CANDU Technology & Safety Course 2025
March 24, 2025 – March 26, 2025
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Registration
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The registration fees, as shown below, includes 13% HST (HST # 870488889RT)
Early-Bird Rate
(If register by 2025 February 7)
- CNS Member: $1350.00 [Must be a CNS member in good standing]
- Non-CNS Member: $1430.00
- Non-CNS Member: $1430.00
Regular Rate
(If register after 2025 February 7)
- CNS Member: $1450.00 [Must be a CNS member in good standing]
- Non-CNS Member: $1530.00
- Full-time student (CNS member) or CNS retiree member: $640.00
Register early to avoid disappointment. Registration will be closed if course capacity is reached. The ultimate deadline for registering is 2025 March 7. Cancellation is non-refundable after 2025 March 7.
For registration information, please communicate with: CNS Office Toronto, ON Tel: 416-977-7620 e-mail: cns_office@cns-snc.ca
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
A very special room rate per night of $219 + Tax is available at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto, but to receive this special rate you must book by 2025 March 4. Click here (if clicking does not work, please try copying the link directly to your browser), or call 1-800-847-5075 and request the CNS Course Group Booking. Book early to avoid disappointment!.
Course Overview
This CNS course will present an extensive overview of the important disciplines in CANDU reactor technology and safety. The course provides an introduction to the basic design, technology, and operation of nuclear reactors. It will also present the major systems in a nuclear plant, as well as the important CANDU reactor safety principles and systems. How to prepare and execute safety analysis to meet licensing demands will also be discussed.
The CNS is presenting this course to enhance the professional and technical capabilities of its members (and non-members) working in, or interested in, the nuclear industry. The course is ideally suited for beginning professionals, but also beneficial to experienced professionals. Come broaden your nuclear knowledge beyond your specific area of work and your own area of expertise.
This course is eligible for Continuing Education Units in the context of the Engineering Institute of Canada Continuing Education program.
Continental breakfast, buffet lunch, and coffee breaks are provided each day. There will also be a banquet on the second evening of the course, with an after-dinner speech highlighting a timely topic in the Canadian Nuclear industry.
Tentative topics to be covered in the course:
- CANDU Design
- Reactor-Physics Fundamentals
- Fuel Fundamentals
- Thermalhydraulics Fundamentals
- Nuclear Steam Supply System
- Fuel & Fuel-Channel Safety
- Analysis and Trip Coverage
- Instrument and Control
- Balance of Plant
- CANDU Safety Design
- Experiments and Computer Codes
Objectives of the course
- To provide an introduction to CANDU technology and reactor safety
- To present safety-analysis principles
- To provide an overview of the major CANDU systems
- To foster nuclear safety culture
- To network with colleagues in the industry
Lecturers
Guest Speakers
To be determined