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Canadian Nuclear Laboratories: Nuclear S&T and Innovation R. Speranzini •Canadian Industry •CANDU & Priorities/Interests 2015 July 7 •Program, Facilities & Budgets •Collaborations UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -1- Organization of Canada’s Nuclear Industry PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT OF CANADA GOVERNMENTS NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA ELECTRICAL UTILITIES Hon. Greg Rickford Ontario Power Generation, Minister Hydro-Québec, NB Power, ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY PRIVATE INDUSTRY Peter Currie, Chair COMMISSION Bruce Power, SNC Board of Directors Michael Binder, President Candu Energy, OCI, etc Canadian Nuclear Laboratories CNL Robert Walker, President Supply Chain UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ 2 AECL History • Birthplace of Canada’s nuclear industry • First sustained nuclear criticality outside USA • AECL established as a Crown Corporation in 1952 • Co-60 for 1st cancer treatment in Canada, & commercial isotopes (e.g. Mo-99) • Developed CANDU power reactor technology • Research reactors and materials R&D (NRU, NRX, ZED-2) UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -3- UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ Canadian Nuclear Industry • ~$6 billion per year industry • 60,000 workers across Canada, 200 company supply chain • CANDU® reactors operated safely for 50 years • 60% of Ontario electricity and 17% of Canadian electricity • World leader in peaceful use of nuclear technology UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -4- 31 CANDU Reactors in Operation Around the World and 16 in India based on CANDU Design Romania Cernavoda 2 units Ontario, Canada Darlington 4 units Republic of Korea Pickering 6 units Wolsong 4 units Bruce 8 units China Qinshan 2 units New Brunswick, Canada India Point Lepreau 1 unit 2 CANDU units + 16 HWR units Argentina Pakistan Embalse 1 unit KANUPP 1 unit Point Lepreau, Canada Pickering, Canada Qinshan, China AECL Restructuring Government of Canada AECL Canadian Nuclear CANDU Reactor Laboratories (CNL) Division Phase 2 Phase 1 restructuring restructuring (underway) (Completed 2011 Oct) UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -6- CNL’s Canadian Footprint NPD LaPrade Chalk River Laboratories Manitoba Quebec Gentilly 1 Ontario Glace Bay New Whiteshell Brunswick Laboratories Port Hope / Granby Douglas Point The Chalk River Laboratories is the single largest science and technology laboratory in Canada. • ~ 9,000 acres in size , ~200 acres lab complex • 17 nuclear facilities, 70 major buildings • 3,400 employees (~600 PhDs and Masters) • 1,700 engineering, scientific, and technical staff UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -8- Missions A broad mandate, serving both government and private sector Decommissioning Science and Science and & Waste Technology for Technology for Management Government Industry UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -9- CNL’s Science & Technology Priorities • Understand and address public perceptions of radiation • Enable CANDU as a key contributor to Canada’s energy portfolio • Understand, prevent and mitigate risks associated with nuclear operations • Advance knowledge base for informed standards and regulation • Enhance national and global nuclear security • Secure options for future energy needs and sustainability via nuclear technology • Develop and demonstrate minimal impact on the environment UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -10- CANDU Evolution Gen IV Continuous Development Towards CANDU SCWR the Future NRCan & AECL-CNL Innovation \ lead R&D Enhanced AFCR CANDU 6 Products, Understanding Services & IP \ CANDU Energy lead Knowledge Knowledge CANDU 6 Continually enhance both the design and applications based on Products, Services & IP the CANDU concept Years AECL - OFFICIAL USE ONLY / À USAGE EXCLUSIF - EACL 11 Advanced Fuel Cycle Flexibility and Reactor Synergies AECL - OFFICIAL USE ONLY / À USAGE EXCLUSIF - EACL 12 Priorities and Areas of Interest •CANDU Life Extension • Bruce Units 1 & 2 returned in 2012 after life extension projects • Point Lepreau Refurbishment complete in 2012 • Wolsong 1 Retube complete in 2011 •Next generation of CANDU reactors • AFCR • Advanced Fuel and Fuel Cycles • Applications beyond electricity production; e.g. district heating, process heating, etc •SMRs • 2-10 MWe or vSMRs (<1 MWe) for off-grid remote communities • Up to 300 MWe for replacement of fossil plants •Fast Reactors • Discussion in Canada in context of waste management AECL - OFFICIAL USE ONLY / À USAGE EXCLUSIF - EACL 13 CNL Centres of Excellence Unique capabililities; strategic advantage AECL’s 10 Centres of Excellence (CoE) represent a unique blend of people, tools and technologies, which provide an innovative and strategic nuclear science & technology capability. Through these we create new business opportunities, drive global competitive advantage and generate commercial and public policy benefits. 1. Nuclear and Radioactive Material 6. Advanced Nuclear Fuels and Fuel Cycles Management 7. Systems Engineering 2. Irradiation and Post-Irradiation Services 3. Nuclear Safety 8. Advanced Computing, Modelling and Simulation 4. Radiation Biology, Radioecology and Dosimetry 9. Hydrogen and Hydrogen Isotopes Management 5. Materials and Chemistry in Nuclear Applications 10. Environmental Remediation and Nuclear Waste Management UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -14- Unique Radioactive Materials S&T Fuel/Actinides Thermalhydraulics Surface Science Hot Cells NRU Reactor Biological Research ZED-2 Reactor UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -15- More than 50 unique S&T Facilities Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Impact Fretting-Wear Facility Biofouling and Biocorrosion Facilities Large Scale Containment Facility Biological Research Facility Large-Scale Vented Combustion Test Facility CAN-DECON Test Loops #2 and #3 Laser Dimensioning Chemical and Corrosion Autoclave and Loop Test Laser Welding Facility Co-60 Gamma Irradiation Facility Mechanical Testing Laboratories Containment Chemistry Laboratory Metallographic Services Laboratory Core Disassembly Facility Model Development Laboratory Deformation Technology Calandria Tube Burst Test and Molten Fuel Moderator Interaction Facility Creep Rupture Testing Laboratory Nuclear Reactor Universal (NRU) Delayed Hydride Cracking Facility Nuclear Instrumentation Development Laboratory Digital Radiography and Computer Tomography RD-14M Experimental Facility Environmental Technologies Branch Recycle Fuel Fabrication Laboratories Fission Products Behaviour Laboratory Single-Specimen Uniaxial-Stress Thermal Creep Fluid Sealing Technology Metrology Facility Small Scale Burst Test Facility Fuel Development Branch Strainer Test Facilities Gammacell 220 Cobalt-60 Irradiator Facility Surface Science Laboratories GEANT4 Dynamic Simulation Facility Thermalhydraulics Laboratory Health Physics Neutron Generator Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory High Bay and Laboratories Tritium Facility High Pressure Water Test Loop Facilities Van de Graaff Accelerator Facility High Temperature and Pressure Test Loop Facilities X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory High Temperature Fuel Channel Laboratory ZED-2 Research Reactor UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -16- Building the future Enabling current and future success – investment in CRL infrastructure Fuel Packaging & Hydrogen Isotopes Multipurpose Storage Facility Technology Facility Science Facility – Building 350 UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉ -17- Federal Nuclear S&T Budget Year Budget (in million CAN $) 2010-2011 307 2011-2012 134 2012-2013 105 2013-2014 107 2014-2015 108 2015-2016 109 Collaborations with Canadian Universities 27 Universities across Canada University of New Brunswick University of British Columbia Mount Allison University St. Francis Xavier University Simon Fraser University Carleton University St. Mary’s University University of Alberta Trent University McGill University University of Calgary University of Ottawa Université de Sherbrooke Laurentian University Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal University of Manitoba Queens University University of Saskatchewan Trent University University of Waterloo University of Ontario Institute of Technology Royal Military College University of Toronto McMaster University University of Guelph University of Western Ontario Ryerson 19 19 International Cooperation •Multilateral •NEA •IAEA – including INPRO •Gen IV •IFNEC •Bilateral – Government •US INERI •Euratom •Bilateral – Laboratory, Institutes & Universities •China •Argentina •Romania •India •etc 20 20 Summary & Other Considerations •S&T for Government •complete with AECL restructuring •S&T for Industry on a Commercial basis •Commercial S&T for nuclear industry on-going •Nuclear innovation partnerships •Non-nuclear industry services •Exploring an Industry Driven Innovation Agenda •Understand the potential value to Canada of a cost-shared R&D initiative •Research Reactor •NRU scheduled to shut down •Collaborations Support the Technology Base .
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