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Technical Papers, Presentations and Articles

Experts at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are often requested to present technical papers and presentations about the nuclear industry at conferences, seminars, technical meetings and workshops in Canada and around the world.  Also, these experts write technical articles that are published in various journals.

Below is a listing of abstracts for published papers, presentations and journal articles. 

To obtain a copy of the document that is related to an abstract, please contact us at info@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca or call 613-995-5894 or 1-800-668-5284 (in Canada). When contacting us, please provide the title and date of the abstract.

2011

Subject:

Tritium Studies Project: Health Effects of Tritium

Presented at:

Tritium Seminar between the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the University of Ottawa and the Institut de Radioprotection et Sûreté Nucléaire

Date: November 16, 2011
Location: Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Prepared by:

Pascale Reinhardt
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Technical Presentation

 

Subject: Tritium releases from Canadian nuclear facilities – synthesis and associated controls
Presented at:

Tritium Seminar between the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the University of Ottawa and the Institut de Radioprotection et Sûreté Nucléaire

Date: November 16, 2011
Location: Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Prepared by:

Dr. Steve Mihok
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Technical Presentation

 

Subject:

Transfers studies in terrestrial ecosystems

Presented at: Tritium Seminar between the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the University of Ottawa and the Institut de Radioprotection et Sûreté Nucléaire
Date: November 16, 2011
Location: Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Prepared by:

Dr. Steve Mihok
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Technical Presentation

 

Subject:

Use of a weight of evidence approach to determine the likelihood of adverse effects on human health from the presence of uranium facilities in Port Hope, Ontario

Presented at:

Journal of Environmental Protection Vol.2 No.9, November 2011

Date: November 4, 2011
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing
Prepared by:

Patsy Thompson Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Peer-reviewed journal article

 

Subject: Safety margins in deterministic safety analysis
Presented at: The 32nd Annual CNS Conference
Date: June 5-8, 2011
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Prepared by:

A. Viktorov
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Technical Paper

 

Subject: Evolution of Canadian Reliability Requirements in a Risk-Informed Environment
Presented at: American Nuclear Society- PSA 2011
Date: March 13-17, 2011
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Prepared by:

Chantal Morin, P. Eng.
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Technical Paper

 

Subject: Projecting Regulatory Expectations for Advanced Reactor Designs
Presented at: The 5th International Symposium on Supercritical-Water-Cooled-Reactors (ISSCWR-5)
Date: March 13-16, 2011
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Prepared by:

A. Viktorov
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Technical Paper

 

Subject: Uranium Toxicity to Fish
Presented in: Fish Physiology Volume 31b: Homeostasis and Toxicology of non-essential metals, Editors: C.M.Wood, A.P. Farrell & C.J. Brauner
Date: August 8, 2011
Location: Academic Press, Elsevier
Prepared by:

Richard R. Goulet Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Peer-reviewed journal article

 

Subject: Minimum Staff Complement: Safety in Numbers
Presented at: Canadian Nuclear Society Conference
Date: June 7, 2011
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Prepared by:

Suzanne Dolecki and Helen McRobbie
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

Type: Technical Presentation