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Dark Days at PickeringDark Days at Pickering
Restarting Pickering Nuclear after Blackout 2003
Presenter: Tracey Lui
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Pickering Nuclear Power StationLocation: Pickering, Ontario
-consists 8 CANDU reactors (Canadian-Deuterium-Uranium)
-Pickering A consists of Units 1-4, maximum power 515 MW
-Pickering B consists of Units 5-8, maximum power 516 MW
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How is electricity produced?How is electricity produced?
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What can trip a reactor?What can trip a reactor?PARAMETER EXAMPLE
High Neutron Power Loss of Reactivity control, LOCA
High Coolant Pressure LOCA from low power
High Building Pressure LOCA, steam line break
Low Pressurizer level Small LOCA
Low steam generator Steam and feedwaterline breaks
Low steam generator pressure
Steam line break
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Energy situation in OntarioEnergy situation in Ontario
At the time of the Blackout, Ontario demanded over 24000 MW of electricity.
Nuclear
Other Oil & Gas
Coal
Hydro-electric
40%
23%22%
14%
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What happened August 14What happened August 14thth??
4:10 Eastern Standard Time- In Northeastern Ohio failure of several transmission lines and tripping of generators
4:10:38 pm-Main transmission line in that area failed
4:11:00 pm- Pickering Nuclear Station Shutdown
4:13:00 pm- cascading sequence complete
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Area effected 2400 sq. km
Number of People effected: 50 million
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What did this do to Pickering?What did this do to Pickering?
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Safety Systems at PickeringSafety Systems at Pickering
Four safety systems available in Pickering UnitsShutdown System 1- solid shut off rods are inserted into reactorShutdown System 2- liquid “poison” injected in moderatorEmergency Coolant Injection System- supplies coolant to all reactor headers Containment System- uses pressure to keep contaminates inside building in case of an accident
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Shutdown System 1 (SDS1)Shutdown System 1 (SDS1)
Cadmium rodsAbsorbs neutrons and terminates powerFull insertion takes less then 2 seconds
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Shutdown System 2 (SDS2)Shutdown System 2 (SDS2)
Uses high density neutron absorbing isotopesGadolinium nitrateLess then 2 seconds to stop power production
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Restarting Reactor after GSSRestarting Reactor after GSS
Boron is dissolved into the moderator water for long term controlDump valves are resetModerator water is pumped into the calandriaBoron and other poisons are removed through ion exchange system until the reactor is criticalTotal time= 40 hours
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Equipment ProblemsEquipment Problems
Loss of Emergency Coolant Injection SystemBackup system delayed because of faulty pumpsNot enough standby electrical generating power
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Darlington and Bruce stationsDarlington and Bruce stations
-have condenser steam discharge valves
-transfers 100% steam flow, bypassing turbines
-able to keep the reactor working at 60% or more
-no major equipment problems
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Effect on Radiation Protection Effect on Radiation Protection DepartmentDepartment
Availability of detection instruments Monitoring all exiting personnel for contaminationEnsure that Health Physicist available at Site Emergency CenterProvide adequate staffing for 24 hour service
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SummarySummary
02468
101214
Number of Days
following blackout
4 5 6 7 8
Unit
Restart of Pickering Units
Still out of service
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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
Robin Manley, RHP Pickering NuclearDr. Bill Garland, McMaster UniversityEnoch Tung, Tech Support ☺
Recommended Sitehttp://canteach.candu.org