CNS CANDU Fuel Technology Course 2025
January 27, 2025 – January 29, 2025
COURSE VENUE
Holiday Inn Downtown, Toronto
30 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E9
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Since the last edition, the Organizing Committee has significantly updated the upcoming course with the following outcomes:
- Reflect recent evolutions in our industry, products, and technology.
- Better explain the relatively more important aspects of the underlying technology; and
- Better harmonize and integrate the contents of the lectures/course.
COURSE OVERVIEW
The aim of this 3-day CNS course is to provide an understanding of CANDU fuel design and its key interfacing disciplines, e.g.: nuclear physics of operation, thermal-hydraulic performance, and fuel handling. The course will also include overviews of fuel safety, disposal of spent fuel, continuous improvements, research and development, SMR fuels, and advanced fuels & cycles.
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 and will also be of interest to experienced professionals including fuel designers, manufacturers, station operators, fuel channel and fuel handling system designers, safety analysts, and performance and inspection staff. We invite you to broaden your nuclear knowledge beyond your specific area of work and your own area of expertise.
COURSE TOPICS
Some of the topics to be covered in the CANDU Fuel Technology Course:
- Fuel Design
- Fuel Testing
- Fuel Manufacture
- Fuel Operations
- Fuel Performance
- Fuel Physics
- Coolant Chemistry
- Thermal-Hydraulics
- Fuel Safety
- Spent Fuel Management
- Accident Management
- Continuous Improvement / R&D
- Advanced Fuel Cycles
- SMR Fuels
COURSE PROGRAM
The 3-day program is scheduled to run from 8 AM to 5 PM daily. Continental breakfast, buffet lunch, and coffee breaks are provided each day. There will also be an evening banquet, including an after-dinner talk highlighting a timely topic in the Canadian Nuclear industry from an invited guest speaker.
COURSE BROCHURE
The course brochure is available here.
REGISTRATION
Note: All fees in CAN$
Note: To register as a CNS member, your membership must be in good standing at the time of registration). All prices include HST (#870488889RT).
Registration includes the banquet dinner and talk (location will be announced later). If you would like to bring a guest to the dinner, please request an additional ticket at a nominal price of $80 through the link above.
VENUE AND ACCOMODATIONS
The course will take place at the Holiday Inn Downtown, Toronto, 30 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E9.
A courtesy guest room block at a special room rate of $229 + applicable taxes per night is available from Sunday, i.e. January 26-28, 2025. To receive this special rate you must book by Friday, January 3, 2025; click at Canadian Nuclear Society – Fuel Division to book early to avoid disappointment! Or call Holiday Inn Central Reservations at 1-855-914-9610 to advise name, arrival and departure date and request the CNS Fuel Division Group Booking.
Please note this link will work only for the dates requested (January 26th to 28th). The link will work until January 3rd, 2025
CONTACT US
For further details and guideline please refer to the Course Brochure OR Contact Course Organizers:
| Mukesh Tayal Chair, Fuel Technology Division Canadian Nuclear Society Cell: (905) 467-5842 E-Mail: tayal2000@gmail.com | Raheel Hameed Co-Chair, Fuel Technology Division Canadian Nuclear Society Cell: (905) 924-5333 E-Mail: raheel_hameed@cameco.com |
