MATTEC Engineering Ltd.
Material Technology and Material Engineering,
Engineering Consulting Services and Arbitration.
217-18 William Carson Cres. North York, On. M2P 2G6 TEL/FAX.(416) 224-5751,
Email: senic@istar.ca
Claude Seni, P.Eng.
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- Private Consultant- Nuclear Civil Engineering
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- Former Manager Civil Engineering and Specialist , with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL),
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- Expert consultant with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of United Nations (UN) in Vienna
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- Former expert consultant with the Organization for Economic Development /Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) in Paris,
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- Former member of the Canadian Standards Association T.C. of N287 and N291,
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- Former member of the International Union of Testing and Research for Materials and Structures (RILEM) in the Methodology for Life prediction of
concrete structures in Nuclear Power Plants Technical Committee (TC-MLN),
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- Corresponding member of RILEM in the Non Destructive Examination of concrete structures Technical Committee (TC-NDE),
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- Former member of the Canadian Construction Research Board of Ontario,
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- Member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario,
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- Former member of the Arbitrators Institute of Canada, the Ontario and International Arbitration Sections,
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- Former member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec and New Brunswick,
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- Former Branch Manager-Civil Engineering, with Canatom Ltd., Montreal
Areas of expertise.
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- Plant Life Management , Ageing Control and/or Life Extension of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Containment and safety related concrete structures ,
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- NPP Containment maintenance programs,
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- NPP materials ageing management (prestressing system, liners ),
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- NPP Containment performance monitoring and instrumentation
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- NPP Containment leak tightness enhancement ,
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- NPP Containment liner materials (steel, organic and inorganic),
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- Records keeping and building an ageing database,
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- Repair/rehabilitation of Containment concrete and reinforcement from deteriorations due to ageing (alkali reaction, re-alkalisation, chloride removal,
passivation, cathodic protection)
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- CANDU NPP Design (Gentilly 2 and P.Lepreau-Canada, Wolsong-Korea, Cernavoda,-Romania, generic CANDU 3 and CANDU 9 )
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- Fire protection,
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- QA engineering
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- Construction contracts ,technical specifications, cost control, construction litigation, tender evaluation.
Participation in International Organisations and/or Symposia with papers, in Panel of Experts, Chairman of session or as Invited Speaker.
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- 2002, Berlin , Germany, OECD-NEA Workshop, Evaluation of defects, repair criteria & methods of repair for concrete structures in NPPs.
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- 2000, Brussels, Belgium, OECD-NEA Workshop on Instrumentation and Monitoring of Concrete Structures.
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- 2000, Prague, Czech Technical University, invited speaker.
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- 1999,Dresden, Germany, 2nd International RILEM Symposium on Adhesion between Polymers and Concrete, ISAP'99.
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- 1999, Bratislava, Slovakia, RILEM Symposium-Life Prediction and Ageing Management of Concrete Structures.
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- 1997, Prague, Czeck Republic, PLIM/PLEX’ 97 International Conference and Exhibition-Plant life management and plant life extension in nuclear facilities
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- 1997, Risley, UK, International Workshop-Development priorities for NDE of concrete structures in nuclear plants.
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- 1997,Poitiers, France, International Workshop-Prestress loss in NPP containments
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- 1995 Toronto, Canada, UofT Continuing Engineering Education -Life Extension of Civil Structures with Advanced Composites.
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- 1995, Gaithersburg, USA- RILEM TC-MLN.
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- 1995-1997, Paris, France- OECD/NEA in the Task Group on Ageing of concrete structures.
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- 1995, Bariloche, Argentina- IAEA/CNEA Symposium on Plant Life Management
· 1994,Toronto, Canada - The Third International Conference on Containment Design and Operation.
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- 1994, Chambery, France -CODATA 14th International Conference, Data and Knowledge in a Changing World .
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- 1992-1994 Vienna, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency, Experts Meetings on nuclear plants ageing.
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- 1993-1996 Vienna, Austria- CRP (Co-ordinated Research Program) on Ageing Management of Concrete Containment Buildings.
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- 1992 Sheffield, U.K. - RILEM Fourth International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Cement and Concrete.
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- 1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina - RILEM International Seminar on Direct Transfer of Research Results to Industry.
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- 1990 Toronto, Canada - The Second International Conference on Containment Design
and Operation
R&D and Awards:
- 1993/95 Vienna, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency, Co-ordinated Research Program, in Panel of Experts on Ageing of Concrete
Containment Building.
- 1992/93 Continuous Fibre Reinforcement for improved leak tightness and service life of reactor buildings, with the University of Toronto (U of T),
based upon award won in an Ontario competition, from the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
- 1991/92 FRC (Fibre Reinforced Concrete) for increased leak tightness and/or service life , with U of T for Candu Owners Group (COG).
Selected Publications:
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- Addressing concrete cracking in NPPs, (Proceedings of OECD-NEA Workshop on Evaluation of defects, repair criteria & methods of repair for concrete
structures in NPPs., Berlin, Germany, April, 2002)
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- CANDU 6 containment instrumentation and its use, (Proceedings of OECD-NEA Workshop on the Instrumentation and Monitoring of Concrete Structures, Brussels,
Belgium, March 2000)
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- Adhesion property of a polymer used for protection of concrete in nuclear power plants. (Proceedings of the 2nd International RILEM Symposium on Adhesion
between Polymers and Concrete, ISAP'99- Dresden, Germany, Sept.1999)
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- Approach to an Expert System for Concrete Cracks Repair at Nuclear Power
Plants, Proceedings of RILEM Symposium Life Prediction and Ageing Management of Concrete Structures Bratislava, Slovakia, July, 1999
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- A Generic Framework for Ageing Management of Concrete Containment Buildings, (Proceedings of PLIM/PLEX’ 97, Prague, Czeck Republic, Dec.1997)
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- Canadian perspective on Current NDE Practice and Needs (Proceedings of the
Risley, UK. International Workshop , Nov. 1997)
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- The Structural Ageing Assessment Program-Ranking Methodology for CANDU Nuclear Generation Station Concrete Components, ( Proceedings of the Canadian
Nuclear Soc. (CNS) Toronto , Dec.1997)
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- Data Knowledge in a Changing World-Industrial Information and Design Issues: An International Database of Nuclear Concrete Structures Ageing, Springer
Verlag, Berlin, 1996
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- Time History of Behaviour of a Concrete Containment from Embedded Strain
Gauge Readings (Proceedings of IAEA/CNEA Symposium on Plant Life Management, Bariloche,, Argentina, Oct.1995)
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- World-wide ageing management practices and performance of NPP concrete
structures, (Proceedings of RILEM TC-MLN meeting, Gaithersburg, USA-Aug. 1995)
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- An International Data Base of Nuclear Concrete Structures Ageing (Proceedings of CODATA 14th International Conference, Data and Knowledge in a Changing
World, Chambery, France Sept. 1994)
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- Inorganic Materials Candidates to Replace a Metallic or Non-metallic Concrete Containment Liner, (Proceedings of The Third International Conference on
Containment Design and Operation, Toronto, Canada, Oct.1994)
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- An International Data Base of Concrete Containment Ageing (Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Containment Design and Operation, Toronto,
Canada, Oct.1994)
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- Specially Formulated Polyurethane Applied to Increase Containment Leak Tightness (Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Containment Design
and Operation , Toronto, Oct. 1990).
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- Designer/Researcher/Engineer Interface for Enhancement of Concrete Durability (Proceedings of RILEM International Seminar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 1991).
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- Mechanical properties of Fibre Reinforced Mortar Exposed to Gamma Radiation (Proceedings of RILEM Fourth International Symposium, Sheffield, July 1992).