2023-08-11 02:12:12
The subject of a possible reopening of Gentilly-2 is on everyone’s lips in the sector. And it divides. If some Bécancourois are excited by the news, the former construction worker of the Réal Demers power plant is one of the skeptics. “It would surprise me a lot if they left the plant. They are going to do a study, but to repair, to make something new in the old, the costs will probably be too enormous.”
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The issue of costs is also of concern to former Trois-Rivières MP Danielle St-Amant: “At the time, the cost was more expensive to shut it down than to renovate it. So there will be costs to all of this. It will be government choices.
CAQ MP Donald Martel does not want to comment on his desire to see the plant reopen or not. “I trust Mr. Sabia a lot. I find it wise to look at all the alternatives. But it is very premature to consider the rest of the things.
The one who was minister responsible for the plant at the time, Martine Ouellet, criticizes the decision of the new boss of Hydro-Quebec: “It is totally absurd to see that it barely happens to him after 9 days after his appointment the pavement in the pond. Already to relaunch nuclear power in Quebec when we had made a collective decision to close that plant. For health reasons and for environmental reasons because the disposal of radioactive waste is still a very big problem today.
The dismantling was to be irreversible and always will be, according to information from the Chamber of Commerce of Cœur-du-Québec. Its vice-president Philippe Dumas mentions: “Even 8 years ago, it was too late to go back. Today again, we are reconfirmed. The equipment that is there has not been maintained.
Everyone is curious to see the results of the Hydro-Québec study. For the former member for Trois-Rivières, Jean-Denis Girard, this is an opportunity to question the energy future of Quebec: “Are we building other dams? The time, the delay, the costs, the impacts of that? Are we building more wind farms or are we restarting a nuclear industry? I think we have to position ourselves for the next 20-30-40 years and not just by the next election.
Neither the industrial park nor the city of Bécancour would like to comment on the file.
In an official statement, Bécancour says it is aware of the challenges that electricity can pose for the growth of the industrial park… and says it wants to be a partner of Hydro-Québec and the government when the time comes to seriously evaluate the options.
The Gentilly nuclear power plant produced 635 megawatts.
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