Women in Nuclear - WiN Canada

Women in Nuclear (WiN) Canada Annual Conference
Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Adam Room, Ottawa
February 24 and 25, 2009

PIECE IT TOGETHER - FROM MINING TO FUEL STORAGE - HOW THE INDUSTRY WORKS

The Women in Nuclear (WiN) Canada 6th Annual Conference will be held on February 24 and 25, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario.

Tuesday, February 24 will feature three technical tours. One to AECL Chalk River Laboratories, one to MDS Nordion and one tour to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada and NuTech Precision Metals Inc., in Arnprior, Ontario.

Wednesday, February 25 will be our full-day conference held in the Adam Room at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.

Registration for the full-day conference is up and running thanks to the generosity of Ben Rouben and the Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS). Your receipt will come from the CNS and all cheques are to be made payable to the CNS. A big thank you to the CNS for all their help with registration.

TO REGISTER click here. 

Please find a printable draft program attached to this document. If you continue to scroll down you will see our draft program, which is subject to change. As bios and approved abstracts become available they will be linked to the program and can be accessed by simply clicking on the name or topic.

Conference Fee Structure 

*Feb. 24 - Tours – Registration for tours are being accepted separate and apart from the conference registration. To register for the tours please email your name, company, address and contact details to Tracy Gagne at gagnet@aecl.ca. The tour registration cost will be payable by cheque to the Canadian Nuclear Association the day of the tour. Your registration will be confirmed upon acceptance.  

Registrations for tours must be submitted by Friday, February 6th, 2009. Due to the requirement for security clearances at facilities no registrations for tours will be accepted after Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Please register early to avoid disappointment.

MDS Nordion tour                    $ 50 Limit 20
AECL Chalk River tour             $100 Limit 25 
NuTech & GE Hitachi tour        $100 Limit 25
  
*(Tours are for members only – only one tour may be chosen as the tours are running concurrently)

Feb. 25 – Full day conference   Before Feb. 1, 2009      On, or after Feb. 1, 2009

Members                                $299                            $349
*Non-members                        $349                            $399

Plus GST

*Membership in WiN-Canada is free. You can apply on-line at by clicking on "Join WiN" in the top right hand of the homepage.

Cancellation Policy:
Refunds less a 10% administration fee will be provided if cancellation is received by February 1st, 2009.
Cancellations received after this date will be charged an administration fee of $100. Cancellation notices can be sent to Cheryl Cottrill at cheryl.cottrill@brucepower.com.

Accommodation
There are a limited number of special room rates available for the WiN-Canada delegates at the Chateau Laurier on the 23rd and 24th of February. February 25 is sold out. Please contact the hotel directly to reserve or cancel accommodation. Credit card information must be provided at time of booking.
Fairmont Chateau Laurier
1 Rideau Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1N 8S7
Tel. (613) 241-1414
www.fairmont.com
Room Rates
Fairmont  $189.00
Fairmont with View $229.00
Deluxe $269.00
All rooms are subject to a 5% PST, 3% Destination Marketing Fee and 5% GST. 
Check in is 3 p.m. Check out is 12 noon
Attendees can make guest room reservations by calling the Global Reservations Centre at 1-800-441-1414 and identify yourself as a WiN-Canada conference delegate. The group code is WOME0209.
Reservations at the conference rate are guaranteed until January 21, 2009; after that, rooms will be subject to availability.

If you are attending the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) conference www.cna.ca you can book a room under the CNA block of rooms at the:

The Westin Ottawa
11 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1N 8S7
Tel. (613) 560-7000 or 1-800-937-8461
Fax (613) 234-5396

Online Room Reservations: www.starwoodmeeting.com

Reservations at the conference rate are guaranteed until January 23, 2009; after that, rooms will be subject to availability. Be sure to specify that you will be attending the Canadian Nuclear Association Conference to receive the discounted room rate.

If you are unable to secure at room at the Chateau Laurier or Westin you may try the Les Suites Hotel in Ottawa, 130 Besserer Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9M9 1-866-682-0879 http://www.les-suites.com/ottawa-hotels/. I understand it is within walking distance of both hotels. There is no block of rooms held there and WiN-Canada cannot offer any recommendation, as we have not visited the hotel.

Draft Program

Program for WiN-Canada’s 6th Annual Conference
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Technical Tours

TOUR REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
WiN-Canada is pleased to offer three separate technical tours this year to accommodate the demand from our delegates. The tours will all run concurrently, so please only register for one of the tours. As you can see space is limited so please register early to avoid disappointment.

Once you are registered you will receive an email from the tour coordinator, Tracy Gagne, to confirm your registration and information regarding security and PPE requirements.

TOUR 1 - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Laboratories
The bus to AECL CRL will leave the front of the Fairmont Chateau Laurier at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Participants will be given the opportunity to visit Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's Chalk River Laboratories, Canada's national nuclear lab. A unique facility in Canada, visitors will see the birthplace of the fundamental science behind Canada's "first" nuclear renaissance, as well as varied infrastructure that continues to drive the industry into a new era. Highlights of the tour include the NRX Reactor, the Shielded Facilities and the National Research Universal reactor (operations permitting).
The cost for the tour will be $100 and includes lunch. Space is limited to 25 people, so please register early to avoid disappointment.

TOUR 2 - MDS Nordion  (THIS TOUR IS NOW SOLD OUT)

The bus to MDS Nordion will leave the front of the Fairmont Chateau Laurier at 12:30 p.m., with the tour starting at 1:30 and finishing around 3:30 p.m. The bus will return at approximately 4:00 p.m.

The tour will include the following facilities that make up the MDS Nordion complex in Ottawa; the bulk radioisotope production facility and the associated waste management and product shipping areas, the radiopharmaceutical production wing, and the Cobalt Operations facility.

MDS Nordion is part of MDS Inc., one of the world's foremost global life sciences companies. MDS Nordion exports medical isotopes, radiotherapeutics, and related technologies to more than 50 countries. Every day, our products and services are used in hospitals and clinics, by large medical supply companies, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and by food processors and manufacturers.
The cost for the tour will be $50 and does not include lunch. Space is limited to 20 people, so please register early to avoid disappointment.

TOUR 3 - Nu-Tech Precision Metals Inc. & GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada

The bus to Nu-Tech Precision Metals Inc. and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada will leave the front of the Fairmont Chateau Laurier at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 5:00 p.m.

Nu-Tech Precision Metals Inc. will include a tour of the Nu-Tech Precision Metals Inc. facility, which specializes in hot extrusion and finishing of seamless pipes and shapes. The facility works mainly in higher end metals such as zirconium, titanium, hafnium, and niobium but also produces some steels, but strictly for nuclear applications.

Nu-Tech is the only manufacture of pressure tubes, having supplied every pressure tube for every CANDU reactor everywhere. In addition to pressure tubes other products that are supplied to the Canadian nuclear industry are include feeder pipe and elbows, liner tubes, and seamless calandria tubes. Nu-Tech also operates a specialty welding operation that produces nuclear products such as loops for the NRU and flux detector capsules.

Other products manufactured at the facility include titanium structural shapes for commercial and military aircraft, specialty anodes and buss bars for mining and chemical applications and titanium pipe for applications in mining, chemical, waste water treatment and desalination applications.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada will include a tour of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada’s tubing manufacturing facility, which provides tubing products throughout the world for CANDU nuclear reactor operators. You will see how the manufacturing of components for both CANDU and light water reactors is accomplished with state-of-the-act technology. The company offers products for CANDU fuel, Calandria tubes, Speciality Tubing and Natural Uranium Pellets. For more information click here.

The cost for the tour will be $100 and includes lunch. Space is limited to 25 people, so please register early to avoid disappointment.
 

Draft Program for WiN-Canada’s 6th Annual Conference
Chateau Laurier, Adam Room
Wed. Feb. 25, 2009

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome by WiN-Canada President, Susan Brissette, Manager Special  Projects, Bruce Power

8:40 Opening Keynote address by Glenna Carr, Chair of the Board for AECL

9:00 Introduction of Dr. Jeremy Whitlock – Cheryl, Cottrill, WiN-Canada Executive Director

9:02 Splitting Atoms, Canadian Style – Dr. Jeremy Whitlock, AECL

A whirlwind tour through a hundred years of nuclear innovation in Canada.

9:17 Introduction of Mini-Sessions - Cheryl Cottrill, WiN-Canada Executive Director

9:20 Wind is from Venus, Nuclear is from Mars, Coal is from Earth - Tracy Primeau, Authorized Nuclear Operator & Kim Williams, Training Technician, Bruce Power
A comparison of the different electricity sources – similarities and differences.

9:30 Regulatory Affairs for the Mining Industry – Tammy Van Lambalgen, Vice  President Regulatory Affairs & General Council, AREVA Resources Canada  Inc.
A look at the regulatory side of uranium mining. 

9:40 Sustainable Mining – Veronique Larlham, Communications Specialist,  AREVA Resources Canada Inc.
Sustainable Uranium Mining: AREVA Resources Canada Inc.’s Experience –  It all starts with mining!

9:50 Quality Assurance and Safe Equipment – Catherine Clarke, Assistant Project  Manager for Pickering Projects, RCM Technologies
How Do We Know it’s the Right Equipment? A look at how the selection of  equipment is critical to safety.

10:00 Does that Microscope Come in Pink? – Corrina Donaldson, Nuclear Operator, NLO  Training Tech, OPG
Promoting Girls in Science - How Recruiting the Future Women in  Nuclear begins with the Girls of Today.

10:10 Break

10:30 Public Consultation – Anneliese Poetz, Perceptions of Risk in Institutional  Decision-Making, McMaster University
The importance of conflict management alongside risk management.  An exploration of the reflections of participants involved in the decision-making process for the re-licensing of two nuclear generation facilities.

10:40 Bundle Design – Margaret Bates, Fuel Test Analyst, AECL
Bundle Anatomy – Everything you wanted to know about a nuclear fuel  bundle’s design including key components  and their design, how they affect  the fuel’s performance in a nuclear reactor and how they meet the safety requirements  of the reactor operation.

10:50 Cost of Nuclear – Colleen Sidford, Vice-President Treasurer, OPG
 Issues involved in financing nuclear throughout the life-cycle of a generating  station.

11:00  Fuel Handling acceptance to core – Janet Gilliland, Fuel Handling Operator,  OPG
 A day in the life of a fuel bundle in the nuclear power plant – A look at the  journey of a fuel bundle from acceptance into the plant through to removing it  from the reactor.

11:10 Handling Used Fuel after the Reactor – Christina Wu, Kinectrics
 Follow the path of the fuel rod from the time it is  removed from the reactor to  the time it reaches the long term storage facility.

11:20 Ecological Footprint Analysis – Shafi Andseta, Ph.D., P. Geo., QP, XCG  Consultants Ltd.
 A look at the ecological footprint created by the activities of the nuclear  industry and its human population.

11:30 Integrated Safety Reviews of Nuclear Power Plants - Jennifer Nodwell,  Technical Engineer, Nuclear Safety Compliance, Nuclear Refurbishment,  OPG A look at the Integrated Safety Review process for nuclear power  plants as part of a life extension project.

11:40 Group Photo 

11:55 Lunch - Special Guest Speaker, The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Room

1:20 Video Contest Kickoff

1:30 Nuclear Medical Isotopes – Tamra Benjamin, Director, Global Communications, MDS Nordion
An overview of the Canadian medical isotope supply chain.

1:40 Training for the Aging Workforce – Cherie Ferrari, Business Manager of  Training, Kinectrics
Case Studies: A view of training strategies for upcoming growth and an aging workforce. Case studies and best practices that demonstrate a learning culture by promoting informal and formal learning to increase the bottom line, enhance productivity and promote retention.

1:50 Supporting the CANDU Reactor with Software Development – Marjan  Fonooni, Process Control Designer, Reactor Development Business Unit,  AECL Dynamic simulators are recognized as an effective and efficient tool within the nuclear industry. Their computer programs can simulate a variety  of plant conditions such as upset conditions. In this paper, software has been utilized to investigate one of the reactivity devices behaviour in CANDU.
 
2:00  Fuel Waste Repository – Lisa Grande, 4th Year Engineering Student, UOIT
Engineering Barriers used in High Level Waste Storage of Irradiated Fuel  Bundles. A look at high level waste storage in compliance with the CNSC  regulations.

2:10 The Five Pillars of Emergency Management - Lisa Keetch, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.

A look at the discipline of assessing and managing risk. 

2:20 Chapter Update introduction

2:22 WiN-Bruce

2:27 WiN-Durham

2:32 WiN- Eastern Ontario

2:37 WiN-Golden Horseshoe West

2:42 WiN-NB

2:47 Break

3:10 WiN-Global 2009 Conference Update - Angie Howard, Vice President, Office of the President and Executive Advisor to the President Nuclear Energy Institute. An invitation to attend the WiN-Global 2009 Conference in Washington, D.C.

3:20 Tell Your Own Story – Elise Herzig, Consultant Office of Commercial  Operations, McMaster University
Using the basic skills of storytelling, women can learn to inspire, engage and  connect with others.

3:30 OPG Mentoring Program – Sherri Gillanders, Senior Human Resources  Officer – Ontario Power Generation Inc. and Colleen Sidford, VP Treasurer –  Ontario Power Generation Inc., emPOWERed Women Program
Learn more about Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) new Leadership  Development and Mentoring program designed to help women employees  build a support network and  develop leadership capabilities.

3:40 Introduction of Adele Alfano - Tracy Gagne, Acting Senior Operator with Nuclear Operations, AECL

3:45 Closing Keynote Speaker – Adele Alfano - I'm Not Tense...Just Terribly  Alert!
We are not intended to not only work, but to rest, laugh and enjoy our leisure time...yes...a balanced life. This concept may be foreign to many, but this lively and creative presentation will nurture your soul, cultivate your personal goals, embrace a culture of change, lighten up your attitude and especially will put 'you' back into yourself! It is about putting you back into "YOUrself". Join Adele and learn to not take life and work so seriously because you sometimes won't get out alive!

4:45 Closing Remarks