'li~roiitc~, C~i~laric~ M5S 2V6
l'~~L: 0116) X123-5791 liNVOY/Wll•: UNSIt,tIKl~
--- -- _-
~ , ~' ~,~
1~. KenneU~[ bare ~ ~
r~ ~ ~ i
l'~uu,nr,,ii~iu~r ~„'
~,
May 27,1987 ~' ~~~~
a ~ ~ ~~
His Warship J. Winters _.•
Mayor Y- "" ~-
The Town of Newcastle
440 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, Ontario'
L1C 3A6
Dear Sir:
~~ ~ ~~
F~L~:: (~1 t(i) 923-9362
~:~: -. _ ~ ~ . ~ ~~ e
A review of the safety of the design, operating procedures and
emergency measures associated with Ontario Hydro's nuclear
generating stations has been commissioned by the Government of
Ontario. This review will examine any actions that have already
been taken within Canada as the result of information received
about the nuclear accidents at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union and
Three Mile Island in the United States, and the pressure tube
failures at the Pickering and Bruce Generating Stations in
Ontario.
The terms of reference for this review are based on
recommendation 3 of the July 1986 report of the Select Committee
on Energy which reads as follows:
"The Minister of Energy should appoint an
independent panel of internationally-recognized
experts to review, on a priority basis, the
safety of the design, operating procedures and
emergency plans associated with Ontario Hydro's
CANDU nuclear generating plants. This panel
should prepare a report to the Minister which
should also be made available to the Members of
the Legislature."
The Review will not consider safety aspects of uranium mining,
processing of uranium, transportation of spent fuels or tritium,
or nuclear waste storage or disposal.
Your Municipality has an obvious interest in Ontario Hydro's
CANDU nuclear generating plants, and we would certainly welcome
any views you would care to submit in writing related to the
safety and emergency preparedness issues identified in our terms
of reference. The final deadline for receipt of submissions is
September 1, 1987.
.../2
T__ _
®~tario IVt~c~ear Safety ~~vi~vv
His Worship J. Winters
May 27, 1987
Page 2
Please feel free to call me or the Review's Staff Scientist,
Peter Fraser, at 416-923-5791 should you require further informa-
tion about our work or about the type of information we are
seeking.
Yours s'ncerely,
F.~Kenneth Hare
Commission
_~
FKH/sb
h <1~