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Enhancing the Power Plant Reliability in the UK

Operators of nuclear power plants use stress data from the CNBC to ensure safe, reliable and economic operations.
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Posted by CINS / March 1, 2016 / Tagged with Clean energy, Clean energy production, Energy, Impact, Nuclear / Posted in Research Stories

Neutron Beams Inform Lawsuit Following Gas Explosion

The CNBC data provided strong evidence that the pipe was likely subjected to tension over time while in service, and that the fracture was not due to faulty pipe.
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Posted by CINS / December 1, 2015 / Tagged with Energy, Impact, Oil & gas / Posted in Research Stories

Water Uptake and Swelling in Fuel Cell Membranes

Researchers from universities access the CNBC to obtain fundamental insights into materials used for clean energy technologies.
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Posted by CINS / November 1, 2015 / Tagged with Clean energy, Clean energy technology, Energy, Energy Storage, Fuel cells / Posted in Research Stories

Predicting the Reliability of Turbines for Hydro Power

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 →

Posted by CINS / July 1, 2015 / Tagged with Clean energy, Clean energy production, Energy, hydro, Impact / Posted in Research Stories

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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Posted by CINS / February 1, 2015 / Tagged with Clean energy, Clean energy production, Energy, Impact, Nuclear / Posted in Research Stories

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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Posted by CINS / September 1, 2014 / Tagged with Energy, Oil & gas / Posted in Research Stories

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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Posted by CINS / March 1, 2014 / Tagged with Clean energy, Clean energy production, Energy, Impact, Nuclear / Posted in Research Stories

Understanding How Metals Degrade

Researchers from Western University accessed the CNBC to generate knowledge for safe storage of nuclear waste.
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Posted by CINS / February 1, 2014 / Tagged with Energy, Nuclear / Posted in Research Stories

Boosting Reliability for Natural Gas Extraction

Stress data from the CNBC are helping Schlumberger develop more reliable fluid ends. Replacing fluid ends is a multi-million dollar expense for the fracking industry. 
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Posted by CINS / November 1, 2013 / Tagged with Energy, Oil & gas / Posted in Research Stories
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