WELCOME []˜˚˛˚˝˙ˆˇ˘ ˘ ˚ˆ ˛˘˜˚˛ ˙ˆ˚˘ ˝ˆ SLO ecommiionin 2016.10.06 Board-1 of 11 WELCOME SLOWPOKE REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING OCTOBER 6,

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.


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.


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


• 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


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.


• 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?


• 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


• 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.


FUTURE OF DENTISTRY / PHARMACYFully renewed facility for administrative and student use.


• 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

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