For decades, CNL has been standing ready to sustain reliable and affordable nuclear reactors. We support utilities, their suppliers, and industry research organizations by providing extensive research areas through:
- Operations and maintenance practices that improve reactor operations and respond to emergent issues;
- Life extension initiatives that enable long-term operations; and
- Innovation that develops technologies to support reactor modernization and efficiencies
Quality Assurance
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories maintains a robust management system and quality program in compliance with national and international nuclear standards such as ISO 9001, CSA N286, CSA Z299/N299and ASME NQA-1.
Aging Management including Post Irradiation Examination
Delivering the nuclear promise for the future generations
- Full post irradiation examination (PIE) services and facilities
- Shipping, receiving, and disposal of irradiated materials
- Modeling and characterization
Fuel Characterization
Get the full picture
- Full fuel PIE services and facilities, including conventional and accident tolerant fuel
- Shipping, receiving, and disposal of fuel and irradiated materials
- Modeling and characterization for long-term fuel storage
Chemistry Control, Monitoring and Optimization
A whole system view of plant chemistry
- Plant chemistry support and consulting
- Laboratory services
- Component and steam generator corrosion expertise
Operational Support and Failure Response
Effective, timely support for reactor components
- Full post-irradiation examination (PIE) services and facilities for large and small highly contaminated components
- Examination and decontamination of large contaminated components in outage critical path
- Expertise and consulting services in seals, valves, cables, and steam generator condition monitoring and operations
Specialized Inspection & Maintenance Tooling
Reducing worker dose, overtime hours, and risk
- Development, qualification of custom tooling & robotics for unique tasks
- Development, qualification of custom inspection & monitoring techniques
