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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.Shalaby UNENE, President. Outline. General background on UNENE

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

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  1. UNENE ; Renewal of Senior IRC; C&I and Electrical systems Presented at: NSERC visit to UWO July 17, 2013 by : Basma.A.Shalaby UNENE, President NSERC UWO July2013

  2. Outline • General background on UNENE • Dr .Jin Jiang`s Research /Outcomes (2002-2012) • Additional Supporting Material NSERC UWO July2013

  3. 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 NSERC UWO July2013

  4. UNENE Structure UNENE Board of Directors All UNENE Members UNENE Management UNENE Education Advisory Committee (EAC) UNENE Research Advisory Committee (RAC) CRD’s 1)NDT sensors for Feeders 2) Seismic Risk analysis 3) Safety; sub channel Phenomena 4) D20 Chemistry IRC’s 1) Safety & T/H 2) Materials 3) Risk Modeling & Reliability M.Eng. Program Graduate Courses on Nuclear Technology NSERC UWO July2013

  5. 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 NSERC UWO July2013

  6. 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 ) NSERC UWO July2013

  7. Graduated HQP (Research) NSERC UWO July2013

  8. Current complement of HQP (Research) NSERC UWO July2013

  9. 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. Six Critical Attributes of UNENE NSERC UWO July2013

  10. UNENE Realized Outcomes NSERC UWO July2013

  11. NSERC/UNENE Senior IRC ; Control & Instrumentation and Electrical systems • 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 . NSERC UWO July2013

  12. NSERC/UNENE Senior IRC ; Control & Instrumentation and Electrical systems • 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 NSERC UWO July2013

  13. NSERC/UNENE Senior IRC ; Control & Instrumentation and Electrical systems • 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 .  NSERC UWO July2013

  14. Additional Supporting Material NSERC UWO July2013

  15. Support to Nuclear Industry NSERC UWO July2013

  16. Knowledge Transfer UNENE Annual I&C Workshops 2005 – AECL CRL 2006 – AECL (Sheridan Park) 2007 – OPG Pickering 2008 – Bruce Power 2009 – CNSC 2010 – Western 2011 – SNC Lavalin 2012 – AECL CRL 2013 – Western (planned) NSERC UWO July2013

  17. Working together with Nuclear Industry • 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 NSERC UWO July2013

  18. Contribution to IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Reports • 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 NSERC UWO July2013

  19. Contribution to Committees in Nuclear Industry • IEC standard committee • IAEA short course (Vietnam); IAEA expert review (Korea) NSERC UWO July2013

  20. Contribution to Committees in Nuclear 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) NSERC UWO July2013

  21. Additional Information • 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) NSERC UWO July2013

  22. Discussion /Questions NSERC UWO July2013

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