Design guidance of fish impingement and entrainment programs at nuclear facilities, a case study

Session: Poster session

Cherie-Lee Fietsch, Bruce Power, [email protected]
Tamara Darwish, Golder Associates Ltd., [email protected]
David Snider, Bruce Power, [email protected]

Abstract

The first edition of Canadian Standards Association N288.9 Guidance for Design of Fish Impingement and Entrainment Programs at Class I Nuclear Facilities will be finalized in April 2018. This Guidance is part of the CSA N288 Suite of standards on Environmental Management for nuclear facilities. This standard provides guidance for the design and implementation of fish impingement and entrainment monitoring and assessment programs at Class I Nuclear Facilities, but may also be used by any facilities (i.e., nuclear facilities that are not Class I, or non-nuclear facilities) with high water use, or species at risk concerns. The primary objective of an impingement and entrainment monitoring and assessment program is to quantify fish impingement and entrainment. Compliance with the Guidance will assist facilities in assessing effects of water use on fisheries by incorporating best practices from Canada and internationally. This presentation briefly describes the Canadian Standards Association process for developing the guidance, and the key elements of the guidance. Key elements included are guidance on sampling design, data collection, and data analysis for both impingement and entrainment. A case study demonstrates fish loss estimation and how this is carried forward to offsetting measures, with the aim of ongoing natural fish production.

1. Keyword
monitoring

2. Keyword
environmental policy

3. Keyword
Lake Huron