Distinguished Merit Award: HEPro installation at Bruce Power
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.