Published: 2008-11-18

Articles

Characteristics of Outage Radiation Fields Around Various Reactor Components

Yury Verzilov, Aamir Husain, Glen Corbin
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Rapid Deployment Platform for In-vault Reactor Maintenance

Lorrie J. Lancaster, Mike Furniss
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World Class ALARA Performance at Darlington Nuclear

Tom Wong
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Improving Regulatory Oversight of Maintenance Programs

Stephen Cook
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Overdue Pressure Safety Valve Maintenance Reduction Program

Martin Bagshaw, Wayne Blaedow, Annie Beauchamp
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A Last Look at PLGS Life-limiting Feeder Degradation

John Slade, Tracy Gendron
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Feeder Replacement Tooling and Processes

Robert Mallozzi, Ronald Goslin, Dennis Pink, Ardeshir Askari
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GENTILLY-2 Heat Transport System Chemical Decontamination

Jean Forest
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Emergent Maintenance Issues Related to Point Lepreau Refurbishment

John Slade, Tracy Gendron
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Industry Partnership: Adding Value to Nuclear Refurbishment and Maintenance

Tim Gibbins, Narinder Bains, D. Morikawa
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Embalse Refurbishment - Aging, Safety Assessment, and the Path Forward

Ricardo Sainz, Damian Fornero, Gustavo Diaz, Ralf Gold, Richard Dam, Laurie McCrea
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Solving the Challenge of "Too Much Work" one "Thin Vertical Slice at a Time"

Jon Anderson
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Elective Maintenance Backlog Reduction at Ontario Power Generation Darlington Nuclear

Kenneth Sutton, Guy Lanteigne
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Darlington Fuel Handling Trolley Availability

Bill Conners
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Bruce Unit 1 & 2 Preheater Condition Assessment & Refurbishment

Peter King, Roy McGillivray, David Durance, Chris Machowski
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Underwater Inspection and Maintenance Programs Within Nuclear and Non-nuclear Related Operating Systems

Charles Vallance, Blake Goulet, Scott Black
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Inducement of IGA/SCC in Inconel 600 Steam Generator Tubing During Unit Outages

David Durance, Ken Sedman, John G. Roberts, Peter J. King, Jeff Gorman, Ruth Allen
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A Survey on the Corrosion Susceptibility of Alloy 800 CANDU Sg Tubing Materials

Yucheng Lu, M. Dupuis, D. Burns
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Spectral Effects on Stress Relaxation of Inconel X-750 Springs in CANDU® Reactors

Malcolm Griffiths, Frank Butcher, I. Ariani, S. Douglas, Frank Garner, Larry Greenwood
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The Primary Heat Transport System Vacuum Drying of a CANDU Power Plant

Benjamin Xu, Yung Hoang
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The Development and Manufacture of Size for Size Feeder Pipe for Feeder Replacement

George Legate, David Schreiter, Nathan Townley
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Remote Feeder Removal for CANDU 6 at GENTILLY-2

Eric Lavoie, Alain Drolet, Pierre Gauthier
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The Right Maintenance on the Right Components, at the Right Time, With the Right Parts: Maintaining High Plant Reliability Through an Effective Maintenance Program

Paul vonHatten
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Motor-Operated Valve Performance Testing and Condition Monitoring Using Data From the Motor Control Center

Fabrice Guerout, Pierre Lebel, Kristopher Jones
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Designing for Maintainability: Use of Operating Experience and Feedback to Improve Performance of the ACR-1000

Dennis McQuade
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Obtaining Third-party CRNS for N285.0 Class 6 Components

Gerald Waterhouse
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AECL’s Use Of FMEA And OPEX for Field Service Tooling and Process Development, Implementation and Improvement: A Model for the Future

Elizabeth Cox, Richard Dam, Eric Wilson
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Inspection of Circumferential IGA/SCC in Bruce Unit 4 SGS

Stephen Fluit, Henry Myderwyk, Peter King, David Durance, Ken Sedman
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Hydro-Québec Adoption and Deployment of the Integrated Zetec Technology Platform

Michel Cantin, Sébastien Faucher, Curtis Fogal, Nick Cardillo
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Integrating Chemistry With Maintenance During CANDU Reactor Lay-up for Retubing Outages

Gordon Burton, Craig Stuart, Erin Szumsky
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Heavy Water Detritiation to Support CANDU Station Maintenance Activities

Ian Bonnett, Tony Busigin, Mohamed Moledina
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A Technique for Assessing the Abrasion Resistance of Steam Generator Internal Tube Oxide

Aamir Husain, Sriram Suryanarayan
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A Markov Chain Model for CANDU Feeder Pipe Degradation

Suresh Datla, Keith Dinnie, Aman Usmani, Xianxun Yuan
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Reliability Analysis for Inspections of CANDU Components and Systems

Dag Horn
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Probabilistic Assessment of Fuel Channel Bearing Travel and End of Bearing Time

Fernando Camacho, Rex Lam, Jason Goldberg, Larry Micuda, David Cho
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AECL's Advanced CANDU Reactor - Maintenance Based Design and Equipment Reliability

Dan Meraw
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Flow-Induced Vibration & Fretting-Wear Specifications to Ensure Steam-Generator and Heat Exchanger Lifetime Performance

Victor P. Janzen, Yingke Han, Michel Pettigrew
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Use of Soft-Metal Engineered Surfaces to Minimize Galling of Carbon Steel Bolting Materials in Gasketed Joints at Elevated Temperatures.

Daniel N. Hopkins, Craig D. Harrington, Steve Greenwell
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High-Resolution X-Probe for 12.9 Mm (0.51") Diameter 1600 Tubing

Joe Renaud, Laura Obrutsky, Richard Lakhan
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The Effects of ID Magnetite Deposits on Steam Generator Tube Eddy Current Signals

Brian Lepine, Laura Obrutsky
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Video Inspection of Lattice Tube Rolled Joint Area With Structured Lighting for Enhanced Surface Profiling

Paul A. Rochefort, Marc Bouchard, Paul Joynes, Adrew Kittmer, Mitch King
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A Study of an Intelligent FME System for SFCR Tools

Hassan A. Hassan
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Utilization of Handheld Computing to Simplify Compliance

Gord Galvin, Adam Haines, Jeremy Rasmussen
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Remote Tool Monitoring System

Chris Rambaran, Jacqueline Cherevaty, Sylvia Cheong
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Towards Risk-informed in-service Inspection for CANDU Nuclear Power Plants

Xianxun Yuan, Ben Hryciw, Keith Dinnie, Aman Usmani
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Case Studies in Root Cause Analysis: Identifying Opportunities for Improved Maintenance of CANDU Fuelling Machines

Michelle Schippke, Keith Ellison, Allan Jarvine, Kevin Pickles
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A Method for Predicting CT-LIN Contact Using CANDU 6 Inspection Results

Bill Rankin, Paul Sedran
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Development of Methods for Detecting and Repositioning of Snug-fitting Annulus Spacers

Paul Andrew Feenstra, Bruce A.W. Smith, J. Mitch King
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Monitoring and Managing Component Fatigue at Point Lepreau Generating Station

Gary Stevens, Metin Yetisir, Jan Krasnodebski, Anthony Scovil
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Hydraulic Nuts (HydraNuts) for Critical Bolted Joints

Steve Greenwell
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Fret Replica Inspection Laser Scanner (FRILS)

Stephen Kretz, Kelly Hanley
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A Review of Digital Radiography Technology for Valve Inspection

Krassimir Stoev, Fabrice Guerout, Dag Horn
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Phased Array Ultrasonic Technology (PAUT) Contribution to Detection and Sizing of Microbially Influenced Corrosion (MIC) of Service Water Systems and Shutdown Coolers Heat Exchangers in OPG CANDU Stations

Peter Ciorau, Lou Pullia, Trek Hazelton, Wence Daks
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Software Simulation: a Tool for Enhancing Control System Design

Beatrice Sze, Guy Rigway
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Fatigue Analysis Through Automated Cycle Counting Using ThermAND

Gordon Burton, Yuqing Ding, Anthony Scovil, Metin Yetisir
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PIPO-FE: an Updated Computer Code to Evaluate Heat Exchanger and Steam Generator Flow-induced Vibration

Yingke Han, Victor Janzen, Jaehun Kim
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Prediction of the Time-to-nip-up for the Point Lepreau Fuel Channels

Bill Rankin, Paul J. Sedran
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A Tool for the Removal and Storage of Horizontal In-Core Flux Detectors (ICFD)

Evan Choi, Fraser Forrest, Navindra Persaud
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Hydro-Québec Inspection Robot RIT-LRG

Dominique Champagne, François Rinfret, Yves G. Bourgault
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A Trolley Mounted Magazine for Reactor Maintenance

Patrick Brennan, Mehdi Madani, Guy Rigway, Erroll Lundy, David Knight
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Advanced Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance Applications

Ben Fisher
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Development of Non-Destructive Condition Monitoring Techniques for Low-Voltage Cables

Fabrice Guerout, Ladji Cisse, Richard Boor, Alain Blouin
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A Contribution to Phased Array Ultrasonic Inspection of Welds: Defect Patterns and Sizing Capability

Peter Ciorau
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SI - Dresden Service Water Engineering Evaluations and G-Scan Inspections

George Licina, Kenneth Rach
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GENTILLY-2 Moderator Heat Exchanger Repair

Steve Valois, David Hartwick
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Finite Element Modeling of Locally Thinned Short Radius Pipe Bends

Usama Abdelsalam, Dk Vijay
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Optimization of Weld Overlay Dimensions for Butt-Welded Pipes

Aparna Chintapalli, G. Angah Miessi, Francis H. Ku, Raymond K. Yee
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