AECL/EACL - Returning the NRU to Service

Latest Operations Update from Bill Pilkington

AECL’s Senior Vice-President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Bill Pilkington, outlines the complex process involved in conducting the weld repairs on the NRU reactor vessel. (February 10, 2010)

Mr. Pilkington explains in greater detail the stress analysis performed upon completion of each weld, including laser profilometry, a process whereby a laser beam is used to measure the stress incurred by the reactor vessel during the repair. With the repairs fully underway, he also informs viewers that AECL is working in parallel to upgrade other parts of the reactor and how the process has begun to reassemble the reactor vessel in those areas where repairs have been completed.