UNENE ; Renewal of Senior IRC; C&I and Electrical systems

UNENE ; Renewal of Senior IRC; C&I and Electrical systems

Presented at: NSERC visit to UWO July 17, 2013

by : Basma.A.ShalabyUNENE, President

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Outline

General background on UNENE Dr .Jin Jiang`s Research /Outcomes (2002-

2012) Additional Supporting Material


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UNENE: A Partnership

Established in 2002 between the industry-universities with the following objectives: Supply of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Support and fund nuclear research in universities Create a respected pool of university-based

expertise for independent industry and public consultation

Main focus: Education and Research

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UNENE Structure

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M.Eng. ProgramGraduate Courses on Nuclear Technology

CRD’s1)NDT sensors for Feeders2) Seismic Risk analysis3) Safety; sub channel Phenomena4) D20 Chemistry

IRC’s1) Safety & T/H2) Materials 3) Risk Modeling & Reliability

UNENE Management

All UNENE MembersUNENE

Board of Directors

UNENE EducationAdvisory Committee (EAC)

UNENE Research Advisory Committee (RAC)

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UNENE Research

Created Industrial Research Chairs (IRCs) in universities as ‘anchors’ for establishing R&D and strong research teams in key nuclear technology areas

Sponsors Collaborative Research Projects (CRDs ) on technology topics complementary to R&D programs industry wide


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Research Program

Support Industrial Research Chairs McMaster (Luxat / Novog) – Safety / T-H Queens (Holt / Daymond) – Nuclear Materials Toronto (Newman) – Corrosion of Alloys Waterloo (Pandey) – Risk & Reliability Western (Jiang) – I&C, Electrical RMC (Lewis) – Fuel Technology UOIT ( Waker / Waller) – Health Physics

Typically $200 K/ year (matched by NSERC )

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Graduated HQP (Research)

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Current complement of HQP (Research)

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Six Critical Attributes of UNENE

Nuclear Research

Synergistic Program

Science Base

Nuclear Knowledge and Education

Partner/Collaborate

Modern Infrastructure

A portfolio of relevant research with impact on nuclear science and technology benefiting CANDU design, licensing and operations. Research outcomes aimed at maintaining & enhancing the safe, economic and environmentally clean source of nuclear power.

A portfolio synergistic and complementary to nuclear research in Canada and internationally.

A group of university based nuclear experts well respected within Canada and internationally offering strong research teams with a culture of scientific enquiry/innovation.

A M.Eng. degree catered for industry professionals and geared to enhancing core competence and completed through a suite of graduate level courses covering all facets of nuclear power.

Extensive national and international collaborations.

New research labs and equipment established or under construction with leveraged funding (>45m) from provincial and federal agencies. A nuclear material test lab at Queen’s, advanced thermalhydraulic facility (under construction) with a tandem accelerator at McMaster.


UNENE Realized Outcomes


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Focus of Research (2002-2012) - Modeling, fault diagnosis and performance monitoring Modeling work focuses on the development of models to

facilitate analysis and design of CANDU control systems and on 3D modeling the reactor core to enable testing of some controls and diagnostic techniques .

Outcome --->Development of a new In core flux detector fault detection system proposed to industry for review /validation

- Advanced Process control ,fieldbus and communications Evaluation is on going on suitability of fieldbus technologies

for additional control and diagnostics in plant controls .



Development and testing of wireless communication networks is a key element of this program .

Testing is ongoing in ZED-2 facility at CRL . Communication with CRL re potential in reactor testing at NRU is ongoing .

Outcome ----> if proven /approved it has the potential for reducing cabling /construction costs

- Design ,Evaluation and Innovative Safety Systems Validation of Field programmable field array (FPGA)

application to SDS1 . This technology offers a more reliable platform and faster execution rate of control logic and thus can potentially increase safety margin of the plant



Development of an advanced SDS control scheme through implementing the concept of analytic redundancy

Outcome --->such analytic redundancy if applied would reduce common mode failure, improve reliability and avoid complex channel separation

Overall Summary Program scope and outcomes are well aligned with industry

needs and is well received by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and industry staff .


Additional Supporting Material


Industrial Partners Collaborative Projects

CANDU Energy Inc. E-CANDU 6 Simulator

AECL CRLWireless Sensor Network Applications in NPP

Modeling and Control of Supercritical CANDU Reactors (GEN IV Program)

OPG

Power Oscillations at Pickering Units and Diagnostic Tools

Deaerator Level Controller Replacement

Wireless Technologies Application in CO2 Leakage Detection at Pickering Plant

Bruce PowerPlant Control System Replacement

Monitoring Motor Control Centre via Signal Processing

Support to Nuclear IndustrySupport to Nuclear Industry

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2005 – AECL CRL2006 – AECL (Sheridan Park)2007 – OPG Pickering2008 – Bruce Power2009 – CNSC2010 – Western2011 – SNC Lavalin2012 – AECL CRL2013 – Western (planned)

UNENE Annual I&C Workshops

Knowledge TransferKnowledge Transfer


Industrial partners provided data to validate research outcomes

Opportunities to visit NPPs (CRC, AECL, OPG and Point Lepreau NPPs) HQP training on site Donated equipment and sharing technical expertise

Working together with Nuclear Working together with Nuclear IndustryIndustry


Protecting against Common Cause Failures in Digital I&C Systems of Nuclear Power Plants (IAEA NP-T-1.5), 2009

Implementing Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems in the Modernization of Nuclear Power Plants (IAEA NP-T-1.4), 2009

Preparing and Conducting Review Missions of Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants (IAEA- TECDOC-1662), 2011

Electric Grid Reliability and Interface with Nuclear Power Plants, (IAEA D-NG-T-3.8), 2012

CRP Report on Advanced Surveillance, Diagnostics, and Prognostics Techniques Used for Health Monitoring of Systems, Structures, and Components in NPPs, (IAEA D-NP-T-3.14), 2013

Contribution to IAEA (International Contribution to IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) ReportsAtomic Energy Agency) Reports


IEC standard committee IAEA short course (Vietnam); IAEA expert review (Korea)

Contribution to Committees in Contribution to Committees in Nuclear IndustryNuclear Industry


Chair of UNENE Educational Advisory Committee (EAC), 2002 – 2004

Member of UNENE Educational Advisory Committee (EAC), 2002 – present

Member of UNENE Research Committee (RAC), 2002 – present Member of I&C Working Group of Atomic Energy Canada Limited Member of ISA 67 Nuclear Power Plant Standards Committee,

2006 - present ISA 100 committee for considering ‘application wireless

technologies in nuclear power plants’ Several program committees of prime Nuclear I&C conferences,

such as Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC & HMIT)

Contribution to Committees in Nuclear Contribution to Committees in Nuclear IndustryIndustry


Responses from nuclear industries which hired HQP from our group are very positive, remarks such as ‘very little additional training is needed for people from your group’

Very positive responses from UNENE M.Eng. students on the nuclear I&C courses been taught

Act as a liaison between several organizations and UNENE industrial partners to promote advanced I&C systems and research development for the benefit of Canadian nuclear industries (i.e. (a) HFC to OPG, AECL, (b) Communication Research Centre (CRC) to AECL CRL)

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UNENE ; Renewal of Senior IRC; C&I and Electrical systems