(Energy Minister Jack Keir)
NB Power has announced the refurbishment of the Point Leprau nuclear power plant is at least another year behind.
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited knows the problem is getting a seal on the calandria tubes and while they have a solution, they don't know how long it will take.
Energy Minister Jack Keir tells CHSJ News right now the cost of overruns is on the backs of ratepayers in this province.
Keir says they want Ottawa to appoint a mediator to look at the schedule and the contract at Lepreau and see if there is something they can do to mitigate the cost to ratepayers.
The cost to buy replacement power while the reactor is offline is about 1 million dollars a day.
