Published: 2007-06-07

Articles

Reminiscences of Reactor Development at Argonne National Laboratory

Charles E. Till
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Fatigue Management in 12-hour Shift Operations

Wayne Rhodes
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Conduct of Operations Workshops for Nuclear Operators at Ontario Power Generation

Arthur Harold Marcotte, Greg Cornett
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Use of Neurofeedback to Achieve Human Performance Enhancement in the Nuclear Power Industry

Peter Freer, Krista Chandler, Lee Lane, Robert Templeton
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Separating Display and Control: a DCC Perspective

Tim Rector, Harry Storey, Lawrence Yu, James Carmody, Richard Doucet, David Trask
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Replacement of Turbine Controls, Supervisory and Overspeed Protection for Point Lepreau

Navin Tailor, Karel Wolf, Alexander McDonald
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Main Control Room HVAC Inlet Location Optimization to Improve Control Room Habitability Under Postulated Accident Conditions

Stéphane Boucher
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Analysis of Design Changes and Modifications to Enhance Safety Margins at KANUPP - a PAEC/NSS Team Effort

Babar Ghias, Waqar M. Butt, Kee Fung, Doug Naundorf
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Development of a CFD Model for a Candu-6 Moderator Analysis Using a Coupled Solver

Churl Yoon, Joo Hwan Park
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CFD Simulation of the Zircaloy/steam Oxidation in the CANDU Fuel Channel Experiments: CS28-2

Hyoung Tae Kim, Bo-Wook Rhee, Joo Hwan Park
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Modelling of a Pressure Gradient Across a CANDU Reactor Inlet Header

Elizabeth Holliday, Muhammad Ali, David R. Novog
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Applying Relap5 Code to Water Hammer Analysis of the Point Lepreau HPECC Piping System

Zhenhua Cui, Mark McIntyre, Robyn Prime
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VIMSCAN - Visual Modeling Software for Assembling Nodalization Networks of Thermalhydraulics Analysis Codes

Zhenhua Cui, Keith Scott
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An Overview of MAAP4-candu Code

P. Mani Mathew, Sergei M. Petoukhov, Morgan J. Brown, B. Awadh
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SMART-IST: a Computer Program to Calculate Aerosol and Radionuclide Behaviour in CANDU Reactor Containments

Sam R. Mulpuru, Brian J. Corbett
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MATLAB/SIMULINK Platform for Simulation of CANDU Reactor Control System

Hooman Javidnia, Jin Jiang
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Canadian and USA Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposition: a for Comparison for Consolidated Benefits

Glen A. Rae, Bud Arrowsmith, Neil Alexander
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Training for Effective Environmental Protection in the Nuclear Industry

David Parkinson, John Brake, Charles Hickman, Judy Tamm
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OPG Western Waste Management Facility Resin Overpacking Project

Glen A. Rae, Paul Van De Bospoort, Samuel D. Pearson
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Environmental Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities

Jim Hilbig, Duncan Moffett, Kelly Beri
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Cameco Vision 2010

Aldo Dagostino
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Point Lepreau Environmental Assessment Follow Up Program

Charles Hickman, Lise Weismann, Pamela McKay, Phil Wilson, Tom Beese, Nikos Pontikakis, Tat Wong
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A Conceptual Mobile Control Panel for SRWMF at Point Lepreau Site

Asghar Fathimani, Mark S. Jamieson
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Development and Implementation of a Construction Environmental Protection Program at a Solid Radioactive Waste Management Facility

Tat Wong, Tineka Bishop, Charles Hickman
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Fuel Handling Alternatives to Prepare for Large Scale Fuel Channel Replacement

Sergio Martire, Irina Sandu
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Tooling Strategy for Point Lepreau Retubing

Narinder Bains, David Morikawa, David Scott
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Point Lepreau Refurbishment Project Programmable Digital Comparator (PDC) Replacement Software Unit and Integration Test

Anqing Xing, Adrian Condor, Gilbert Raiskums, Donald Dickson
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Radiation Protection Aspects of AECL's Retube/Refurbishment Projects

Y. Zhuang, C.R. Boss, N. Pontikakis
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Embalse Refurbishment - Pre-project Condition Assessment

Gustavo Diaz, Ricardo Sainz, Ralf Gold, Rick Dam, Jim Nickerson
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NRU Main Cooling Circuit Heat Exchangers - Life After 50 Years of Operation

Laurie McCrea, Ralf Gold, Rick Dam, Jim Nickerson
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Developing Systematic Maintenance & Aging Management Programs

Richard Dam, Rachel Yang, Laurie McCrea, Ralf Gold, Jim Nickerson
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Environmental Qualification for the Plant Extended Life

Leeda Samimi, Milad Debly, Dinu Milhaileanu, Greg Brown
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Development of a Web-based CANDU Core Management Procedures Automation System

Sanghoon Lee, Daeyu Park, Choongsub Yeom, Hyung-Bum Suh
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Calculation of Reactivity-device Incremental Cross Sections Using MCNP Version 5

Benoit Arsenault
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Fast Neutron Fluence Evaluation of the Smart Reactor Pressure Vessel by Using the Geoshield Code

Kyo-youn Kim, Kang Seog Kim, Ha-yong Kim, Chung-chan Lee, Sung-quun Zee
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A Validation of Neutron Fluxes Through the CANDU® 6 End Shield

K.T. Tsang, C.R. Boss
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Verification of Dragon: the NXT Tracking Module

Abdelhamid Zkiek, Guy Marleau
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Photon and Neutron Spectra From Spent Fuel Bundles for CANDU 6 Reactors

Kam Aydogdu, K.T. Tsang
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Modelling of CANDU® Fuelling Operations With AECL Code Refuel

Alan S. Gray
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Review of the CANDU® Time-Average Model And Calculations

Benjamin Rouben
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A Three-Dimensional Two-Energy-Group Finite-Difference Neutron-Diffusion Code With Discontinuity Factors

Eleodor Nichita, Katarzyna Zabienski, Mathieu Gravel
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Simulation of a CANDU Reactor Approach to Criticality After a Long Shutdown

A.F. Sayda
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Design of Wireless Digital Communication Systems for Nuclear Power Plant Environment

Abdullah Kadri
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Computed Phase Equilibria and Material Studies for the Zirconia – Gadolinia – Dysprosia - Yttria System

Emily Corcoran
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Advances in Simulating Non-congruent Melting of Hyperstoichiometric Uranium Dioxide Fuel

M.J. Welland
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Surface Analysis on Various Simulated Nuclear Fuel Samples

M.E. Broczkowski, P.G. Keech, J.J. Noel, D.W. Shoesmith
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Power Upgrading of Nuclear Power Plants by Improving Shutdown System No. 1 With FPGA Technology

Jingke She
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Full Load Rejection Procedure for Point Lepreau GS

Michael Fairweather, Wade Parker
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A Work Process and Information Flow Description of Control Room Operations

Eric Davey, Glen Matthews
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A Human Error-based Risk Assessment Model

Wayne Rhodes
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Robust Model-based Steam Generator Level Control in Nuclear Power Plant

Ahmad Osgouee, Jin Jiang
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Fission Chambers for CANDU® SDS Neutronic Trip Applications

Virender Mohindra, Marius Andrei Vartolomei, Alex McDonald
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Diametral Creep Assessment of Pressure Tubes at GENTILLY-2 Up Until 2003 (5900 EFPD)

Gilbert Parent, Pascal Hernu, Hong Huynh, Odette Vagner
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Best Estimate Analysis of Loss of Flow Events at CANDU Nuclear Power Plants

David R. Novog, Fang Bao, John C. Luxat
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A CATHENA-based Approach to the Development of Shutdown System Reliability Test Profiles

John Baxter, Augustina Ranger, Vincent Lau, Michael Chan, John Ballyk, Alexander McDonald
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Methodology for Identifying Boundaries of Systems Important to Safety in CANDU Nuclear Power Plants

Simon Therrien, Dragan Komljenovic, Philippe Therrien, Carol Ruest, Pierre Prévost, Raynald Vaillancourt
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Fuel String Thermal Expansion at Refurbished Point Lepreau Generating Station

H.Z. Fan, N. Barakat, Laura M. Flatt, Augustina Ranger, John Ballyk, A. Villamagna
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Implementation of the Environmental Management Plan for the Dismantling of Nuclear Powered Submarines at Zvezdochka Shipyard, Russia

Michael Washer, Michael Cull, Clay Crocker, Valery Ivanov, Anatoly Shepurev, Badi-Uz-Zaman Khan, Michael Lee, Mark Gerchikov
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Pickering Nuclear Generating Station B Integrated Safety Review

Nienke Smith, Ramesh Arora
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Permanent Storage Areas in CANDU Nuclear Power Plants

Eric L. Williams
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Design Options for High Performance Light Water Reactors

Thomas Schulenberg, Jan Hofmeister, Kai Fischer, Joerg Starflinger
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New Build CANDU in Canada - Development and Application of Information Management Systems for Latest Construction Technology

Shinji Asakura, Naoki Akane, James Byrne, Benjamin Canas, Liviu Vrancea, Shiro Akahori
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Combined Heavy Water Upgrading and Detritiation for CANDU Applications

Anthony Busigin, Ian Bonnett
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Materials Challenges for the Supercritical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR)

Satyen Baindur
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Passive Safety Features in the ACR-1000

Steven Ford, Boris Lekakh, Ken Hau
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Environmental Qualification Program for New Designs

Katarzyna Doerffer
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The CC-MGR Combined Cycle - Modular Gas Reactor

Ralph Hart
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Hitachi's Project Management Experience on Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in Nuclear Power Plants

Kazuhiko Ishii, Sunao Masunaga, Hideo Harada, Paul Eric Marko
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Power Uprates Through Ultrasonic Feed Water Flow Measurement - CANDU-specific Opportunities and Challenges

Asghar Fathimani, Paul Marko, Tadahiro Yudate, Kenji Tominaga, Ernest Hauser, Frank Yee, Scott Malcolm
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Modeling of Effects of a Foundation Fieldbus H1 Network in a Network-based Control System

Qingfeng Li, Jin Jiang, Drew S. Rankin
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Radiation Exposure Rate and Liquid Level Measurement Inside a High Level Liquid Waste (HLLW) Storage Tank

Bhaskar Sur, Shuwei Yue, Arjun Thekkevarriam
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A Thermocouple Self-heating Test for Leak Detection in a High Level Liquid Waste (HLLW) Storage Tank

Shuwei Yue, Bhaskar Sur
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Test Rig Overview for Validation and Reliability Testing of Shutdown System Software

Minda Zhao, Alexander McDonald, Pierre Dick
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Hydrogen Effusion Probe Development and Installation at the Point Lepreau Generating Station

Kelly Mckeen, Melanie Lalonde, Allan Scott, Jeffery Ross
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Electrochemical Potential Monitoring at the Point Lepreau Generating Station During the 2006 Maintenance Outage

Allan Scott, Kelly Mckeen, Scott Sanford, Scott Robertson
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Long-term Performance of the CANDU-type of Vanadium Self-powered Neutron Detectors in NRU

Timothy Leung
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Analysis of Log Rate Noise in Ontario's CANDU Reactors

H.W. Hinds, Constantin Banica, Dilaver Arguner, Roland Scharfenberg
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History of Lepreau 2 Since 1974

Neil G. Craik
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Commentary on NRTEE’s “Advice on a Long-Term Strategy on Energy and Climate Change”

Alistair Miller, Romney B. Duffey
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The World Nuclear University Summer Institute

Dominic Rivard, Mark McIntyre
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Fire Protection for Candu Nuclear Power Plants CSA N293-07 “Its Impact on Existing, Modified, Refurbished, and New Plant”

Eric L. Williams
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ASME Section III Upgrading - Case Studies

Craig S. Irish
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Utilization of Handheld Computing to Enforce Procedural Compliance

Gordon Galvin, Jeremy Rasmussen, Adam Haines
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A Case for Shutdown Cooling System Exemption From the Periodic Inspection Program

John Handbury
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An Analytical Expression for the True-value Approach in Extreme-value Statistics Applied to Channel Powers

Adriaan Buijs, Victor Caxaj, Doddy Kastanya
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Thermodynamic Analysis of a Supercritical Water Reactor

M. Edwards
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Safety Analysis of the Homogeneous Slowpoke Reactor

Rejean Luc Gagnon
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Review of on-line Monitoring Techniques for Nuclear Power Plants

Jianping Ma
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The Influence of Corrosion Deposits on Uo2 Corrosion/dissolution

D. Ofori, P.G. Keech, J.J. Noel, D.W. Shoesmith
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Developing a Simplified Treatment for Predicting Fuel Oxidation in Defective CANDU Fuel Bundles

K. Shaheen
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Electrochemical Study of Passive Oxide Film Formation on Carbon Steel and Its Interaction With H2o2

W. Xu, J.C. Wren
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New Brunswick Becoming an Energy Leader

Shawn Graham
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Evaluation of Weld Indications Detected in In-Service Inspections for Class 1 Ferritic Steel Components

Nick Idvorian, Junjie Cao
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Fundamental Reasons for the Good Performance of Alloy 800 in Nuclear Steam Generators

Zoe L. Coull, Roger C. Newman, Anatolie G. Carcea, Dorota M. Artymowicz
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Deposition of Anti-corrosion Coatings by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet

John S.C. Wills, David A. Guzonas, Aaron Chiu
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Prediction of Pressure Tube Fracture Toughness Using a Multivariate Regression Model

Mahesh D. Pandey, D.D. Radford, J. Deng
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Cobalt-Based Alloy Hard-Facing in Moderator System Valves

Jamie Higgs, William Cooper, Stu Groom
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Characterization and Treatment Options for High TOC Heavy Water

David Evans, Ali Leilabadi, Andreas Rudolph, Denny Williams
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Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction of Axial Pipe Waves and Application Towards Bruce 'A' NGS Flow-Induced Feeder Vibration - Phase 1

Evan D. Davidge, Jason Goldberg, Mike Upton
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A Risk-Informed Approach to the Development of Severe Accident Requirements

Vinh Q. Tang, Greg Rzentkowski
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Reactivity Initiated Accidents and Loss of Shutdown - 20 Years Later

John C. Luxat
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Development and Application of an Operational Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) at Ontario Power Generation

Steve Kaasalainen, Jinil Mok, Ken Donnelly, Keith Dinnie, Sugata Ganguli, Magdalena Moisin
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Advances in Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA): a Look Into a Practitioners Toolbox

Jinil Mok, Steve Kaasalainen, Ken Donnelly
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Internal Events Level I PSA Accident Sequence Quantification for Point Lepreau Refurbishment Project

Liliana Comanescu, CA Jean A.F., D.S. Mullin, Raj Jaitly, A. Nainer, G. Banaseanu, A. Petrescu, S. Sawh, M. Wei, D.F. Basque
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Implementation of a Device Circuit and Conductor Routing Analysis Database at Point Lepreau Generating Station

Daniel J. Kane, David B. Reeves
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Temporary Cooling System for Critical Loads During Recirculation Cooling Water (RCW) System Outage

Sarah Shen, D. Hubert, William Cooper, G. Banaseanu
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Comparison of Heat-Flux and Wall-Temperature Based Correlations for Predicting Post-Dryout Surface Temperature in Tubes

Eve-Lyne Pelletier, Laurence K.H. Leung, René Girard, Alberto Teyssedou, Elisabeth Varin
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Improvements in Pressure Tube Diametral Creep Predictions and Statistical Error Modeling

Dan Quach, Paul Sermer, Bac Phan, Ovidiu Nainer
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Wet-Aerosol Leakage Through Simulated Containment Leak Paths

Subhash Sutradhar
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Application of HLWP Supercritical Light Water Properties in CATHENA

Thomas Beuthe, Aleksander Vasic
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An Update to the Multitasking Thermalhydraulics Evaluation Package

Yujun Guo, Laurence K.H. Leung, Aleksander Vasic
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A Strategy for Determination of Test Intervals of K-out-of-N Multi-Channel Systems

Sungwhan Cho, Jin Jiang
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Criticality Comparison of Highly Enriched Uranium Dispersed Over Any Volume as Solid Particles, and as a Solution

Alan S. Gray
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Business Health Reporting Process at Bruce Power Helps Drive Successful Plant Performance

John C. Krane
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From Document to Database: Modernizing Requirements Management

Jason Giajnorio, Sarah Hamilton
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Software Engineers and Nuclear Engineers: Teaming Up to Do Testing

Diane Kelly, Nancy Cote, Terry Shepard
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Using Sport Psychology in Simulator Testing

Tracy Primeau, Krista Chandler
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Experience From the Development of Point Lepreau's Training Program for Technical Support Staff

Sydney Turner, Keith Scott
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Electrochemical and Weight-Loss Study of Carbon Steel Corrosion

V.J. Thomas, R.P. Olive
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Effects of γ-radiation on Steel Corrosion

K. Daub, J.C. Wren
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Evaluation of Communication Structures for Nuclear-specific Applications

Polad Zahedi
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The OECD Fire and Pipe Failure Data Exchange Projects - Importance to Canadian Nuclear Power Plants

George Tsikouras
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Hardware Controller Implementation of CANDU Shutdown Systems

Polad Zahedi
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Health Risks Associated With Low Dose Diagnostic or Therapeutic Radiation Exposures

Douglas R. Boreham
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