CANDU-6 Services
We support all stages of the CANDU-6 lifecycle, from regulatory support during a new build, through to operations, asset management, and decommissioning.
Our Global Team
International
Shahrokh Zangeneh
Chief Commercial Officer, InternationalCANDU-6 Services
CANDU-6 is a Canadian-designed nuclear reactor known for its efficiency in generating electricity using natural uranium as fuel, and heavy water as both a coolant and a moderator. CANDU-6 stands for Canadian Deuterium Uranium-6, a specific model within the CANDU series of nuclear reactors. Currently,
there are 11 operational CANDU-6 reactors spanning across five countries: Argentina, Canada,
China, Romania, and South Korea. CANDU-6 offers unique features such as online refueling, load following, and a robust safety design, making it a reliable choice for clean energy generation.
Over the past 20+ years, Kinectrics has become a global leader in providing CANDU-6 services, proudly supporting Canada's Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station (NGS), South Korea's Wolsong NGS, and Romania's Cernavodă NGS. The similarities between CANDU and CANDU-6 technology have enabled Kinectrics to leverage our long history of providing CANDU nuclear solutions to proactively support the CANDU-6 fleet.
Kinectrics’ offers one of the largest pools of knowledgeable staff that have decades of experience supporting the nuclear lifecycle, from initial design right through to decommissioning. Our diverse team of nuclear experts, specialized facilities, and global offices enable us to deliver integrated solutions that support all stages of the CANDU-6 lifecycle.
Why Our CANDU-6 Services?
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Industry Leading Expertise
Kinectrics supports a variety of regulatory committees for the nuclear energy industry and helps to define the requirements used within each stage of the electricity lifecycle.
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Quick Turnaround
We are a nimble company that works efficiently and regularly supports emergent requests from clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Our People & Facilities
Our team of experts has significant nuclear design experience to support modifications, maintenance, and inspections. We have over 400,000 square feet of CNSC-approved and licensed specialized facilities.
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Local & Global Presence
To help leverage our expertise, we have established local offices near Point Lepreau and Cernavodă NGS. This global presence strengthens our leadership in the field, making it easier to collaborate with our clients around the world.
Our Candu-6 Technical Abilities
Operations & Outages
Our team has decades of experience supporting operating stations, delivering fully developed outage processes to provide predictable performance and reliability for safe, continued operation. Our team offers:
- Operational training and procedures
- Operational nuclear safety and reactor physics support
- Systems engineering support
- Outage planning, management and execution support
Asset Management & Maintenance
Knowing when to inspect, intervene, maintain, and refurbish or replace components is vital for NGS operation. We offer innovative solutions to optimize inspections and minimize maintenance, while ensuring safe, cost-effective and reliable operations that will maximize the life of CANDU-6 stations. Our expertise includes:
- Fuel channel inspection, integral to a suite of outage services, encompassing steam generator and feeder inspections, fuel monitoring, and tailored maintenance
- Innovative solutions to optimize inspection and minimize maintenance
- Multi-disciplinary teams that work collaboratively, with extensive experience in configuration management and component replacement
Modification & Improvements
We cover the full spectrum from initial licensing & design, inspecting equipment to assess its fitness-for-service and its useful life, all the way to installation, commissioning and ongoing maintenance services:
- Decontamination & refurbishment, supported by comprehensive radiation protection, specialized facilities, and sanctioned waste disposal to prevent contamination
- In-house process, design, fabrication, testing and regulatory approval management
- Holistic outcomes to ensure compliant, efficient refurbishment services for optimal results
Decommissioning & Waste Management
We work with our clients to deliver solutions across the Decommissioning & Waste Management project life cycle from concept to site end-state, drawing on the integrated capability and experience of our people, processes, technology, nuclear licensed laboratories and large-scale facilities. Our team provides:
- Sustainable material management, ensuring that end-of-life materials are managed safely and cost-effectively
- Experience and technology to support the entire project lifecycle, from planning to site restoration
- Comprehensive solutions for tritium and heavy water, from problem-solving to equipment design and isotope management
New Build
We offer a wide range of services to support the next generation of new CANDU-6 facilities. From the initial planning through siting and licensing applications, to detailed site-specific design, nuclear equipment qualification and testing, construction, commissioning, as well as transitioning to and enhancing operations. Our team provides value added services such as:
- Strategic partnerships with utilities and technology developers
- Ability to custom design and build facilities for testing new systems
- Local and global deployment assistance
- Experienced owner's engineers
Kinectrics Quality Assurance Program
Kinectrics’ Quality Assurance Program is regularly audited by organizations such as CANPAC, NUPIC, NIAC, and the TSSA as part of the routine auditing cycles established by the nuclear industry, as well as audited directly by nuclear and non-nuclear customers, and is assessed by regulators. The Kinectrics Quality Assurance Program has consistently been assessed as compliant with the requirements of these standards.
The Kinectrics QMS complies with the applicable aspects of CSA N285.0-08 for design. For the conduct of engineering analysis services, the Kinectrics QMS complies with the applicable aspects of ASME B&PV Section III NCA-4000.
Kinectrics’ also holds several Certificates of Authorization from the Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA) for pressure boundary work, including CSA B51 design registration, and CSA N285 construction, repair, and modification of fittings; construction of supports; construction of vessels, pumps, line valves, and piping systems; and material supply.
Kinectrics’ Quality Assurance Program is registered as complying with ISO 9001, and maintains laboratory accreditation to ISO 17025 for chemical, electrical, and mechanical testing.
Our Proven Experience
Quality Assurance & Technical Standards
- ASME NQA-1 (2008)
- Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications
- ASME Section III
- NCA 3800-2017 and NCA-4000-2017
- CAN3 Z299.1-85 (2006)
- Quality Assurance Program – Category 1
- CSA B51-14
- Boiler, Pressure Vessel, & Pressure Piping Code
- CSA N285.0-17
- General Requirements for Pressure Retaining Components for CANDU Stations
- CSA N286-12
- Management System Requirements for Nuclear Facilities
- CSA N286.7-16 (2021)
- Quality Assurance of Analytical, Scientific and Design Computer Programs
- CSA N299.1
- Quality Assurance Program Requirements for the Supply of Items and Services for nuclear power plants, Category 1
- ISO 17025
- Testing & Calibration Laboratories
- ISO 9001:2015 (2015)
- Quality management systems
Key Clients
Let's Work Together
Whether it’s about our world-renowned team, our laboratories, or our lifecycle management solutions, we’re happy to answer any questions you might have.