Mr. David F. Torgerson on An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River

In the House of Commons on December 11th, 2007. See this statement in context.

An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk RiverGovernment Orders

December 11th, 2007 / 8:20 p.m.

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer and President for the Research and Technology Division AECL

David F. Torgerson

Mr. Chair, we have submitted an application to the CNSC for permission to operate the reactor with one pump hooked up to the EPS. The commission has taken that case under consideration and it has come back with some additional information that it would like AECL to provide.

We believe that we can operate the plant safely with just one pump hooked up to the emergency power supply. We have asked, in fact, the CNSC for a hearing of the commission in order to approve our case. We have submitted a case. It is simply that the CNSC has asked us some additional questions concerning the case.

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