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Education and training to support Canadian nuclear workforce development
Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
Grégory Perret, Ivor David Clifford, Diego Mora Mendez
Nuclear Technology | Volume 211 | Number 12 | December 2025 | Pages 2929-2946
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2025.2521590
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Pressurized thermal shock following a loss-of-coolant accidental scenario has been recognized as a safety concern for the integrity of the reactor pressure vessel since the 1980s. In the context of the recent APAL (Advanced PTS Analysis for LTO) European project, the safety analysis, including coupled thermal hydraulics (TH) and fracture mechanics analyses, has been upgraded to include uncertainty quantification. This paper presents the results obtained by the Paul Scherrer Institute in which the TRACE and FAVOR codes were used. TH uncertainties were estimated and propagated in one-dimensional fracture mechanics models to yield a 95%/95% lower tolerance bound for the maximum allowable adjusted reference temperature. The results are compared for several scenarios (fracture type, fracture criteria, with and without residual stresses) with a conservative base case and a best-estimate case. A sensitivity analysis finally helped determine the most relevant TH uncertain parameters.