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the examiner Thunday July 14 1977 55R Hydro suppressing study on reactor safety TORONTO CP The chairman of an antinuclear group says Ontario Hydro is suppressing 1976 study of the Pickering nuclear plant which concludes the plant could ac cidentally release radioac tivity Its probably the most sensi tive document that has been produced in Canada on reactor safety Gordon Edwards chairman of the Canadian Coa lition for Nuclear Responsi bility said in an interview Wed nesdayi Edwards Montreal math ematics professor told an On tario myal commission hearing on electric power planning that Hydro was jealously guarding the report of the $500000 study Hydro lawyer Bruce Camp bell said the report is not being jealously guarded in any sense of the word it is just in complete Edwards said he saw the re port and covering letter to members of Atomic Energy Control Boards advisory com mittees on reactor safety He said the letter was signed by llill Morrison of Ontario Hydro CONFIRMS LETTER Morrison Hydros direct or of design and development con firmed that he had written the letter The letter said cunent reac tor design provided no firm guarantee that radioactive ma terial could not escape if there was loss of coolant used in the reactors Edwards said The letter also said the sys tem would have to be partially redesigned to offer foolproof protection from accidental re lease of radioactivity he saId Edwards said the report had electric power planning been denied to several environ mental groups and to Evelyn Gigantes New Democratic Party member of the Ontario legislature for Carleton East who requested it in the house Dec 13 regard this as the tip of an iceberg Edwards said in an interview There are all kinds of serious unanswered questions lurking in there Ontario llydro is trying to withhold it because it seriously damages their cred ibility QUESTIONS LEVEL Edwards also charged that the energy control board had set acceptable levels for radio active emissions in the event of an accidental coolant loss at level 5000 times greater than is normally considered safe Commission to hold security hearings TORONTO tCPi The Ontario royal commission on elec tric power planning will hold closed hearings on security at nuclear power plants in September chairman Arthur Porter announced Wednesday The commmission has been considering the question of security at nuclear generating stations for some months and has consulted the OPP Ontario Provincial Policet Porter said at the opening of the second day of hearings on brief by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd Crown corporation Porter said the commission decided that the danger of re leasing intonnation which might threaten national security outweighed its desire to keep ail hearings open to the public He did not mention two incidents in which environmental ists said they breached security at the Bruce and Pickering nuclear plants this week Michael Bein 31 of Ottawa who said he breached security Monday night at Pickering asked if general security questions could still be raised at open meetings The commission feels that any information that might be used in an undesirable way should not be discussed in pub lic Porter said Anyone who has information on security at nuclear plants is invited to write the commission he said Is public uninterested in new rate TORONIOtCl Ontario Energy Minister James Taylor said Wednesday he was disappointed at the lack of interest shown by citizens in Ontario llydros ltiTH rate proposal hearings which start today llydro proposes to increase bulk or wholesale power rates by an average 114 per cent and hearings are scheduled until Aug Bwith report expected by Aug 31 Even though err couraged citizen par ticipation not one individual citizen is planning to actively part ieipate Taylor said in statement The minister said it rates need to be increased he wanted consumers to know why want to be sure that citizens concerns have been fully aired before any my crease is Implement ed Hearing 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