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CNL Awards of Excellence/Distinguished Merit Award: HEPro installation at Bruce Power

Distinguished Merit Award: HEPro installation at Bruce Power

THE DISTINGUISHED MERIT AWARD IS AWARDED TO:

Guy Leblond, Jacqueline Parco, Craig Stuart, Tyler Chaput, Karen Duffy, Ted Chiasson, Steven McGee, Mark Bernans, Bryon McConnell, Jennifer Shin

For the HEPro installation at Bruce Power

After a period of planning, collaboration and crtitical problem solving, the multiorganization team at the Research and Productivity Council, the University of New Brunswick’s Centre for Nuclear Energy Research, Bruce Power, Russell A. Farrow Limited, and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories successfully installed the HEPro Hydrogen Effusion Probe at Bruce Power Unit 6.

On August 03, 2023, at the first attempt at installation, it was discovered that the outer diameter of the target pipe at Unit 6 was larger than that of all the previous installations at other reactors and the connectors would not fit. Rapidly, the connectors were re-designed and remanufactured in New Brunswick, priorityshipped back to Bruce Power, staff returned to Bruce Power. On August 12, 2023 the second attempt at installation was made quickly and successfully on the first try, with the sealing performance significantly improving the performance requirements, and avoiding the reactor re-start Critical Path by approximately two weeks.

CNL’s staff, the staff at CNL’s sub-contractors (Research and Productivity Council, the University of New Brunswick’s Centre for Nuclear Energy Research), the staff at Bruce Power, and the staff at Bruce Power’s other subcontractors (Sargent & Lundy, Globotech, Russel A. Farrow Limited), through collaboration and hardwork delivered on the task safely, accurately and in great time, exceeding the client’s expectations.