CANDU Owner's Group
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The CANDU Owners Group Inc. (COG) is a not-for-profit organization with voluntary funding from CANDU-owning utilities and AECL. It is dedicated to providing programs for cooperation, mutual assistance and exchange of information for the successful support, development, operation, maintenance and economics of CANDU technology.
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[edit] History
COG was formed in 1984 by an agreement among the Canadian CANDU-owning utilities Ontario Hydro (now Ontario Power Generation), Hydro-Québec and New Brunswick Power, plus Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
In 1986 the offshore utilities that own CANDU units in Argentina and Korea joined COG. Following the accident at Chernobyl and recognition that cooperation and sharing of operating experience among nuclear utilities was essential to ensure the safe operation of all nuclear power plants worldwide, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and Nuclear Power Corporation of India, owners/operators of a number of PHWR power reactors of CANDU design, joined COG in 1989. With construction of CANDU reactors at Cernavoda and Qinshan, the respective utilities in Romania and China joined COG in 1991 and 1999, respectively.
Under the original agreement Ontario Hydro was the administrator of COG reporting to a Directing Committee comprised of representatives of the four Canadian Members. However, in 1999 COG was registered as a not-for-profit corporation and a Board of Directors was appointed to replace the previous Directing Committee. In 2001 after signing a lease agreement with Ontario Power Generation to operate the Bruce A and B nuclear generating stations Bruce Power joined COG as an independent Canadian Member.
[edit] Activities
The activities of COG cover four Program Areas:
- Information Exchange
- Joint Projects & Services
- Regulatory Affairs
- Research & Development
[edit] Members
All CANDU Operators in the world are members of COG. These members are:
- Argentina
- Canada
- China (PRC)
- India
- Pakistan
- Romania
- South Korea (ROK)
[edit] Location
CANDU Owners Group Inc. 480 University Ave., Suite 200, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2, Canada Phone: +1 416 595-1888 Fax: +1 416 595-1022 E-mail: cog@candu.org
[edit] External links
- CANDU Owner's Group
- CANDU Owner's Group
- A history of the CANDU reactor
- CanTeach - Educational and Reference Library on Candu Technology
- Ontario Power Generation
- Bruce Power
- New Brunswick Power
- Hydro Quebec
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Canadian Nuclear Society
- Canadian Nuclear Association
- Canadian Nuclear FAQ
