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							CANDU Owners Group Inc.




“Strength Through Co-operation”




                            AN OVERVIEW OF
                         CANDU OWNERS GROUP
                             R&D PROGRAM
                                  for
                         CNC-IAPWS WORKSHOP
                                           by
                                  P. C. Ernst
                                  May 23, 2003

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                                                                    Introduction
“Strength Through Co-operation”
“Strength Through Co-operation”




                                  Introduction
                                  Strategic Direction
                                  Program Overview
                                  Program Management
                                  Program Planning
                                  Program Execution


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                                                              Introduction
“Strength Through Co-operation”




              Basic Water Systems in a CANDU Power Plant




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                                                              Introduction
“Strength Through Co-operation”




         Participants in COG’s R&D Program
         · AECL
         · Bruce Power
         · Hydro Quebec
         · New Brunswick Power
         · Ontario Power Generation

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                                                       Strategic Direction
“Strength Through Co-operation”
“Strength Through Co-operation”




             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
“Strength Through Co-operation”
“Strength Through Co-operation”




                     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
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“Strength Through Co-operation”




                   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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                                   Program Overview: Content
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                           Generally deal with CANDU-specific
                           subjects not reported elsewhere:
                                     Heavy water
                                     Carbon-14
                                     Tritium
                                     Fuel bundles
                                     Pressure tubes
                                     Calandria tubes



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                                  Program Overview: Issues of Interest
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               103 - Deuterium Ingress
               201 Large LOCA Margins (RD14 M Tests)
               209 - Critical Heat Flux
               210 - Bundle Void and Flow Quality
               216, 217 – Thermalhydraullic codes
               222 - Normal Operating Condition Technologies
               305 - Emission Reduction
               401 - Chemistry
               408 - SG & HX Integrity and Cleaning

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                                    Program Management: Organization
“Strength Through Co-operation”




                      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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CANDU Owners Group Inc.                               Program Management:
“Strength Through Co-operation”                         Information Transfer
“Strength Through Co-operation”




                                  Web site
                                  COG R&D Reports
                                  Technical Notes
                                  Workshops for targeted audiences
                                  Seminars


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                                                              Program Planning
“Strength Through Co-operation”




               Covers both On-going & New Work
                     Participants needs identified
                     Budgets estimated
                     Work Packages defined
                     Project priorities determined
                     Budgets established
                     Purchase Orders Issued


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                                  Program Planning: On-going Work
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              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
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         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
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                   Executed via Work Packages
                          Contract Officer executes Work Package
                          Financial data and progress tracked monthly
                          TC endorses changes to WP via COG Change
                          Requests and WP Revisions
                          Quarterly Progress Reports
                          Performance Indices
                          Completion of Tasks & Deliverables



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                                                              Program Execution
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                        Work Packages


                   Cost & Schedule Status Report (CSSR)


                                  COG Change Request (CCR)


                                      Quarterly Progress Report


                                                      Tasks Completed


                                                               Deliverables

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“Strength Through Co-operation”




                                         End



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