CNWC

Relicensing of the point lepreau nuclear generating station

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… The Canadian Nuclear Workers Council has reviewed the CMDs from the CNSC and NB Power. We agree with the CNSC Staff’s conclusions that a five year license should be granted and that the reloading of fuel can commence. Two of our major member unions, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 37 represent 94% of the staff at the Point Lepreau Generating Station and the International Boiler Makers Union (IBB) local 128 has many of their members working on the refurbishment project. We have consulted with both of these unions and they are in support of the CNWC’s submission.

As we have stated in previous submissions to the Commission, the CNWC holds health and safety of workers to be paramount. The local union fully endorses and supports the very active health and safety culture promoted and established by NB Power and continues to work with management to maintain a strong safety culture. However, if there was any health and safety matter of potential threat to workers and their families that was not being addressed expeditiously, please be assured that it would be brought quickly to the attention of the CNSC by the IBEW, IBB, or the CNWC.

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Hydro Quebec application to combine their waste management facility license with their operating license

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The Canadian Nuclear Workers Council (CNWC) is an organization that is comprised of Unions that represent workers in Canada’s Nuclear Industry. Appendix 1 attached states the objectives of the council as well as a list of the Unions that are members of the Council.

The Canadian Nuclear Workers Council is in full support of the renewal of the Operating License for Gentilly – 2 and we also support the inclusion of the Waste Management License with the Operating license. The Local Unions at Gentilly-2 Generating Station are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and are all members of the CNWC. These Unions represents 85% of the staff at the Power Plant. and this submission is made with their agreement and support.

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Chalk River Laboratories Renewal of License Application 06 09 2011

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Members of the Commission:
The Canadian Nuclear Workers Council (CNWC) is an organization that is comprised of Unions that represent workers in Canada’s Nuclear Industry. Appendix 1 attached states the objectives of the council as well as a list of the Unions that are members.

The majority of the Unions at the AECL Chalk River Laboratories Site (CRL) are members of the Canadian Nuclear Workers Council.

Nuclear Workers in Canada and around the world have and are facing trying times. Their industry has always faced controversy and misinformation. With the events in Japan this year and many other nuclear related issues, as you well know, the industry faces many challenges. The front line workers feel the effects of these issues on a daily basis.

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Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Newsletter | November 2011

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It’s Time to Plant the CANDU Flag
As of the end of October 2011, AECL has a new owner, CANDU Energy Inc.; a pro-nuclear government has been re-elected in Ontario; Canada has a new minister of natural resources supportive of nuclear; and the Joint Review Panel’s EA Report for Darlington is now with the federal government. All should be good news for moving forward with Ontario’s decision to build new CANDU reactors at Darlington

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Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Newsletter | September 2011

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AECL Deal—The Dust is Far From Settled

The ink is now dry on the June 29th AECL deal between the federal government and SNC-Lavalin (SNC).
As readers will see from this newsletter’s two “Worth Repeating” segments, there is a wide range of opinion on the merits of this sale. Regardless of what one’s views are on the matter, some critical outstanding questions remain to be answered. The answers in turn will provide the benchmarks by which the ultimate merits of the deal are determined.

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Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Newsletter | May 2011

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Meeting Nuclear Energy Fear Mongering With the Facts

The unprecedented earthquake and tsunami caused event at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in Japan has anti-nuclear activists out in full force calling for the closure of nuclear power plants across the world. Weeks of 24/7 news coverage provided a bonanza of opportunities to present images of doom and disaster, characterize all nuclear reactor technologies as being the same and suggest that the threat of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan was universal.

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Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Newsletter | February 2011

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Our nuclear industry leaders have been calling on the federal government for sometime to clear up the uncertainty that’s dragging Canada’s successful reactor technology to the brink of oblivion.

The problem is our elected federal representatives don’t seem to be listening!

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GE Hitachi Renewal of License Application 11 08 2010

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…As do all of the member organizations of the CNWC, CEP Local 599, considers’ the health and safety of workers to be paramount. The union fully endorses and supports the very active health and safety culture promoted and established by GE and has worked with management to establish many safety policies which are in place at the worksite.
The plant Safety Committee consists of both union and management representatives. It meets monthly to address any and all health and safety issues. Monthly meetings well exceed the requirements for the frequency of meetings required under Federal Law for this type of workplace. CEP 599 has two representatives on the committee…

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Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Newsletter | November 2010

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…September’s World Energy Congress in Montreal identified security of supply as the number one issue, followed by environmental protection and climate change. The latter is inextricably linked to the energy sector because it is responsible for 60 per cent of global greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions. Clearly, nuclear energy can play a significant role meeting both challenges but has recently faced a mounting barrage of criticism from green energy advocates.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Ontario. Green energy investment driven increases in electricity prices have conservation, wind and solar generation advocates in the media spotlight. Sensing a potential shift in government support, green energy advocates have…

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Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Newsletter | September 2010

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…The recent media swarm around Bruce Power’s [BP] plan to ship steam generators through the Great Lakes to Sweden for
recycling is a reminder that all of us must redouble our efforts to proactively communicate the facts about our industry to the public…

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