CANDU Owners Group Inc. “Strength Through Co-operation” 1 Presentation to CNC-IAPWS May 23, 2003 AN OVERVIEW OF CANDU OWNERS GROUP R&D PROGRAM for CNC-IAPWS

Presentation to CNC-IAPWSMay 23, 2003

CANDU Owners Group Inc.

“Strength Through Co-operation”

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AN OVERVIEW OF CANDU OWNERS GROUP

R&D PROGRAMfor

CNC-IAPWS WORKSHOPby

P. C. ErnstMay 23, 2003




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Introduction

Introduction

Strategic Direction

Program Overview

Program Management

Program Planning

Program Execution






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Introduction

Basic Water Systems in a CANDU Power Plant




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Introduction

Participants in COG’s R&D Program

· AECL

· Bruce Power

· Hydro Quebec

· New Brunswick Power

· Ontario Power Generation




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Strategic Direction

Foster Programs to:Enhance plant operating margin

Address impact of plant aging

Improve plant reliability/outage management

Support plant life extension and life cycle management

Address fundamental R&D issues

Maintain Capability for Emerging Issues






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Program Overview: Areas

R&D Program addresses issues in four general areas:

Fuel Channels

Safety and Licensing

Health, Safety and Environment

Chemistry, Materials and Components






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Program Overview: Size

COG’s R&D Program

~27 M$ expenditure per year

150-200 Work Packages undertaken per year

200-300 reports produced per year






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Generally deal with CANDU-specific subjects not reported elsewhere:

Heavy water

Carbon-14

Tritium

Fuel bundles

Pressure tubes

Calandria tubes

Program Overview: Content




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Program Overview: Issues of Interest

103 - Deuterium Ingress201 Large LOCA Margins (RD14 M Tests)209 - Critical Heat Flux210 - Bundle Void and Flow Quality216, 217 – Thermalhydraullic codes222 - Normal Operating Condition Technologies 305 - Emission Reduction 401 - Chemistry408 - SG & HX Integrity and Cleaning




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Program Management: Organization

Project Manager (COG) Project Management

Technical Committee (Participants) Technical Direction of the Program

• Technical Representatives (Participants)

• Working Groups (Participants)

Contract Officer (Contractor) Execution of Work Package




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Program Management: Information Transfer

Web site

COG R&D Reports

Technical Notes

Workshops for targeted audiences

Seminars






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Program Planning

Covers both On-going & New WorkParticipants needs identified

Budgets estimated

Work Packages defined

Project priorities determined

Budgets established

Purchase Orders Issued




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Program Planning: On-going Work

TC Reviews On-going Work Packages (end of Sept.)

Contractor updates Work Package estimates (end Oct.)

COG establishes Budget (end Nov.)

Contractor Updates On-going WPs (end Jan.)

COG defines next year’s program (end Feb.)

Purchase Orders issued (end March)




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Program Planning: New Work

COG Identifies Needs – SORs issued (end Sept.)

Contractor submits Preliminary Submissions (end Oct.)

COG Ranks Submissions – Budget Established (end Nov.)

COG issues Requests For Proposals (RFPs) (end Jan.)

Proposals submitted by Contractor (end Feb.)

Purchase Orders issued (end March)




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Program Execution

Executed via Work PackagesContract Officer executes Work PackageFinancial data and progress tracked monthly TC endorses changes to WP via COG Change Requests and WP RevisionsQuarterly Progress Reports Performance IndicesCompletion of Tasks & Deliverables




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Program Execution

Work Packages

Cost & Schedule Status Report (CSSR)

COG Change Request (CCR)

Quarterly Progress Report

Tasks Completed

Deliverables




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CANDU Owners Group Inc. “Strength Through Co-operation” 1 Presentation to CNC-IAPWS May 23, 2003 AN OVERVIEW OF CANDU OWNERS GROUP R&D PROGRAM for CNC-IAPWS