Natural Resources committee  OPG and all the operators in Canada support all the companies that market their services and manufacturing components abroad. From an operator's standpoint, we don't directly sell components or services per se, but rather support the industry within Canada that does that, and it

Natural Resources committee  Currently Pickering is planned to cease commercial operations in 2024. That's what we're working on right now. There are no current plans to construct a replacement nuclear power reactor to replace Pickering, but we do have a licensed site and a licence to construct adjacent to t

Natural Resources committee  First of all, we committed to the SON that we would not proceed without their concurrence, so they effectively have a veto on the DGR facility. Discussions with the SON are proceeding very well, I would say. They have a very good perspective on nuclear power within their territor

Natural Resources committee  The items that govern the life of each unit are the pressure tubes or the reactor core components. The life starts as soon as those components are replaced. On a unit-by-unit basis, the lifespan is dictated from when those components are replaced. Each unit will be replaced initi

Natural Resources committee  I'll start. Those technological advances are still under way. I think what you're talking about is “fast reactors” and reusing the spent fuel from CANDU reactors. There's still value if you were to put it into one of those types of reactors. That's very new technology. It's goin

Natural Resources committee  The only thing I would add to that is we're all open and transparent operators. I think that assists the regulator. We don't directly assist the regulator. It is meant to be an independent body that is looking at our operation. You can think of it as a series of layers. You beg

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members, for inviting me to speak about Ontario Power Generation's deep geological repository and our industry. OPG has a strong tradition of generating electricity for almost 100 years. It grew out of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of

Natural Resources committee  I would say that the electricity bill is made up of many contributors and many components. From the OPG standpoint, our cost is 40% below the average cost. You can draw a conclusion on the effect of our cost on the total price. It brings the price down. One other thing—

Natural Resources committee  Than all the other operators.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, in Ontario. We're 40% less than—

Natural Resources committee  I can't comment on the other.... We could probably get that information, but I don't have it for you.

Natural Resources committee  We can certainly provide that, but we're 40% less than the average in Ontario. One other thing I would leave you with—

Natural Resources committee  —is that all the taxes that we pay and the revenue that OPG makes goes directly back into the Province of Ontario to use as it sees fit, so it's actually better than that.

Natural Resources committee  The energy requirements for the province are managed by the IESO. We're a generator, so we provide energy to the province. The refurbishment of Darlington will take 10 years. That's the time span. We're seeking to operate Pickering right through that period. The completion of t

Natural Resources committee  We'll probably get into that in more detail in the next session, but what I would say is we've been safely managing waste for more than 40 years, and the storage and transportation of waste. In reference to the DGR that we're proposing to construct at Bruce County, this was rev