Natural Resources committee  If a judge were to decide that, yes, that would be a compensable damage.

Natural Resources committee  That is correct. In the case of a reactor, if a reactor goes down, the power losses associated with that would not be compensable under the legislation. There would be no compensation.

Natural Resources committee  We had contemplated that when we developed this head of damage.

Natural Resources committee  Under this legislation there would be a report and then there would have to be a decision as to whether additional funds would be appropriated to compensate individuals.

Natural Resources committee  We did not look at the length of wage loss in terms of defining this head of damage; rather it was a question of this would be an appropriate head of damage to provide in the event of contamination.

Natural Resources committee  It's later.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that would be considered here.

Natural Resources committee  A business that shut down as a result of perhaps contamination or the loss of use of property would be compensable under the legislation. They would have to prove to a court or a tribunal that that is why they closed their business. Similarly, an employee of that business would have to provide proof that their wage loss was due to the fact that the business ended.

Natural Resources committee  Any accident.

Natural Resources committee  No. This deals with Chalk River as well.

Natural Resources committee  The $650 million is the limit of liability of the operator. It was set recognizing the design-basis incident. It was evaluated according to that, but these provisions would also address an incident, however unlikely, that had damages in excess of $650 million.

Natural Resources committee  It would have made no difference in our definition of compensable economic loss. Whether we had looked at Pickering or Darlington or Bruce or Gentilly, it would have made no difference. We defined economic loss as we've defined it here, and it is without respect to the type of accident; it's the injury that we were concerned about.

Natural Resources committee  That's correct.

Natural Resources committee  I don't know. There was a recommendation to look at a different kind of study, but I don't know.