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Right! They are talking 10 years ...
So what's our plan?
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:05
AM
Subject: Re: [cdn-nucl-l] Employment
opportunities at Bruce Power
Everyone is TALKING about the problem. I bet
that when industry does really stand up and DO something about the problem,
they will throw some money at their internal training dept and at colleges and
universities expecting a solution in 12 months, ignoring the fact that
education cycle times for students are about 4 or 5 years once the processes
are put in place. And if they want a new process (ie hire more faculty,
implement a new program, etc), add about 2 years at the front end of the
process - longer perhaps given the approvals process. I feel like I am
staring into a fire hose ... nothing coming, nothing coming, nothing coming
... wham!
Plus, there has to be some assurance that the initiatives can
be sustained. Why should a prof take on the struggle when he or she is
already overwhelmed with teaching, research, supervision and committee
work? In short, there has to be the appropriate empowerment at all
levels (univ admin, profs, students, industry...). Empowerment means
desire, ability and the means.
I'm waiting. Nothing
coming, nothing coming...
Bill
At 10:22 AM 2/15/01 -0500, Jerry
Cuttler wrote:
I had a read of the transcript of
the Feb 8th hearing. It's quite
illuminating. See
attachments/hyperlinks.
http://www.brucepower.com/whatsnew/regfilings.htm
http://www.brucepower.com/whatsnew/pdfs/cnscfeb8.pdf
There
will be significant staffing needs and many opportunities for
young
people to find interesting employment.
Of course our educational
organizations (schools and universities) will have
to get their act
together and inform students of the jobs that await them if
they get a
suitable education. Then we need to provide this education.
I think
there is an important role for the CNS in all of
this.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Brown,
Morgan <brownmj@aecl.ca>
To: Cuttler Jerry (home) (E-mail)
<jerrycuttler@home.com>; et al
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001
2:26 PM
Subject: Bruce Power licensing process
> >From Bruce
Power's newsletter
>
> February 8, 2001
>
> At a
public hearing in Ottawa February 8th, staff of the Canadian Nuclear
>
Safety Commission (CNSC) recommended that licences be granted to
Bruce
> Power. This was in response to Bruce Power's application for
licences to
> operate Bruce A and Bruce B nuclear generating stations.
"Bruce Power has
> made arrangements to have the necessary technical
and financial
> qualifications to safely operate the stations", said
Peter Elder, Head of
> the Power Reactor Evaluation Division of the
CNSC who made the
presentation
> on behalf of CNSC
staff.
>
> Speaking for Bruce Power before the Commissioners,
Executive Chairman
Robin
> Jeffrey emphasized Bruce Power's
commitment to "Safety First". He was
joined
> by Duncan Hawthorne,
Executive VP and Chief Engineer, who explained how
the
> transition
process from Ontario Power Generation to Bruce Power was being
>
managed. Robin and Duncan were joined by David Gilchrist, Executive
VP
> Finance and OPG's Robert Nixon, Site VP Bruce Nuclear to answer
questions
> posed by the Commissioners.
>
>
Representatives from each of the Bruce Power partners, Cameco, the
Power
> Workers' Union, and The Society of Energy Professionals,
attended the
> hearing. A copy of the presentation can be found on the
Bruce Power web
site
> and in libraries in Kincardine, Port Elgin
and Walkerton. Bruce Power's
> appearance before Canada's top nuclear
regulator was the first for the
> Company. A second public hearing
will be held April 19th when the
Commission
> will consider public
comments on Bruce Power's application. The
> Commissioners will make
their decision some time after the second hearing.
>
>
Interested members of the public who wish to make a written or oral
>
presentation to the CNSC on April 19th must submit their comments to
the
> CNSC by March 20th, 2001. For more information on how to
participate in
the
> process, visit the Bruce Power web site at www.brucepower.com or
the CNSC
> web site at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca
>
>
> CNSC
"Day 2"
> Public Hearing to be held in Kincardine
> The Canadian
Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced that the April
19th
>
hearing into Bruce Power's licence application will be held at
the
Davidson
> Centre in Kincardine, near the Bruce site. "Day 2"
provides the
opportunity
> for members of the public, who have
registered their interest, to express
> their views on Bruce Power's
licence application.
>
~~~~~~~~oOo~~~~~~~~~
Bill Garland, Professor, Dept. of
Engineering Physics, Bldg. NRB 117, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, CANADA L8S 4L7
Tel: (905)525-9140 x24925 Fax: (905)528-4339 Email:
garlandw@mcmaster.ca
Web:http://engphys.mcmaster.ca/faculty/garland/index.html (department
page)
http://engphys.mcmaster.ca/~garlandw/ (nuclear resource
page)
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