Sartrex Honoured for its Contributions to the Ontario & Offshore Nuclear Industries
Monday, June 10th, 2019
222 Snidercroft Road, Concord , ON
The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) congratulated Sartrex Power Control Systems on its contributions to the Ontario and offshore nuclear industries and Ron Oberth, President and CEO, OCNI presented Sartrex’s Founder, President & CEO Mr.Jay Sarkar, P.Eng with a plaque to commemorate this, at an event attended by distinguished luminaries from the Government and Industry –
– Ms. Gila Martow, MPP for Thornhill
– Ms. Sandra Yeung Racco, Ward 4 Councillor, City of Vaughan
– Mr. Richard Horrobin, Vice President and Managing Director, Supply Chain, Bruce Power
-Scott Berry, Senior Manager Refurbishment Communications, OPG
This event celebrated Sartrex’s achievements as well as demonstrating the local benefits in job growth and the nuclear industry in Concord and for Ontario.
Quotes:
“I am very pleased today to recognize Sartrex and its founder Jay Sarkar for the company’s leadership in bringing innovative safety and process control systems to the Canadian nuclear industry and for its long term contribution to the community of Concord – illustrating how Ontario’s commitment to nuclear energy generation so positively impacts people in so many regions of the province.” –Dr. Ron Oberth, President and CEO of the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries
“Over the past year, our government has been hard at work cutting red tape, lowering taxes, and finding ways to make Ontario Open for Business. For the first time in 15 years, private companies once again have confidence in Ontario as a place to invest, grow, and expand employment. On behalf of the residents of Thornhill, I congratulate Sartrex for its commitment to keeping wellpaying, high-tech jobs right here in our community.” –Gila Martow, MPP for Thornhill
“On behalf of the residents of Vaughan’s Ward 4 community, I want to congratulate the leadership and employees from Sartrex on their continued success. Sartrex is an important job-creator and a respected leader in the energy sector. As the local Councillor, I remain committed to help bring about important economic development opportunities. I wish the entire team from Sartrex many more years of continued success in service to communities across Ontario and all of Canada.” –Sandra Yeung Racco, Ward 4 Councillor, City of Vaughan
“Bruce Power looks forward to building on our already strong relationship with Sartrex as we revitalize our site for the long term. Our companies have a shared commitment to innovation and ensuring the nuclear industry continues to provide clean, reliable and low cost nuclear to Ontario families and business for many years to come.” –Richard Horrobin, Vice President and Managing Director, Supply Chain, Bruce Power
“With decades of leadership experience, Sartrex has played an important role by providing innovative and custom designed control and safety equipment for projects, such as our Darlington Refurbishment project. I congratulate Sartrex on their recent achievements that have helped to grow the nuclear industry here in Concord and in Ontario.” –Scott Berry, Senior Manager Refurbishment Communications, OPG
“Sartrex is an engineering and manufacturing firm that has been providing the nuclear and other safety related markets with custom, highly reliable instrumentation and control systems for over 40 years.
We are a family that understands the importance and responsibility of the work we are carrying out. The equipment we provide is of the highest quality and reliability because it safeguards the health and safety of people around the world. We do not take this responsibility lightly and remind ourselves everyday the greater purpose we serve.
We will continue to improve and look for ways to be a more valuable asset to our clients around the world, but the philosophy that will remain consistent throughout our growth, is our focus on treating our employees with the respect they deserve, and giving back to the country that has given us so much freedom and opportunity to evolve into the immensely successful organization we are today.” –Shawn Sarkar, Executive VP/QA Director, Sartrex Power Control Systems Inc.
A member of OCNI, Sartrex is a high-tech scientific instrumentation company, supplying custom designed control and safety instrumentation to nuclear power plants including OPG Darlington, OPG Pickering, Military and other related markets worldwide. With decades of experience, competing within an extremely demanding, highly reliable and safety focused industry, Sartrex is uniquely positioned to provide the best quality products and service to its growing, global customer base. .
Sartrex participates in Trade Mission to South Korea
2019 Korea Atomic Power Conference
Sartrex participated in the Canadian Trade Mission to South Korea and in the 2019 Korea Atomic Power Annual Conference and the International Nuclear Energy Exhibition, held in Jeju in May 2019, organized by Korea Atomic Industrial Forum (KAIF). The objective of these events were to identify the latest issues around the nuclear industry, making an exchange of comprehensive information, and sharing gathered knowledge about nuclear/ atomic power. Sartrex was represented by Mr. Ashwin Raj, General Manager, in the trade mission and at these events.
Sartrex would like to thank OCNI, Embassy of Canada and the team at the Ontario Trade and Investment Office in Seoul for organizing a great event, their hard work has paid off and we look forward to future engagements.
Bruce Suppliers Day | May 1st, 2014 | Sartrex Power Control Systems Booth 84
Bruce Power Suppliers Day 2014
8:30 am – 3:30 pm, May 1st, 2014177 Tie Road
Tiverton, Ontario
The Sartrex Team had a wonderful time meeting Bruce employees from supply chain, project management, engineers, operators, and summer students! It was great to match a face to names we frequently communicate with as well as getting feedback from operators that are the end users of our safety equipment. Sartrex is always looking to improve the end user experience in addition to the quality of our products.
We would like to thank OCI for organizing a great event, there hard work has paid off and we look forward to future engagements with the organization.
From left to right: Marc-James Abi-Jaoudé, Shawn Sarkar, Dr. Nima Nikvand
York Region Engineering Project of the Year Award 2012 – Professional Engineers of Ontario
Sartrex Power Control Systems would like to thank the York Chapter of the Professional Engineers of Ontario for recognizing us as finalists in the “York Region Engineering Project of the Year Award” for 2012. We would also like to recognize the other finalists Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Chisholm, Fleming & Associates for their excellent contribution to York Region and to the engineering profession.
Sartrex’s project was presented to a panel of seven members of the York Chapter of PEO on Feburary 9th, 2013 at the Markham Convergence Centre.
After the project was presented, Sartrex and the PEO members had an informative discussion on the project, nuclear industry, and additional business opportunities within Canada. The award ceremony coincided with the 2013 PEO York Chapter Winter Certificate Ceremony and Annual General Meeting which was held at the Hilton Suites Toronto/ Markham Hotel on February 16th, 2013.
Sartrex’s project submission was related to Safety Shutdown System 1 for CANDU 6 reactors. Building from past experience, Sartrex successfully designed and qualified four modules required for this safety system. One of the modules, NimBin Power Supply, had to be completely designed from the ground up, ensuring that stable and continuous power is being supplied. Another challenge overcome by Sartrex was stricter qualifications that have been imposed by our customer. These qualifications have been tightened in the wake of the Fukushima incident as well as lessons learned over the previous years of operation.
Two examples of changes in qualification are Seismic Qualification after modules have been aged to end of life and Noise Immunity test on the input signal of the amplifier module. Additional qualification requirements reduced allowable tolerances requiring additional improvements to design and shielding to pass.
Sartrex Power Control Systems wants to wish the recipients at the 2013 PEO York Chapter Winter Certificate Ceremony all the best in their future endeavours and to strive for innovation and excellence throughout their careers.
Enhanced CANDU 6 – Instrumentation and Control System | Safety Systems
Enhanced CANDU 6 – Instrumentation and Control Systems
The I&C design ensures that the random failure of a single component does not result in the loss of an important safety or production function. Important functions use three instrument channels to provide immunity against single instrument faults. Modular redundancy is used to provide transparent failover for components such as DCS controllers, power supplies, and communication modules. Where enhanced cross-link protection is required, the same function is redundantly implemented in multiple independent channels with the outputs from each channel being supplied to separate voting logic. (1)
For over 30 years, Sartrex Power Control Systems has been an integral link in the CANDU Reactor supply chain. Sartrex Power Control Systems is committed to protecting the safety of nuclear power plant workers and the general public. In order to achieve excellence in product reliability, continuous improvement in both design and manufacturing processes is vital for Sartrex’s wide selection of instrumentation and control systems.
Sartrex’s quality management system is based on our ISO 9001:2008, CSA Z299.2 and TSSA recognized certifications, which keep us compliant to the best, globally recognized, quality standards. All of our systems are subjected to stringent qualification requirements which demands the very best from our teams of quality and engineering personnel. Our products are used on the front line, in time critical environments. Our number one focus is to provide our customers with reliable safety solutions that will protect the lives of people in potentially dangerous situations. Every component counts, every detail counts, every process that is completed counts towards the protection capacity of our equipment. Our team of technical personnel has on average, 25 years of hands on experience. Being in this industry and other safety related markets for over 35 years, we understand that quality and reliability are key success factors and we are continually adapting and evolving our processes to meet the stringent, but very necessary requirements, of our customers.
“Quality is everyone’s responsibility.” W. Edwards Deming
Sartrex promises to continue to learn and apply the best possible quality management system to guarantee the reliability and dependability of our products.
Enhanced CANDU 6 – Safety Systems
The reactor safety systems are designed to mitigate the consequences of plant process failures, and to ensure reactor shutdown, removal of decay heat, and prevention of radioactive releases. The safety systems in the EC6 design follow the traditional CANDU practice of providing (1):
- Independent Shutdown Systems – SDS 1 & SDS 2
- An Emergency Core Cooling System – ECC
- A Containment System
- Emergency Heat Removal System – EHRS
Sartrex Power Control Systems is in the business of designing, manufacturing, and implementing complete safety solutions for a wide range of clients. From nuclear power stations to dockside radiation monitoring for the Canadian Defense Department, Sartrex looks forward to new opportunities to improve the safety and security of citizens in all countries. The Enhanced CANDU Safety Shutdown System described below is just one example of Sartrex providing electronics expertise to secure the safety of plant workers and citizens around nuclear power plants around the world. Sartrex’s instrumentation and control systems are installed in Canada, Romania, Argentina, China, and South Korea.
Enhanced CANDU 6 Shutdown Systems
The EC6 reactor’s two passive, fast acting, fully capable, diverse shutdown systems are physically and functionally independent of each other.
Shutdown System 1 consists of mechanical spring-assisted shutoff rods that drop by gravity into the reactor core when a trip signal de-energizes the clutches that hold the shutoff rods out of the reactor core. The design of the shutoff rods is based on the proven CANDU 6 design.
Shutdown System 2 injects a concentrated solution of gadolinium nitrate into the moderator to quickly render the reactor core sub-critical, effectively stopping the fission chain reaction. The gadolinium nitrate solution is dispersed uniformly throughout the reactor with pressurized gas, thus maximizing the shutdown effectiveness. (1)(2)
Sartrex’ Supply Experience for Shutdown System SDS1 & SDS2
| Shutdown systems Cabinets (Group 2) – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Ontario Power Generation – Pickering & Darlington, Ontario, Canada – Bruce Power – Ontario, Canada – New Brunswick Hydro – New Brunswick, Canada – Hydro Quebec – Quebec, Canada – Cernavoda I – Romania – Cernavoda II – Romania – Embalse – Argentina – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
Ion Chamber Amplifier and trip Comparators (SDS-1 & SDS-2) – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Ontario Power Generation – Pickering & Darlington, Ontario – Bruce Power – Ontario – New Brunswick Hydro – New Brunswick – Hydro Quebec – Quebec – Cernavoda I – Romania – Cernavoda II – Romania (SDS-2) – Embalse – Argentina – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
| Trip Test/Alarm Control Buffer Amplifier (SDS-1) – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Ontario Power Generation – Pickering & Darlington, Ontario – Bruce Power – Ontario – New Brunswick Hydro – New Brunswick – Hydro Quebec – Quebec – Cernavoda I – Romania – Embalse – Argentina – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
In-Core / Trip Test / Alarm Control Buffer Amplifier (SDS-2) – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Ontario Power Generation – Pickering & Darlington, Ontario – Bruce Power – Ontario – New Brunswick Hydro – New Brunswick – Hydro Quebec – Quebec – Cernavoda I – Romania – Cernavoda II – Romania – Embalse – Argentina – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
| Reactor Trip Switches (SDS-1 & SDS-2) – Ontario Power Generation – Pickering & Darlington, Ontario – Bruce Power – Ontario |
Failed Fuel Location Systems – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
| Post Accident Communication Systems – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Ontario Power Generation – Pickering & Darlington, Ontario – Bruce Power – Ontario – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
Shut-Off Rod Drop Logic Modules – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Ontario Power Generation – Pickering & Darlington, Ontario – Bruce Power – Ontario – Cernavoda I – Romania – Embalse – Argentina – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
| Multiple Room Tritium-in-Air Monitoring System – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) – Wolsong 1,2,3,4 – Cernavoda I – Romania – Embalse – Argentina – Qinshan 1 & 2 – China |
Portable Tritium-in-Air Monitors – New Brunswick Hydro – New Brunswick |
Enhanced CANDU 6 Control Center
The plant control centre makes extensive use of integrated digital technology to enhance the monitoring and supervisory control of functions, systems and equipment necessary for power production, and the monitoring of functions, systems and equipment important to safety.
The main control room features a main operator console, with large video display units (VDUs) for plant overview and annunciation located to the front, and an array of panels, grouped by major system, located to the sides. The operator is normally situated at the main operator console where VDUs provide access to integrated plant information and controls for normal use. From here the operator also has access to historical data storage and retrieval facilities to support post event analysis and the monitoring of longer term trends.
An independent set of qualified VDUs, alarms, conventional control and monitoring instrumentation is provided on the control room panels to manage the safety of the reactor and to prevent damage to costly equipment in the event that the VDUs normally used are unavailable. (1)
The Advanced Digital Control Center represents a giant leap forward in the control of power generation facilities. Sartrex, in partnership with AECL, designed this complex system and manufactured the control center for Qinshan III, China. Sartrex continues to be the premier supplier of the Advanced Digital Control Center for new and refurbished Enhanced CANDU 6 reactors.
(1): Enhanced CANDU 6 Technical Summary located on CANDU.com
(2): Enhanced Candu 6 Ec6 pdf – Enhanced CANDU 6 – EC6 Overview Dr Stefan S Doerffer, PEng Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Seminar on CANDU TECHNOLOGY Warsaw, Poland January 23rd, 2007
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11-13 December, 2012 in the Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida
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