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Research & Collections Resource Facility 2016.10.06 Board-1 of 11SLOWPOKE Decommissioning
WELCOME SLOWPOKE REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGOCTOBER 6, 2016 • 4:00 TO 7:00 PM
University of Alberta representatives are on hand to answer your questions.Please fill out the evaluation form.
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WHY ARE WE HERE?
• To have an opportunity to meet with University of Alberta representatives and ask questions about the SLOWPOKE decommissioning process.
• To gain a better understanding of why the university is proceeding with the decommissioning of SLOWPOKE.
• To learn more about the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) regulatory requirements.
• To answer questions from the public.
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SLOWPOKE LOCATION
ECV9
HUB
KelseyHall
ProjectOffice
ChemicalMaterials
Engineering
FacultyClub
Students ʼUnion Bldg
(SUB)
HendayHall
EarthSciences
AnnexElectrical &Computer
EngineeringResearch
Facility(ECERF)
OldSt. Stephenʼs
College
SouthAcademic
Bldg(SAB)
St. Joseph's College (SJC)
VarsityField
East
NaturalResourcesEngineering
Facility,Markin/CNRL
(NREF)
RCMS
GeneralServicesBuilding(GSB)
HUB
AthabascaHall
NorthPowerPlant
Centennial Centrefor Interdisciplinary
Science (CCIS)
Agriculture/ForestryCentre
East PublicParkade
West
ToryBuilding
ThermalEnergyStorageSystem
11006
TriffoHall
Arts &Convocation
Hall
RingHouse
1
HumanEcology
Bldg
BARBEmily
MurphyHouse
UniversityHall
ToryLectureTheatres
NationalInstitute for
Nanotechnology(NINT)
ListerCentre
EarthSciencesBuilding
AssiniboiaHall
West
UniversityLRT
Station
EducationCar Park
SpeedwellHouse
CanadianBlood
Services
HeatingPlant
WindsorCarPark
UniversiadePavilion
(Butterdome)
KayeEdmonton
ClinicParkade
Van VlietComplex
(VVC)
RutherfordLibraryNorth
RingHouse
3
11009
CCISPhase 1
ZeidlerLedcorCentre
MedicalSciencesBuilding(MSB)
JubileeCar Park
Dentistry/Pharmacy
Centre
East
AdministrationBuilding
CameronLibrary
Clare DrakeIce Area
MaterialsManagement
HealthSciences
LRT Station
HumanitiesCentre
11033
NorthernAlbertaJubilee
Auditorium
EducationCentreSouth
RockcressHouse
NORTHSASKATCHEWAN
RIVER
82 (WHYTE)AVE
PhillipsServicesBuilding
NorthLecture
Theatres
RingHouse
4
St.StephenʼsCollege
CrossCancerInstitute
JuniperHouse
MackenzieHall
TimmsCentrefor theArts
AlumniHouse
AberhartCentre
EdmontonClinicHealth
Academy(ECHA)
CoolingPlant onCampus(CPOC)
SchäfferHall
Fine Arts(FAB)
BiologicalSciences
11032
RingHouse
2
ComputingScienceCentre
School ofBusiness
11007
Walter C. MackenzieHealth Sciences
Centre(University of
Alberta Hospital)
Li Ka ShingCentre
for HealthResearchInnovation
West StaffParkade
HUB
Heritage MedicalResearch Centre
(HMRC)
11050
CorbettHall
StolleryChildren ʼsHospital
InternationalHouse
IceRink
CentralAcademic
Bldg(CAB)
ClinicalSciences
Bldg(CSB)
University of AlbertaForest Reserve
SouthfieldCarPark
TELUSInternational
Centre
ChildcareCentre
UniversityTerrace
NewtonPlace
11049
KayeEdmonton
Clinic
11045
11029
StonecropHouse
CoolingPlant
11019
BelcourtBrouseau
House
ResearchTransition
Facility
Katz GroupCentre
for Pharmacy &Health
Research(KATZ)
11026
OutpatientResidence
PinecrestHouse
11004
NANUC
MazankowskiAlberta Heart
Institute
LindenHouse
83 AVE
11003
11034
SJCWomenʼs
Residence
11054
AspenHouse
MapleHouse
11005
DonadeoInnovation Centre
for Engineering
1104311023
87 AVE
90 AVE
89 AVE
110
ST
87 AVE
86 AVE
83 AVE
114
ST
92 AVE
84AVE
SASKATCHEWAN DR
SASKATCHEWAN DR
111
ST
114
ST
112
ST
82 (WHYTE) AVE
116
ST
117
ST
91 AVE
84 AVE
85 AVE
110
ST
116
ST
117
ST
UNIVERSITY AVE
89 AVE
112
ST
UNIVERSITY AVE
111
ST
117
ST
83 AVE
112
ST
SASKATCHEWAN DR
114
ST
114
ST
116
ST
111
ST
116
ST
PAWCentre
PembinaHall
IndustrialDesignStudio
StadiumCar Park
EngineeringTeaching &
LearningComplex(ETLC)
11044
LawCentre
EducationCentreNorth
RutherfordHouse
MechanicalEngineering
Bldg
MorrisonStructural
EngineeringLab
Gunning /Lemieux
ChemistryCentre
EDINBORO RD
1103611032
11019
11015 11009
1105411046 11024
11036 11018
8716
8804
8801
11047
87 AVE
89AVE
11015
TamarckHouse
11020
RutherfordLibrarySouth
East CampusVillage
East CampusVillage
AlderHouse
11031
11024
UniversityLRT
Station
UniversityLRT
Station
SouthField
11011
11016 11008
11029 11011
1103511039
City of Edmonton
University of Alberta
Provincial Government
Building Under Construction
Alberta Health Services
Others
LEGEND
Construction Area
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• In 1977 the University of Alberta opened the doors on its newly commissioned SLOWPOKE (Safe LOW POwer Kritical Experiment) Nuclear Reactor Facility - the fourth SLOWPOKE II research reactor installed on a Canadian university campus at the time - located on the North campus. The reactor was designed, built and installed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and was commissioned on April 22, 1977.
• Since that time the reactor has been used as a source of neutrons for radionuclide production and elemental analysis via neutron activation analysis (NAA), in support of research and teaching at the university and as a service to industry and government.
• SLOWPOKE is licensed to operate at 20 kW, and generates less heat than that produced by the furnace of a small Alberta house. Much of the work done with the reactor is performed at one-tenth full power, or 2 kW, less than that needed to simultaneously operate an electric kettle and toaster.
THE HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF SLOWPOKE
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HOW HAS THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA / COMMUNITY BENEFITTED FROM THE SLOWPOKE?
• 90,000 samples have been irradiated
in the SLOWPOKE reactor in support of research, teaching and industry.
• Using the very sensitive analytical technique Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) SLOWPOKE has been used to perform non-destructive, multi-elemental analyses of an extremely broad range of materials (e.g., rocks, soils, meteorites, archaeological artifacts, metals, glasses, hair, bone, blood, urine, catalysts, polymers, food, oils, brines, etc.) for research and industrial purposes.
• SLOWPOKE has been used to produce short-lived radioactive tracers for labeling pharmaceuticals and tumor diagnostic agents and for industry to trace and optimize industrial processes, particularly those associated with the upgrading and refining of bitumen and crude oil, for example.
• Radionuclides from SLOWPOKE have been used by researchers at the Cross Cancer Institute in the development of several drugs presently used in both the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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• SLOWPOKE has provided radionuclides for a variety of teaching courses at the University of Alberta in both the undergraduate and graduate programs as well as for an international training course operated through the Department of Oncology and sanctioned by the Canadian Association of Radiopharmaceutical Scientists.
• The reactor has been utilized in scores of doctorate and master’s degree theses and in hundreds of scholarly papers published utilizing analyses or radionuclides generated using the reactor.
• The SLOWPOKE Facility has been used extensively for educational and instructional purposes through formal university courses and through visits to the facility, which involve orientation lectures and demonstrations
• Over 3500 visitors have toured the facility in the past 25 years as part of university undergraduates and graduates classes, Physics-30 high school classes (from schools as far away as Drayton Valley, Calmar, and Wetaskiwin), City of Edmonton HAZMAT training, for example, where students learn about radioactivity, its peaceful uses, nuclear power, etc.
HOW HAS THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA / COMMUNITY BENEFITTED FROM THE SLOWPOKE?
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• Canada does not enrich uranium to fuel its nuclear reactors. Consequently, the SLOWPOKE fuel was enriched by the United States. To avoid unknown additional disposal costs the university must return its used SLOWPOKE fuel to the US–Department of Energy (US-DOE) prior to May, 2019.
• Cost for decommissioning services has been significantly increasing.
• A renewal program for the Dentistry / Pharmacy building has been put in place.
• The premium to the renewal program for retention of SLOWPOKE has been identified at approximately $7M.
WHY SLOWPOKE IS BEING DECOMMISSIONED
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• The decommissioning is under strict regulatory control and approval through the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).
• A University of Alberta working group has been established and is working closely with the CNSC on all aspects of the decommissioning.
• The process consists of 22 separate planning documents / work programs that are submitted for approval by the CNSC.
• Prior to granting the decommissioning license each work program has to be approved by the CNSC.
• A formal presentation by the university to the CNSC Commission members is required as part of the licensing process.
• Monitoring of the site activities by the CNSC will be an on-going activity.
REGULATORY APPROVALS
TIMELINE
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
SLOKEPOKE-2 DECOMMISSIONING
Preparation of aProject Implementation
Plan, issued 2014 by public RFP and
completed byCandu Energy Inc.
in Feb 2015.
Oct 6, 2016 PUBLIC
INFORMATIONMEETING
Oct 6 toOct 20, 2016Online surveyavailable, visitwww.uab.ca/community
Sep 13, 2013University of Alberta officially notifies the CNSC of its decision to decommission SLOWPOKE
Public RFP forselection ofthird partydecommissioning vendorSep 2015.
CanduEnergy Inc.selectedMar 2016.
Anticipatedapproval ofdecommissioning licence springof 2017.
Site work summerto early fall of 2017.
Return of reactor core to US fall of 2017 / Spring 2018.
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FUTURE OF DENTISTRY / PHARMACYFully renewed facility for administrative and student use.
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• Please submit your completed evaluations and comments in the box provided.
• Your comments are an important part of the CNSC Public Information Disclosure Program (PIDP) regarding the decommissioning and will be part of the material assessed by the CNSC in the licensing process. Information about the PIDP can be found at www.uab.ca/slowpoke.
• Should you have comments/questions to submit after the public information meeting, please visit: www.uab.ca/community
• The University of Alberta will receive comments until October 20, 2016.
THANK YOU FOR COMING