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COMMENT FEBRUARY 2010

My name is Dan Maisonneuve (tradesman) of Grande Prairie and I agree with Jordan MacKinnon, nuclear energy is the cleanest for the air and Bruce Power is our best candidate.  Our American neighbors will use it regardless of us selling it to them or if they produce it themselves with coal.  This will impact all of us.  I am sitting here, warm and in front of my computer, typing this comment drinking coffee.  What is involved in getting all this together is coffee, water, sugar, milk, cup, spoon, coffeemaker, ELECTRICITY etc. etc. just for a coffee.  Don’t get me started on for the computer, heat, chair, desk, cloth etc. etc.  Reality is, we are all using it, all of it, and it’s not slowing down.  Energy can neither be created nor destroyed;  it can only be transformed from one state to another. The technology is there and is safe.  Lessons learned in blood is how it got this way, let’s not throw this away. Any code book, whether for electrical, mechanical, construction or buildings all have red covers for this reason.  Also, there won’t be anybody going to war for our electricity.My $0.02

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COMMENT FEBRUARY 2010

My name is Jordan MacKinnon. I am from Port Elgin, Ontario, located 15 minutes from the Bruce Power site.

I don't profess to be an expert in nuclear power. But what I can share with you is what my life and my home is WITH nuclear power.

Having a nuclear plant in your backyard is not a scary thing. In fact, I feel perfectly safe. Bruce Power takes safety more seriously than anything else. Let me say that I am not a Bruce Power employee, nor have I ever worked on the site. I do have friends and family who have worked and continue to work at the Bruce Power site. I can assure you that Bruce Power spends more money on safety, training and other safeguards than I care to mention. Last I checked, Bruce Power had in excess of 17 million man hours worked without a lost-time injury. That's a commitment to safety.

In terms of economy, I assure you that a nuclear plant will bring financial stability and a secure way of life. I live in an area that has had 40 years of virtually uninterrupted prosperity SOLELY because of nuclear power. This would be a sparse, solely agricultural area without Bruce Power.

I have lived "beside" the nuclear plant for my entire life. I eat local produce, I eat local beef. I am a perfectly healthy person. Do not believe that produce will be harmed by having a nuclear plant nearby or that local wildlife will suddenly be stricken with deformations. Purely propaganda.

Recently, residents lobbied aggressively (albeit unsuccessfully to this point) to build more nuclear reactors at the Bruce Power site. I don't believe that would happen if nuclear power had a negative effects on our lives.

In closing, all I ask of those in Peace River is to have an open mind. Nuclear power is not scary, despite what some may have you believe. Nuclear power will bring you security and prosperity.

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COMMENT JANUARY 2010

We are already feeling global recriminations for our dirty oil from the tarsands. Is Alberta paying attention? Nope. We are barging ahead with no REAL intention of changing anything for the betterment of our environment.

I think it's pretty well known that the energy provided by nuclear generators is not only unsafe, but it is not even needed by Albertans or Canadians. The power lines (and pipelines for that matter) are mostly running north to south, delivering our energy and resources to our American neighbors. When are we Albertans going to stop selling our provincial soul for oil, gas, and electricity?

Alberta needs to apply what remaining money and energy it has left to the development of green technology and innovations. We need to move into the future with our eyes and minds open, and develop some alternatives to our present sources of energy too. What we do NOT need is to keep our heads in the sand, living in the past and hoping the "old" ways will continue to work. Nuclear plants in Alberta is NOT OK. I am ashamed to be an Albertan. - Kathy McKinnon, Red Deer Alberta

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COMMENT AUGUST 2009

My name is Kevin Gardner and I was born and raised in Peace River. My parents and siblings and many members of their families, still live in and around the area and will probably continue to do so. It may become difficult to sell properties if people no longer wish to reside there once a nuclear power plant deal is finalized. This is something that must not be allowed. There are alternatives. Petitions, well intentioned though they may be, will stop nothing. Anyone with the vaguest recollection of the history of nuclear energy has heard of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, not to mention the purposeful and unnecessary destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki near the end of WWII. Japan was ready to surrender but the U.S. wouldn't accept. It was their wish to test the effects of radiation, not only on survivors, but on the rescue crews that entered the devastated cities afterward. This is not a mindset that lends credence to such a means of producing electricity. Chalk River has become a nuclear sieve if you didn't already know. If anyone wants to contact me and collaborate on stopping this project from going through email final.messenger@yahoo.ca.

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