CONFERENCE NEWS

People from around the world were welcomed to the Candu Owners Group (COG) 4th International In-service Inspection
Workshop and the NDT in Canada 2012 conference held June 18 - 21 at the Delta-Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto.
Over 200 people from Canada and other countries including Sweden, South Korea, China, India and the United States
attended the second collaborative effort hosted by the Candu Owners Group and the Canadian Institute for NDE (CINDE).
Their feedback said it was every bit as enjoyable and informative as the workshop / conference delivered in 2010.

Everyone at the event appreciated the support of the

Sponsors which included Level 3 sponsor Quality Control
Council of Canada for the Early Bird mix n mingle
reception, Level 2 sponsors Zetec for the print program and
Acuren Group for the Grand Prize Apple iPad. The Level
1 sponsors included the CINDE Ontario chapter for free
student passes, Mohawk College for the conference totes,
the Canadian Institute for NDE for the lanyards and USB
thumb drives, and NDT.net for the Conference Management
System (CSM) and digital e-proceedings.

People network and reconnect during the Early Bird Mix n

Mingle reception in the Exhibitor area while also learning
about many new products and services.

The plenary sessions at the beginning of each day featured

two thought-provoking presentations. During his discussion
about Applying NDE Reliability, Greg Selby of the Electric
Power Research Institute (EPRI) discussed a recent
example of significant cracks being missed during an in-
service inspection of a nuclear power plant in the USA and
the potentially significant consequences had they never
been found. Fortunately they were before any equipment
failure occurred and now an EPRI project is developing
a more robust approach to inspection qualification using
probability of detection and probability of correct sizing. Co-chairs Cindy Finley, National Chair of the Canadian
Institute for NDE and Evan Choi of the Candu Owners Group
welcomed and thanked the attendees for their support.
In his plenary session, Walter Weber from UTEX Scientific
Instruments shared his vision of Advances in Inspection
Automation, asking why NDT inspection isnt automated the same as other manufacturing processes. His experiences with
customer frustration with manual NDT practices definitely provided some food for thought, leading to one more question:
How automated can NDT become?.

The technical program had two tracks with sessions for

New Technologies, New NDE Applications, Operation
Experience, Engineering, Inspection Qualification and NDT
Training and Certification. The 50 presentations provided
valuable information from subject matter experts on topics
such as:
T. Zettervall; SQC Swedish Qualification Centre,
Inspection qualification and implementation of ENIQ
in Sweden
A. Tlaisi et al, Memorial University, Crack detection in
shafts using mechanical impedance measurements
L. Obrutsky et al,, AECL Chalk River Laboratories,
Steam generator tube inspection specification
S. Yang; Ontario Power Generation, The Development
of Target Flaw Sizes and Acceptance Flaw Sizes for
CANDU Ferritic Piping Rick Robichaud discussing the potential impact of a
harmonized ISO 9712 standard.
M. Quarry; Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI),

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 Practical Application of Guided Waves for Buried Piping Inspection
R. Robichaud et al, ISO TC135/SC7 Chair (Team Industrial Services Inc.), The Impact of Harmonization on NDT in
Canada
P.K. Yuen, Natural Resources Canada Certification Agency, Certification of NDT Personnel: Update on the Current
Perspective & Future Outlook

All attendees had immediate access to the papers and

presentation files courtesy of the NDT.net e-proceedings on
the USB in the registration package.

The Career Zone had information from academic institutions

Jobs outnumbered resumes in the Career zone.
about their full-time NDT program offerings and an area for
job postings and resumes. It looked like there were a lot
more jobs available (postings were printed on yellow paper)
than there are people looking for employment in the field of
NDT. (resumes were printed in orange paper) This is good
evidence that now is the time to pursue or advance a career
in nondestructive testing!

During the conference banquet the CINDE award winners were recognized for their technical and professional contributions
to the NDT community in Canada, along with students who received scholarships for their academic achievement. CINDE
Director Douglas Marshall presided over the awards ceremony, adding his personal reflections and congratulations to the
recipients who were: Doug Whitely, winner of the W. E. Havercroft award, John Baron, Robert Ginzel and David Mennie for
their CINDE Fellowship, and Ed Ginzel for his Technical Achievement award.

New CINDE
Fellow
Doug Marshall John Baron
(l) congratulates shared some
Havercroft award amusing
winner Doug anecdotes
Whitely (r). about the
start of his
career in
NDT.

CINDE Training Manager Sharon Bond (r) and Pamela Sharon Bond congratulates Seokhwan Chang, a Mohawk
Stewart (l), recipient of the CINDE Alison Smit bursary College QET-NDE student recognized for his academic
award achievement.

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 Unfortunately award winners Robert Ginzel, Dave Mennie
and Ed Ginzel were unable to attend the awards ceremony.
Some of the CINDE awards date back to 1977 and all of the
recipients can be viewed on the CINDE website at http://
www.cinde.ca/awards.shtml.

Professor Katy Zaidman congratulates Ken Ho,

a scholarship recipient from the Durham College
Mechanical Engineering Technician Non-Destructive
Evaluation program.

Many other important contributors to the conference were

also acknowledged at the dinner, especially the co-chairs,
Debbie Luey and Suneeta Kapur greeted attendees at the
session leaders and staffers from CINDE and COG who registration area.
helped organized the event.

COG staffers Roychelle Gayle-Bailey (l) & Megan OConner

Kim Waddell had the on-site office running smoothly. (r) kept the presentations organized.
Thursday morning the
technical program was
followed by a draw for the
conference Grand Prize, an
Apple iPad sponsored by
the Acuren Group. The lucky
winner was Ruth He from
Ontario Power Generation.

Planning for the NDT in

John Baron congratulates
the grand prize draw winner
Ruth He from Ontario Power
Larry Cote thanked the students for attending and the Generation.
organizers and staff for their hard work and extra effort
Canada 2013 conference is
already underway. For more
information and regular
updates please visit http://
events.cinde.ca/.
Reported by Larry Cote.

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