Current & Future Ultrasonic Inspection For CANDU® SG Tubes

Abstract

Category One: address broad industrial and commercial developments in the field Current & Future Ultrasonic Inspection for CANDU SG Tubes Andy Chen, Ken Chan, Kinectrics Inc., Toronto, Canada John Huggins, Tom Malkiewicz, OPG, Toronto, Canada Abstract Ultrasonic inspection plays an important role in CANDU Steam Generator (SG) life cycle management. Ultrasonic inspections offer a superior capability that can assess the severity of flaws in SG tubes and accurately monitor their growth. Ultrasonic inspections with TRUSTIE has been proven to be a valuable tool for verifying and providing detailed characterization of flaws detected by Eddy current (ET) techniques. On going developments of the TRUSTIE ultrasonic inspection technology continue to produce advanced tools for SG tube inspection. This presentation will provide the current state and future expectation of ultrasonic inspections for SG tubes at CANDU.