Published 2012 | Version v1
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Feeder bend testing project - a decade in review

Creators

  • 1. CANDU Energy Inc., Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
  • 2. Kinectrics Inc., Etobicoke, Ontario (Canada)

Description

The Feeder Bend Testing Project has been funded by CANDU Owners Group (COG) from 2003 to 2012 to support the safe operation of degraded feeder piping in Canadian CANDU plants. The present paper summarizes this multi-million dollar project from a variety of aspects: background, project management, test setup and results, achievements, and lessons learned. (author)

Part of:
Building on our past... building for the future. 33rd Annual Canadian Nuclear Society conference and 36th CNS/CNA student conference

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
ISBN
978-1-926773-094
Imprint Title
Building on our past... building for the future. 33rd Annual Canadian Nuclear Society conference and 36th CNS/CNA student conference
Imprint Pagination
189 Megabytes
Journal Page Range
[17 p.]

Conference

Title
33. Annual Canadian Nuclear Society conference; 36. CNS/CNA student conference
Dates
10-13 Jun 2012
Place
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
47018039
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DECOMPOSITION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PIPES; TESTING; THERMAL DEGRADATION
Descriptors DEC
CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; TUBES

Optional Information

Notes
7 refs., 10 figs.