FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2008

Three panel members were appointed today to a Joint Review Panel (JRP) established to reviewthe proposed Bruce Power New Nuclear Power Plant project

located in the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario.

The appointment of Dr. Louis LaPierre (Panel Chair), Mr. André Harvey and Dr. Moyra J. McDill was made jointly between Canada's Environment Minister, John

Baird, and the President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Michael Binder.

The JRP will conduct the environmental assessment and consider the licence application to prepare a site for the project. Bruce Power Inc. is proposing the site preparation and the construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of up to four new nuclear reactors at the existing Bruce Nuclear

Site, located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, north of Kincardine. The project is expected to generate approximately 4,000 megawatts of electricity to

the Ontario grid.

Biographical information on the JRP members along with more information on this project, are available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency's Website at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca, registry number 07-05-25738 and at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency administers the federal environmental assessment process, which identifies the environmental effects of

proposed projects and measures to address those effects, in support of sustainable development.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulates the use of nuclear energy and materials to protect the health, safety and security of Canadians and the

environment; and to respect Canada's international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

For more information, media may contact:

Nicholas Girard

Senior Communications Advisor

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Tel.: 613-957-0958

Aurèle Gervais

Media and Community Relations

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Tel.: 613-996-6860

www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca

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The Government of Canada announced today the nomination of three panel members to a Joint Review Panel established to reviewthe proposed Bruce Power New