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CANDU and AECL
Professional Engineers
Ontario
May 21st, 2009
Joe Howieson
Regional Vice-President
Marketing and Business Development
Need for New Nuclear is here
• Electricity is fundamental to
our lifestyle and economic
growth
• Nuclear is clean, safe, reliable
and economical for base load
electricity production
• Climate change due to global
warming has led to a seachange increase in public
support
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Canadian Nuclear Industry
• Canada has been a nuclear industry leader since
1940’s
– Exported seven CANDU reactors in the past 12 years
– World’s largest exporter of isotopes & uranium
• $5 billion/year industry
– 30,000 workers, 150 companies
• 20 CANDU reactors in Canada
– Over 50% of generation in Ontario is nuclear
– 17% of generation across Canada is nuclear
Bruce, ON
Pt. Lepreau, NB
Pickering, ON
Darlington, N
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Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Global Nuclear Technology Company
• Established in 1952 by Government of Canada
• More than 5000 employees mainly at
Mississauga and Chalk River, Ontario
Our Business
• CANDU Reactor Sales and Services
• Research & Development
• Nuclear Waste Management
• Medical Isotope Production
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CANDU among top Canadian inventions
CANDU – “One of Canada’s top ten engineering
achievements of the past century”
Canadian Engineering centennial, 1987
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CANDU – An International Success
Quebec, Canada
Gentilly 2 1 unit
Romania - Cernavoda
2 units
Ontario, Canada
Darlington 4 units
Pickering 8 units
Bruce
8 units
S.Korea – Wolsong
4 units
China - Qinshan
2 units
N.Brunswick, Canada
Point Lepreau 1 unit
India
2 CANDU units
15 PHWR units,
3 units under construction
Argentina
Embalse 1 unit
Pakistan
KANUPP 1 unit
Wolsong, S. Korea
Pickering, Canada
Qinshan III, China
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What the future holds
Nuclear Renaissance is here:
• 440 nuclear power plant units
operating worldwide
• 30 nuclear power plant units under
construction
• 200 plants planned or proposed
World Nuclear Association predicts that by 2030 there will
be between 700 and 1500 nuclear plants worldwide
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Nuclear is Clean
 Complete life cycle leaves a small environmental footprint
 Equivalent to taking 22 million cars off the road for one year (Canada only
has 19 million cars on the road in total)
CO2 Emissions (g/kWh)
1000
85% of Canada’s and 90% of the
world’s primary energy comes
from fossil fuels
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Only nuclear
and hydro are
large-scale,
“zero-carbon”
options
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Coal
Oil
Natural
Gas
Solar
Panels
Wind
Hydro
Nuclear
IAEA Spadero et al, 2000
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Long Term Used Nuclear Fuel Management
Typical CANDU Fuel Bundle
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Pool Storage of Used Fuel
Six to ten years in pools to allow
decrease in decay heat generation
(from >30,000 W / bundle to ~5 W /
bundle at 10 years)
Total used fuel from all
Canadian reactors produced
so far would fit in a football
field to the height of one player
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CANDU Nuclear Fuel Management Program
• Federal Government formed the Nuclear Waste
Management Organization (NWMO) in 2002
Develop approach that is socially acceptable, environmentally
responsible, technically sound and economically responsible
• NWMO asked Canadians outside the nuclear industry
how to manage used fuel
• 3 years, 18,000 people, 500
specialists, 2500 Aboriginal, 120
public sessions
• Phased program recommended –
used fuel is potential resource
- Willing community for long term
- Safely store on-site
- 60 years to prepare deep geologic
repository
• Funding program in place (annual
contributions)
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CANDU is Safe
• Continuously improving
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CANDU Owners Group
exchanges best practices
 CANDU among safest in
world (Senate Committee,
2002)
• Worldwide standards strictly
enforced
• Not one single fatality from
radiation in Canada
• Industrial safety better
relative to manufacturing, real
estate, finance sectors
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US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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CANDU Products
CANDU 6/EC6
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700 MW net output
Natural uranium fuel
Long track record
50 year lifetime
Operating in five countries
Evolutionary improvements
ACR-1000
• 1085 MW net output
• Enriched U fuel (2.4%)
• New advanced design, basic
design more than 60%
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80 % specs from CANDU 6
• 60 year lifetime
• Improved operations &
economics
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CANDU Performance Excellence
Source: CANDU Owners Group
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CANDU 6: Delivery Performance
Qinshan Construction
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Cernavoda: Projects Completion
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Unit
Resumed
In-Service
Status
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Lifetime Cap. Factor
90%
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2007
In-service
2007 Oct 5
2009/10
TBD
Project financing in
development
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Outcome: highly satisfied customer
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Cernavoda project halted in 1989 due to political reasons
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AECL Nuclear Development
Testing fuel
bundles have been
built (by GE
Hitachi Nuclear in
Peterborough)
and heat tested at
Chalk River
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AECL Nuclear Development
AECL is UNIQUE
- many different and challenging skills areas
- engineering design using latest design techniques,
applied computer control, latest methods of safety
analysis, robotics, human factors and working closely
with manufacturers
AECL has tremendous PROJECT DEPTH
- opportunity to gain experience in the various stages of
a project such as conceptual design, construction, and
operations, including overseas assignments
AECL is HIRING
- 500 PEO now and more if Ontario selects CANDU
- Right here in Mississauga
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CANDU is the superior choice for new nuclear
 Unsurpassed project leadership
 Strong international partnerships and
success
 High localization and technology transfer
 Advanced and evolutionary technology
 Full lifecycle service support
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AECL & CANDU
Made-in-Canada
Success Stories
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Resources
Where can you find more information?
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AECL: http://www.aecl.ca
CANDU Canada: http://www.canducanada.ca/
CANDU Owners Group: http://www.candu.org/
Organization of CANDU Industries: http://www.oci-aic.org
Nuclear Waste Management Organization: http://www.nwmo.ca
Canadian Nuclear Association: http://www.cna.ca
Canadian Nuclear Society: http://www.cns-snc.ca
Canadian Nuclear FAQ: http://www.nuclearfaq.ca
CANTEACH: http://canteach.candu.org/
Women in Nuclear: http://www.win-global.org
Or, contact us directly:
Sonja Galton
905-823-9060 Ext. 36191
[email protected]
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