CANDU fuel : leading the renaissance. 10th international conference on CANDU fuel

The Canadian Nuclear Society's 10th International Conference on CANDU Fuel took place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on October 5-8, 2008. The theme for the conference was 'CANDU Fuel : Leading the Renaissance' bringing together over 150 participants to share their experience on the various aspects of producing reliable fuel for CANDU type nuclear power plants. A modest number of delegates from France, India, Korea, Romania, and the International Atomic Energy Agency supported the 'international' aspect of the conference. Technical papers were presented in three parallel session, under the following headings: CANDU fuel and fuel fabrication; Design and development of fuel, fuel cycles and fuel performance; fuel model development; Safety, fuel safety, design and development of fuel and fuel cycles; fuel performance; ACR fuel and spent fuel management; fuel safety, fuel fabrication, fuel model development; advanced CANDU reactor and design and development of fuel and fuel cycles. Supporting the event through sponsorships where: AMEC; Bruce Power; CANDU Services (AECL); Cameco; Comstock; Ontario Power Generation; Power Workers' Union; Stern Laboratories; TMS and UOIT.