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Robert,
Cdn-Nuc-L Admin.
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Dear Friend,
Re:- A Book to Greatly Increase the Public's Understanding and
Acceptance of Nuclear Power
You may already be aware of Roger Steed's having written a
fully illustrated book, Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond. Having been
in the nuclear industry since 1969, Roger retired almost three years ago
from NB Power's Point Lepreau Generating Station, where he then was the
technical supervisor, nuclear materials management. I have known him
for a good many years, and he first showed me his manuscript in
February, 2002. I was most impressed by it. He told me then that he
had written it to the non-technically-educated lay person, but I felt
that it would also be very helpful to many people in the nuclear
industry. He had shown it to Elgin Horton at the same CNA conference in
Ottawa, and Elgin was similarly impressed, and was pleased to write the
book's foreword.
Since then, my having kept in touch with Roger, I know he
has done his absolute best to get it published, and I should tell you he
is already the published author of three books. He has approached 13
Canadian literary agents and 50 Canadian and 4 American publishers, but
has so far had no success in finding a publisher who was willing to
"royalty publish" it. However, he is now in touch with General Store
Publishing House, (GSPH) in Renfrew, Ontario, whose senior editor has
already reviewed his manuscript, and recommended to Tim Gordon, the
publisher, that he publish the book. This publishing firm is willing to
"co-publish" Roger's book, and will contribute 1/4 of the $40,000 (plus
GST) cost to publish 2,000 copies, but Roger has to find sponsors who
will be willing to contribute 3/4 of the publishing cost. This has not
been easy.
Accordingly, I would like to ask you to strongly consider
contributing to the sponsorship funding required. I should stress to
you that should you wish to contribute to the sponsorship funding, the
publisher will proportionately return your funding progressively, so
that, should all 2,000 copies of the book be sold, each sponsor will
have received back precisely what he contributed.
I would also like to suggest you consider pre-purchasing one or more
copies of Roger's book. GSPH's publisher, Tim Gordon, has informed
Roger that the retail purchase price of the book would be $40.00, but
the total pre-purchasing price for purchasers in North America,
including shipping and GST, will be only $33.00.
Please review the attached files which contain a one-page
summary of this 420 page book, a one-page table of contents, and also a
much more detailed four-page table of contents, the latter giving the
best impression of its most interesting contents. I am convinced this
is a unique and most worthwhile book which will greatly increase the
public's understanding, and thereby acceptance of nuclear power.
Roger has asked me to inform you that, should you wish to
pre-purchase copies of the book, you should contact General Store
Publishing House either by phone, at 1-800-465-6072, or by e-mail at
orders@gsph.com. Persons wishing to order more than one book should
contact Tim Gordon, who will revise the total price in accordance with
the different shipping cost. He is willing to take payment by cheque,
or VISA or Mastercard, and will not cash cheques or process credit card
payments until sufficient pre-publishing orders and funding donations
have been received to equal 3/4 of the $40,000 publishing cost. Should
you wish to write to General Store publishing House, the address is:-
General Store Publishing House
499 O'Brien Road, Box 415
Renfrew, Ontario
Canada
K7V 4A6
Incidentally, Roger would greatly appreciate your e-mailing
him, at rgsteed@nbnet.nb.ca so he may monitor the funding donations and
pre-purchasing orders, to be able to predict when the publishing will
"go critical"! He will also be pleased to answer any of your questions.
You may like to look at General Store Publishing House's
website, at http://www.gsph.com/index.php?Lang=En&ID=1. Quoting a
sentence from the website, "Since 1981, General Store Publishing House,
located in the historic Ottawa Valley, has published more than 500
titles for the enjoyment of millions of readers around the world."
I very much hope you will seriously consider providing
support funding or pre-purchasing of Roger's book, as achieving the
publication of this book will be most worthwhile for our industry, as
well as for the future of our country to help increase the production of
nuclear-generated electricity.
Best regards,
Lloyd Jones,
Former President and Chief Operating Officer,
Zircatec Precision Industries Inc.
Former Chairman of Canadian Nuclear Association
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Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond
How it works, what it looks like, and why it's safe
This book's purpose is to show you how nuclear power
stations work, what their equipment looks like, and why they're safe.
You don't need an engineering or science degree, or even any university
degree at all to understand it!
It begins by explaining how nuclear fission works, how
nuclear reactors are controlled, how their safety systems protect us,
and then after outlining the world's reactor types, it launches out into
describing Canadian nuclear power stations' equipment, with many
excellent drawings and photographs. Because Canadian reactors are
re-fuelled while they are operating at high power, unlike most of the
world's other reactors, which must be shut down to be re-fuelled, the
fuel handling equipment of Canadian reactors is fully described,
together with how it works.
Since it's most important to prevent a nuclear power
station's reactor having a meltdown, a chapter entitled 'Keeping Your
Fuel Cool' then explains how this is most reliably achieved. Because
many people are very concerned that nuclear power will lead to countries
having nuclear weapons, a full description of the relations between
nuclear power and nuclear weapons is given, including how the Treaty on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is enforced.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's control of nuclear
power in Canada is frequently mentioned, showing how the safety of
nuclear power is maintained, and how radioactive nuclear waste is
handled and stored to ensure that nuclear power station workers' and the
entire Canadian public's safety is ensured.
As many people have had no opportunity to visit a power
station at all, the conventional, or non-nuclear, side of a nuclear
power station is described and fully illustrated. You'll see what is
inside turbines and generators.
To address many of your concerns, radiation protection, the
economy of CANDU reactors, the life span of nuclear plants, plant
decommissioning, and things that can go wrong are all discussed. Very
significantly, nuclear reactor accidents are explained, including the
Three Mile Island and Chernobyl events, which you have all heard of.
Finally, in appendices, the particulars of all Canadian
reactors, including Canadian off-shore reactors, are listed, as well as
the particulars of our American neighbours' nuclear power stations,
together with many other details, including the performance of all the
world's nuclear power reactors. And to ensure that you don't get
confused by words you might not use frequently, the book ends with a
glossary!
In short, this book's intention is to give you a very good
understanding of nuclear power, and why it is indeed very safe, in the
hope that you will be much more content that it is used, and that its
increased use will protect our environment, and decrease global warming.
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Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Elgin Horton
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Nuclear Fission Explained
2. Reactor Control
3. Reactor Protection
4. Emergency Core Cooling and Containment Systems
5. World's Major Reactor Types
6. Nuclear Reactor Fuel - the CANDU Fuel Bundle
7. Detailed Views of Canadian Nuclear Power Stations
8. Standby and Emergency Power Supply Generators
9. Keeping Your Fuel Cool
10. Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons
11. Heavy Water Management
12. Radioactive Emissions to the Environment
13. Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power
14. Radiation Protection
15. The Conventional Side of a Nuclear Power Station
16. Things that can Go Wrong
17. The Economy of CANDU Reactors
18. The Life Span of Nuclear Plants
19. Plant Decommissioning
20. Photographs and Drawings of various Canadian Nuclear Facilities
21. Drawings and Descriptions of Reactors Other than CANDUs
22. Reactor Accidents: NRX, Windscale, Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl
Conclusions
Appendices
A Canadian Power Reactors
B Off-Shore CANDU Power Reactors
C Canada's Nearest Nuclear Neighbours - Power Reactors in the United
States
D Canadian Uranium Mines
E Uranium in Saskatchewan Uranium Reserves and Resources
F Uranium Milling, Refining and Conversion
G Canadian Heavy Water Production Plants
H Know Your Reactors
I Load Factors to end December, 2004, courtesy of Nuclear
Engineering International
J Nuclear Power Plants and Their Fuel as Terrorist Targets
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Elgin Horton
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Nuclear Fission Explained
2. Reactor Control
3. Reactor Protection
4. Emergency Core Cooling and Containment Systems
5. World's Major Reactor Types
Magnox Reactors
Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors - AGRs
Pressurized Water Reactors - PWRs
Boiling Water Reactors - BWRs
Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors - CANDUs - PHWRs
Graphite Moderated Boiling Water Reactors - RBMKs
Miscellaneous Reactor Types
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors - HTGRs
Fast Breeder Reactors - FBRs
6. Nuclear Reactor Fuel - the CANDU Fuel Bundle
Canadian Fuel Manufacturing
Uranium Mining, Concentrating and Refining
Reactor On-power Fuelling
7. Detailed Views of Canadian Nuclear Power Stations
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Control Room
Reactor Building Cutaway
Heat Transport in the Boiler Room
Primary System Boilers and Pumps
Heat Transport Pump
Reactor Building Elevation
Reactor Assembly
Fuel Channel Cutaway
Feeder Tube Arrangement
Vacuum Building and Relief Duct
Vacuum Building Spray System
Reactivity Control Devices
Zone Control and Flux Detector Rods
Hybrid Encapsulated Straight Individually
Replaceable (HESIR) flux detector assemblies
Adjuster and Shut-off Rods
Shutdown Systems
CANDU 6 Reactor and Reactivity Mechanisms
Reactor Assembly
Reactor General assembly - Section
Reactor General assembly - Plan
Reactor Layout - Elevation
Flux Detector Unit
Typical Ion Chamber Arrangement
Uncompensated Tri-axial Ionisation Chamber
Adjuster Unit, Zone Control Unit,
and Shut-off and Control Absorber Units
Horizontal Flux Detector Units
Fuel Handling System
Pickering GS Fuel Transfer Flow Diagram
New Fuel Loader
New Fuel Loading Area (East)
Fuel Transfer Room
New Fuel Magazine
Fuel Transfer Mechanism
Fuel Transfer Mechanism Telescopic Ram
Fuel Transfer Port
Spent Fuel Elevator - Complete
Spent Fuel Elevator - Details of Top and Bottom Housings
Pickering GS General Layout of Fuelling Machine Facilities
Fuelling Machine Bridge
Fuelling Machine Carriage
Fuelling Machine Head
Snout and Magazine Assembly, Fuelling Machine Head
Fuelling Machine Magazine Drive
Fuelling Machine Separators
Operation of Side Stops, Sensor and Pusher - 1
Operation of Side Stops, Sensor and Pusher - 2
Fuelling Machine Ram - Front of Ram Assembly
Fuelling Machine Head - Rear of Ram Assembly
Fuelling Machine Tape Drive
Fuelling Machine Snout Plug
Operation of Snout Plug
Coolant Channel Closure
Fuelling Machine Guide Sleeve
Coolant Channel Shield Plug
Ram Adapter
Fuel Handling Console
Fuel Handling - On-Power Fuelling
8. Standby and Emergency Power Supply Generators
9. Keeping Your Fuel Cool
10. Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons
Safeguards
Safeguards, Non-Proliferation and the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Energy
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968)
Situation on 31 December, 1999 with Respect to the Conclusion of
Safeguards Agreements between the Agency and Non-Nuclear Weapons
States in Connection with NPT
Situation on 31 December, 1999 with Respect to the Conclusion of
Safeguards Agreements between the Agency and States party to the
Treaty of Tlatelolco
Non-Proliferation Issues, by Dr Jeremy Whitlock, PhD
11. Heavy Water Management
12. Radioactive Emissions to the Environment
13. Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power
Canadian Wet Spent Fuel Storage Facilities
Canadian Dry Spent Fuel Storage Facilities
14. Radiation Protection
15. The Conventional Side of a Nuclear Power Station
16. Things that can Go Wrong
17. The Economy of CANDU Reactors
18. The Life Span of Nuclear Plants
19. Plant Decommissioning
20. Photographs and Drawings of various Canadian Nuclear Facilities
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
Bruce Nuclear GS
Reactor Building (Cutaway View)
Darlington Nuclear GS
Darlington cutaway drawings
Darlington Turbine Hall
Darlington Unit 4 Turbine
Darlington Reactivity Mechanism Deck
Darlington East Spent Fuel Bay
Gentilly Nuclear Power Station
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station
Main Control Room Panels
Equipment Airlock
Personnel Airlock
600 MW Reactor Building Cutaway
21. Drawings and Descriptions of Reactors Other than CANDUs
Magnox Reactors
Calder Hall and Chapel Cross
Hunterston "A"
Wylfa
Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors
Dungeness "B"
Hartlepool
Heysham
Pressurized Water Reactors
Sequoyah Nuclear Power Station
Boiling Water Reactors
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor
Fast Breeder Reactors
Enrico Fermi, Unit 1
RBMK Light-Water Graphite Reactor
Positive Void Coefficient
A table listing the World's RBMK reactors
Post Accident Changes to the RBMK, including
Immediate safety changes
Control rod redesign, and
Backfitting
22. Reactor Accidents
Fuel Meltdown Incidents, by Kursat Burak Bekar
The NRX Incident (12 December, 1952), by Peter Jedicke
Windscale (10 October, 1957)
Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island 2 (TMI-2) Reactor Accident, compiled by
Dr. Tony Baratta
The Accident at Three Mile Island
What Happened at TMI-2 on 28th March 1979
The Accident
The Accident at Chernobyl Unit 4 (26 April 1986)
Chernobyl - A Canadian Perspective, by Dr. V.G. Snell and J.Q.
Howieson
Cross-section drawing of destroyed Chernobyl Unit 4 reactor
Chernobyl - Assessment of Radiological and Health Impacts -
2002 Update of Chernobyl: Ten Years On. Reference to this 157
page paper on the Internet
Conclusions
Appendices
A Canadian Power Reactors
B Off-Shore CANDU Power Reactors
C Canada's Nearest Nuclear Neighbours - Power Reactors in the United
States
D Canadian Uranium Mines
E Uranium in Saskatchewan Uranium Reserves and Resources
F Uranium Milling, Refining and Conversion
G Canadian Heavy Water Production Plants
H Know Your Reactors
I Load Factors to end December, 2004, courtesy of Nuclear
Engineering International
J Nuclear Power Plants and Their Fuel as Terrorist Targets
Glossary
Bibliography
Index