Hydro-Québec is using stress data from the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC) to improve electricity generation from hydroelectric dams. Continue reading Predicting the Reliability of Turbines for Hydro Power
A Decade of Feeder Studies for Canadian Nuclear Power
Canada’s fleet of nuclear power plants have realized impacts worth hundreds of millions from research supported by a decade of stress measurements using neutron beams to ensure their safe, reliable and economic operations.
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Generating knowledge to extend the life of submarines
Generating unique knowledge about aging of submarine fleets has helped Canada cooperate with its allies, leveraging their knowledge in return.
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Enhancing Safety of Oil and Gas Pipelines
Stress data obtained at the CNBC will be useful to the industry in making hundred thousand-dollar decisions about how to manage pipelines that have sustained mechanical damage, for example, as a result of a backhoe digging in the wrong place.
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Assisting Rail Accident Investigation
The CNBC to applied its world-class scientific tools to help the Transportation Safety Board understand the underlying reasons for rail failures.
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Fighting corrosion on submarine hulls
Stress data from the CNBC helped Canada leverage closer research collaboration with allies.
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Managing the Aging of Nuclear Power Stations in Japan
Stress data obtained at the CNBC contributed to a guide that is used by nuclear operators in Japan to inform decisions about expensive replacements of in-core components that may be susceptible to cracking.
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Understanding How Metals Degrade
Researchers from Western University accessed the CNBC to generate knowledge for safe storage of nuclear waste.
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Commercialising Energy-Saving Technology for Paper Manufacturers
MEEIR Technologie Inc. is seeking to commercialise energy-saving technology following research that accessed the CNBC.
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Building More Reliable Models of Materials
Research sponsored by U.S. Office of Naval Research used world-leading capability at the CNBC to observe stresses while applying tension or compression in two directions. These stress measurements provide vital data to improve material modelling capabilities.
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