NRU Status Report #65
(July 14) AECL reports that progress continues on the NRU return-to-service activities. More
NRU Status Report #64
(July 07) On Monday July 5, 2010, AECL appeared before the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) in a public hearing to consider AECL’s application for the restart of NRU. More
NRU Status Report #63
(June 30) AECL reports that the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) has completed its inspections and assessments of the NRU weld repairs and the vessel’s fitness-for-service. More
NRU Status Report #62
(June 25) AECL reports that one hundred per cent (100%) of the NRU weld repairs are now complete. During the past week, the repair team completed the finishing weld and a series of non-destructive examinations (NDE) of the final repair site. More
NRU Status Report #61
(June 23) AECL reports that it made a request to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to reschedule the previously announced public hearing date to consider AECL’s application for the restart of NRU. More
NRU Status Report #60
(June 16) AECL reports that one hundred per cent (100%) of the NRU weld repairs are now complete. During the past week, the repair team completed the finishing weld and a series of non-destructive examinations (NDE) of the final repair site. More
NRU Status Report #59
(June 09) AECL reports that the NRU weld repairs remain at ninety-eight per cent complete as work continues to address a single imperfection that was identified during non-destructive examination (NDE) of the final weld repair. More
NRU Status Report #58
(June 02) AECL reports that ninety-eight per cent of the NRU weld repairs are now complete. More
NRU Status Report #57
(May 26) AECL reports that the final and most challenging weld repair was applied to the NRU vessel over the weekend. Ninety-three per cent of the NRU weld repair activities are now complete. More
NRU Status Report #56
(May 19) AECL reports that work on the final repair site has commenced and to date 77 per cent of the NRU weld repairs and associated Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) have been completed. More
NRU Status Report #55
(May 12) AECL reports that 71 per cent of the weld repairs and associated Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) have been completed. More
NRU Status Report #54
(May 05) AECL reports that 71 per cent of the weld repairs and associated Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) have been completed. More
NRU Status Report #53
(April 28) AECL reports that 71 per cent of the weld repairs and associated Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) have been completed. More
NRU Status Report #52
(April 21) AECL reports that non-destructive examination (NDE) of the most recent repair is nearing completion bringing the total per cent of repair and associated NDE completed to date to 69 per cent, up from the 65 per cent reported last week. More
NRU Status Report #51
(April 14) To date 65 per cent of the repair work and associated non-destructive examinations have been completed. More
NRU Status Report #50
(April 07) To date 65 per cent of the repair work and associated non-destructive examinations have been completed. More
NRU Status Report #49
(March 31) AECL has successfully completed eight of ten weld site repairs. Work on the ninth repair site is in progress and is nearing completion. More
NRU Status Report #48
(March 25) AECL has successfully completed eight of ten weld site repairs representing more than half (56%) of the repair work necessary in order to return the NRU to service. More
Time to capitalize on CANDU’s potential
(March 17) AECL’s Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Anthony De Vuono recently submitted an editorial to the Financial Post outlining some of his reasons for moving to Canada from the U.S. to join AECL. An edited version appeared in the Post on March 17. Click here to read Dr. De Vuono’s article
NRU Status Report #47
(March 17) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue. The overall repair process began on December 12, 2009. To date, 51 per cent of the repair activities and associated post-repair examinations have been completed. More
NRU Status Report #46
(March 10) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue. The overall repair process began on December 12, 2009. More
NRU Status Report #45
(March 03) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue. The overall repair process began on December 12, 2009. More
ACR-1000 image wins Siemens’ global calendar contest
(February) Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software recently awarded the ACR-1000 Design Drafting team with one of 12 prime spots in their 2010 calendar. More
NRU Status Report #44
(February 24) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue. The overall repair process began on December 12, 2009. More
NRU Status Report #43
(February 17) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue. The repair team completed the non-destructive examination of the second horizontal weld repair and is preparing the vessel for the next series of repairs. More
NRU Status Report #42
(February 10) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue. The repair team completed its second horizontal weld repair and is preparing the vessel for the next series of repairs. More
SC EnergoNuclear S.A. and AECL sign contract
(February 08) SC EnergoNuclear S.A. (EnergoNuclear) and AECL today announced the signing of a major contract to assess the technical and commercial viability, and planning of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Units 3 and 4 investment project in Romania, currently in the pre-project phase. More
NRU Status Report #41
(February 03) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue. The repair team completed its first horizontal weld repair and are preparing the vessel for the next series of horizontal weld repairs. More
NRU Status Report #40
(January 27) AECL reports that the NRU reactor vessel repair activities are currently focused on preparation work in advance of the next series of weld repairs. More
NRU Status Report #39
(January 20) AECL reports that the NRU reactor vessel repair activities are currently focused on preparation work in advance of the next series of weld repairs. More
NRU Status Report #38
(January 13) AECL reports that the NRU reactor vessel repair activities are currently focused on preparation work in advance of the next series of weld repairs that will use horizontal welding machines. More
NRU Status Report #37
(January 06) AECL reports that NRU reactor vessel repair activities continue to progress at the Chalk River Laboratories. More