Technical Program

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Room Location: Starlight

SMR Deployment Considerations

The SMR sessions span the entire conference. They include all aspects of small modular reactor technology, from design to analysis and licensing, as well as planned deployments. Some information about advanced reactor designs is also provided.

No.	Presentation Title	By	Abstract
1	Development of a Waste Management Plan (WMP) for a High Temperature Gas Cooled (HTGC) XE-100 Reactor	Natalija Mirilovic	Download
2	DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE SITING, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF SMALL MODULAR REACTORS	Brent Smith	Download
3	Developing an Integrated Management System	Allison Champion	Download

Room Location: Canadian

The sessions on “Improving Nuclear Safety and Security” deal mainly with improvements in nuclear safety analysis methods or applications. Physical changes are also covered in some papers.

No.	Presentation Title	By	Abstract
1	Addressing Evolving Sector Needs within the CSA Nuclear Standards Program	Vanessa Mitchell	Download
2	Overview of Updates in Recent Edition of CSA N289.1	Ayman Saudy	Download
3	Classification of Safety Events at Nuclear Sites using Large Language Models (LLMs)	Mishca De Costa	Download
4	Evaluating ChatGPT on Nuclear Domain-specific data	Muhammad Anwar	Download

Room Location: Cavalier

Focus on AtkinsRéalis

Co-Chairs: Shaharyar Khan from AtkinsRéalis & Maryam Rezvanian from Queens University

The “Technology and R&D” sessions are the most diverse in the conference. They include newly developed technology for the nuclear industry, as well as ongoing research and development work. There are also two sessions relating to the new CANDU Monark reactor.

No.	Presentation Title	By	Abstract
1	Opening Remarks, Carl Marcotte, EVP of Business Development
2	CANDU MONARK: A Generation III+ CANDU Reactor	Patrick Reid	Download
3	OVERVIEW OF MODELLING OF HYDROGEN ISOTOPES INGRESS AND DIFFUSION IN ROLLED JOINT AREA	Eric Nadeau	Download
4	MODELLING OF INGRESS AND DIFFUSION OF HYDROGEN ISOTOPES IN CANDU FUEL CHANNEL ASSEMBLY	Donald Metzger	Download

Room Location: Starlight

SMR Applications and Research

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	INTEGRATION OF SMRs WITH A POTASH MINE: Associated Considerations, Constraints and Implications	Medhavi Patel
2	SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES TO MAINTAINING BIM TOOL DATA QUALITY IN THE CANADIAN NUCLEAR POWER LANDSCAPE	Madison McCarthy
3	The Role of Research Reactors in Developing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Canada	Arthur Situm

Room Location: Canadian

The sessions on “Improving Nuclear Safety and Security” deal mainly with improvements in nuclear safety analysis methods or applications. Physical changes are also covered in some papers.

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	Clean Energy Materials Sorting and Recycling Research Initiative	Alex Jay
2	Decontamination of Metal from Uranium Lifecycle Facilities	Brian Gihm
3	Human System Integration for SMR Nuclear Security Personnel	Jordan Bray-Miners
4	Management and Cyber Security of Mobile Computer Fleets within Nuclear Facilities	Annyatam Mukhopadhyay

Room Location: Cavalier

Focus on AtkinsRéalis

Co-Chairs: Shaharyar Khan from AtkinsRéalis & Zayaan Khan from McMaster University

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	CANDUAPP DEVELOPED TO AID WITH KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER	Christine Tang
2	The AtkinsRÈalis Virtual CANDU Simulator Software	Alex Clavel
3	VR CONCIERGE TO HELP WITH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION	Christine Tang
4	Discussion Period

Room Location: Top of the Inn

The sessions on “Engagement and Education” explore the field of best practices in communication with stakeholders at all levels to secure their agreement and participation in the siting of nuclear facilities.

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	NUCLEAR IN THE NORTH: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ENGAGING REMOTE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FOR SMR DEVELOPMENT	Madeleine Edwards
2	NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT: MEETING INDIGENOUS PEOPLESí NEEDS AND VALUES ON PROPOSED APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS	Susanne Prince
3	Assessment of Express Emotionally Friendly, Didactical Information Presented on Low Dose Ionizing Radiation and Its Impact in Saskatchewan	Francisco Sahagun
4	The Uncanny Nature of Nuclear Science and Technology	Ian Brown
5	Building supply chain capacity and capability through partnerships with indigenous communities	Mario Pieries

Room Location: East

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	SORPTION MECHANISMS OF SE(-II) ON BIOTITE IN REDUCING CONDITIONS BY DFT SIMULATION	Jieci Yang
2	The Challenges and Barriers to Adopting Nuclear Power as a Sustainable Generation Alternative: Alberta's Electricity Grid	Dylan Chung
3	EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE of HT9 ALLOY STEEL IN NaCl-MgCl2 for GENERATION IV NUCLEAR REACTORS	Monishola Aransiola
4	The Role of Research Reactors in Developing Generation IV Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Canada	Zoe Hoyda
5	Mitigation of Impurity Driven Corrosion in Molten Chloride Salt Cooling Loops - A Review	Zayaan Khan
6	Neutronics Design Optimization of a Sodium Cooled Micro Modular Fast Reactor Using OpenMC	Razia Nushrat
7	PHASE FIELD MODELING OF CORROSION IN MOLTEN SALT REACTORS	Elizabeth Laryea
8	MEASUREMENT OF ENTHALPIES OF REACTION AND IONIZATION CONSTANTS OF BICARBONATE IN LIGHT AND HEAVY WATER AT LOW TEMPERATURES FOR QUANTIFICATION OF THE DEUTERIUM ISOTOPE EFFECT	Brendan Carson
9	Investigation of Pd(II) Sorption onto Montmorillonite in a Saline Environment: a DFT Study	Kefei Liu
10	Nuclear Trigeneration as an Alternative Power Source for the University of Calgary	Haley Cummings
11	Corrosion behaviour of alloy 800 in molten chloride salt at 350 ∞C	Maryam Rezvanian
12	THE KFM METER: A RADIATION DETECTOR THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME	Ricardo Bautista-Garcia
13	HEAT TRANSFER TO SUPERCRITICAL WATER FLOWING THROUGH VERTICAL BARE TUBES	Marcus Cornelius
14	ASSESSING THE CORROSION OF PROTON-IRRADIATED AND COLD-WORKED STAINLESS STEEL 304L IN WATER AT 300∞C VIA IN-SITU RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY	Vindel Ramsundar
15	Corrosion of Cold Sprayed Copper in a Gaseous Hydrogen Sulfide Environment	Benjamin Hackett
16	Specifics of Heat Transfer to Supercritical Water Flowing Upward over a Three Rod Bundle	Mark Wspanialy

Room Location: Starlight

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	The Transition from Siting to Site Evaluation	Sarah Klein Bentley
2	SaskPower's SMR Public Engagement Strategy	Alexis Doyle
3	Sustainability in Impact Assessment	Allison Champion

Room Location: Canadian

Modelling and Computing Operation

The sessions on “Improving Nuclear Safety and Security” deal mainly with improvements in nuclear safety analysis methods or applications. Physical changes are also covered in some papers.

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	A TOOL FOR ARIANT INPUT MODEL CONVERSION INTO NETWORK NODALIZATION DIAGRAM	Zhenhua Cui
2	EXTENDING THE USE OF SPARK CODE TO DEUTERIUM RECOMBINATION REACTIONS FOR USE IN CANADIAN CANDU REACTOR APPLICATIONS	Brodie Moore
3	Nuclear Power Plant Risk Analysis ñ Tritium Removal Facility (TRF) Cryogenic System	Allan Ghaforian
4	Assessing the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Stations Critical Safety Systems During an Extreme Space Weather Event	Christopher Rees

Room Location: Cavalier

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	FEASIBILITY OF AN URBAN HYDROGEN HUB: ENHANCING GRID FLEXIBILITY AND RESILIENCE WITH LOW CARBON PRODUCTION	Abraham Gomez Vidales
2	PREDICTIVE AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL STRATEGY FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN NUCLEAR RENEWABLE-HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS THROUGH LOAD FOLLOWING	Otavio Lopes Alves Esteves
3	Granularity Level Requirements for Multigroup Evaluated Electron Data Library Use In Boltzmann-Fokker-Planck codes: A Bremsstrahlung Case Study	Ahmed Naceur
4	APPLICATION OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES IN PLANTWIDE DIGITAL O&M SOLUTION FOR NPP	Xuye Yin

Room Location: Starlight

SMR Licensing, Qualification, and Strategies

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	Readiness for Licensing ñ Building on the IMSR Vendor Design Review	Robert Ion
2	A Brief Assessment of Regulatory Requirements/Expectations on Consequence-Based Security and Security-By-Design Approaches in Select Regulatory Jurisdictions	Robert Ion
3	QUALIFICATION OF FUEL FOR ADVANCED SMALL MOLUDAR REACTORS: METALLIC FUEL FOR THE GEN IV ARC REACTOR	Maggie Manley
4	The Journey to a Healthy Nuclear Safety Culture	Artem Yeghishyan

Room Location: Canadian

The sessions on “Improving Nuclear Safety and Security” deal mainly with improvements in nuclear safety analysis methods or applications. Physical changes are also covered in some papers.

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	DARLINGTON CONTROL COMPUTERS DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS AS HIGH-FIDELITY DIGITAL TWIN OF THE STATION	Jianping Ma
2	Gaining Reactivity to Extend Operation Hours without Fueling by Derating Reactor Power	Ming Zhang
3	Adjuster absorber rod return back to service in PLNGS	Jaswin Krishnamoorthy
4	Reactor Physics Aspects in Management of a Channel Flow Reduction in Darlington Unit 3 Post Refurbishment	Kat Matheson

Room Location: Cavalier

Decommissioning, Waste and Safety

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	Update on Decommissioning and Nuclear Waste Management Research Collaborative Projects with Canadian Universities	Gong-Xin Xu
2	Recent CANDU Industry R&D in Supporting the Mitigation of the Heat Transport System Aging Effect on CANDU Safety	Wei Shen
3	DEVELOPMENT OF FIELD DEPLOYABLE ALPHA-IN-AIR MONITOR SYSTEM BASED ON RESISTIVE ELECTRODE THICK GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER	Marat Seydaliev
4	Isotopes Production Considerations for New Nuclear Projects	Susie Ho

Room Location: Top of the Inn

Developments in Operations Support

The “Operations” sessions present the latest enhancements in technology and operating practices that can improve the performance of the current reactor fleet.

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	MACHINE LEARNING AND BIG DATA APPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT MONITORING	Shivam Pandey
2	Nuclear Power Plant Outage Power Jumper Planning Aid	Carlos Sanchez
3	A GRADUATED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS TO CANDU FUEL CHANNELS	Brad Denman
4	THE FIRST-IN-A-WHILE CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION IN CANADIAN CANDU REACTOR	Piti Srisukvatananan
5	Replacement of a Legacy Crane in a Hot Cell	Colin Charette

Room Location: Top of the INN

The sessions entitled “Western University Themes” are free-form time provided to Western Canadian universities with an active interest in nuclear. The content is novel and creative, to serve as an introduction to their activities and their role in the nuclear eco-system.

Room Location: Cavalier

Advanced Technologies

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR INTELLIGENT COMPUTATION IN ADVANCED TOKAMAK OPERATIONS	Oreoluwa Ajayi
2	Instrumentation Considerations for Lead Lithium Eutectic Experimental Apparatus	Emma Cavacuiti
3	REVOLUTIONIZING THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY: A DEEP DIVE INTO KINECTRICS' INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES	Sriram Suryanarayan
4	An Approach to Addressing Vibrations in Vertical Water Pumps in NPP	Amman Usmani

Room Location: Starlight

Session Name: Transforming Education and our Minds: Nuclear Waste, Radiation and Zombies

This interactive session will engage attendees in science/ arts (STEAM) education and policy problems in a transformative experience. Policy problems and science topics are complex but interconnected. Many appear disparate and separate including: climate change, net zero, rejection of nuclear energy, nuclear waste, radiation phobia, and apocalyptic narratives (zombies). Nuclear science, astronomy, physics, Education(K-12), Universities, and Industry also separate related science and practice. However, these policy problems have basic science surrounding radiation in common.

This session will involve participants in the creation of a new science future, engaging in a new approach to learning combatting siloed, disciplinary science and policy problems. Learning (K-Post Graduate) about science, nuclear waste, advancing net zero emissions (electrification of everything), and stories of apocalyptic narratives create neuroplasticity and new learning and innovation pathways addressing siloed biases underlying them. Historic stories (and events) have created strong emotions, fear, and confirmation biases surrounding radiation (Atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Fukushima, and fiction including Godzilla, zombies). This session will engage in innovative reimagination advancing new possibity(ies) of Canada’s science and arts (STEAM) education future.

Room Location: Cavalier

The “Fuel” session presents information on exciting new fuel designs, including thorium-based fuel and TRISO fuel, which is critical in some SMR designs.

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	Clean Coreís ANEEL Fuel for PHWRs: A Significant Increase in Burnup and Decrease in Spent Fuel Volume	Paul Chan
2	THE TWO FACES OF URANIUM FUELS: THE IMMINENT DEMISE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY OR ITS EFFECTIVE IMMORTALITY	Peter Ottensmeyer
3	DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF NEUTRON DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR SAFEGUARDS OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUELS	Marat Seydaliev
4	Preparing for Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) in Canada's Nuclear Future	Cathy Thiriet
5	Thermal conductivity of molybdenum and molybdenum-doped U3O8 fuels	Jayangani Ranasinghe

Room Location: Top of the Inn

“Waste and Environment” presentations cover some technical aspects of meeting stakeholder expectations in these important areas.

No.	Presentation Title	By
1	CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF LOW LEVEL WASTE CONTAINERS AT THE LOW LEVEL STORAGE BUILDINGS AT WESTERN WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY	Najah Fajurally
2	Establishing L&ILW Criteria in Canada from Existing International Criteria and Experience	Gabriela Savva
3	APPLICATIONS OF PROBABILISTIC MODELLING FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE	Katie Catlett
4	Considerations on Autonomous Vehicles for the Placement of Used Nuclear Fuel in a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) Within Canada	Miracle Nkemdirim