Natural Resources committee  I would agree that the economics certainly is a large factor in terms of the long-term viability of any project. Certainly biomass is in itself fundamentally a risky project. We need a source, we need storage considerations, and there are many elements to beginning a biomass pr

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon. Thank you, Chair, and honourable members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today as part of the committee’s work in studying Canada’s energy security and the contribution that nuclea

Natural Resources committee  The impact of premature closure of the plants would be significant. Obviously, the plant has tens of billions of dollars of assets. The Pickering site employs about 3,000 employees, the Darlington site about 1,600 staff, so it would have a very significant impact on the overall e

Natural Resources committee  Yes. It would certainly create a major problem for us in terms of dealing with that.

Natural Resources committee  First of all, I was introduced as the site vice-president for Pickering, which I no longer am, but I was the site vice-president for Pickering B and I re-licensed that plant in 2008. Clearly I've spent my 32-year career making an event that would require access to the act highly

Natural Resources committee  One of the files that I carry on behalf of the nuclear fleet is the plant security program. Since 9/11, the OPG program has developed substantially. We've enhanced the security of our facilities, and with the oversight of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, we have significan

Natural Resources committee  No.