{"id":8404,"date":"2013-05-30T01:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cna.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8404"},"modified":"2020-03-10T13:55:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:55:32","slug":"renew-pickering-licence-cna-urges-nuclear-regulator-president-cites-safety-record-economic-contributions-environmental-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2013\/05\/30\/renew-pickering-licence-cna-urges-nuclear-regulator-president-cites-safety-record-economic-contributions-environmental-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Renew Pickering Licence, CNA Urges Nuclear Regulator. President Cites Safety Record, Economic Contributions, Environmental&nbsp;Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PICKERING (30 mai 2013)<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><b>\u00ad\u00ad\u2013<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b>The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) urged the country\u2019s nuclear regulator today to approve a licence extension for the Pickering Generating Station.<\/p>\n<p>CNA President Heather Kleb told a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) hearing that Ontario Power Generation (OPG), which operates the Pickering station, has an excellent safety record. \u201cThe performance numbers tell the story about safety,\u201d said Kleb. \u201cStation employees have worked nearly two years without a lost-time injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also pointed to the Pickering station\u2019s significant environmental benefits. As OPG\u2019s 2011 environmental report showed, the Pickering station had displaced about 161 million tonnes of greenhouse gases over ten years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pickering station has made a significant improvement to human health,\u201d Kleb said, citing a recent NASA study showing that the nuclear energy facilities worldwide have displaced enough fossil-fuel pollution between 1971 and 2009 years to save 1.8 million lives. \u201cOntario breathes better thanks to nuclear energy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Kleb also pointed to the station\u2019s solid economic contribution to the Pickering region and the province. Some 2,500 men and women work at the Pickering station \u2013 a significant proportion of the nuclear industry\u2019s 30,000 direct jobs in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pickering Nuclear Generating Station has been powering our economy for more than 40 years while simultaneously sparing us tonnes of greenhouse gases and air pollutants that cause smog,\u201d Kleb said. \u201cIt\u2019s clear to us that this energy facility is a positive force for Ontario and should remain in operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Nuclear Association represents 60,000 men and women who mine uranium, generate electricity, and advance medicine through lifesaving diagnostics and therapies.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">-30-<\/p>\n<p>Renseignements :<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Bernard<br \/>\nDirecteur des communications<br \/>\n613-237-4262, poste 110<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PICKERING (30 mai 2013)\u00a0\u00ad\u00ad\u2013\u00a0The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) urged the country\u2019s nuclear regulator today to approve a licence extension for the Pickering Generating Station. 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