FIFTH CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON NONDESTRUCTIVE ... - IAEA

- 34 -
At the Bruce we have completed the rehabilitation of two reactors and are
presently working on the third. The second unit was completed at about a
quarter of the cost of the first. The garter spring repositioning
program has been a high profile work assignment for quality control. In
most cases, quality control inspections are the last task to take place
in a long chain of production operations. By the time it gets to us,
it's usually behind schedule and everyone is quite willing to point the
finger at quality control for holding up production. This, however, has
been one of the gratifying experiences where quality control was an
integral part of the production process and as such played a positive
role in achieving a rather remarkable goal.
I would like to thank the following for the immeasurable help they have
provided :
- Ontario Hydro Central Nuclear Services for their help in getting us
started.
- AECL's Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories who did miracles in designing
probes and automatic scanning equipment.
- Hy staff of forty-four inspectors and supervisors who made the job look
easy.