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Boucau, Joseph; Segerud, Per; Wiechers, Bernhard
WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)2019
WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)2019
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[en] Westinghouse has accumulated significant know-how in the reactor dismantling activities. The approach to internals segmentation and packaging has been continuously enhanced by incorporating lessons learned and best practices into each successive project. Building on the most recent successful experience at Jose Cabrera in Spain, Westinghouse has won several major awards with 13 reactors currently under contract at Chooz A (France), Barsebaeck 1-2 (Sweden), Bohunice V1 (two units in Slovakia), Neckarwestheim I, Philippsburg 1, and more recently at Unterweser, Grafenrheinfeld, Grohnde, Isar 1, Isar 2, Brokdorf (Germany). The primary challenges of a segmentation and packaging project are to separate the highly activated materials from the less-activated materials and package them into appropriate containers for disposal. The choice of the optimum cutting technology is important for a successful project implementation and depends on some specific constraints like disposal costs, project schedule, available work areas or safety. The selected technology for all recent Westinghouse projects is mechanical cutting with different types of designed cutting equipment (hydraulic shears, band saw, disc saw). All segmentation tools are remotely controlled due to the high radiation levels and ALARA and personal safety is the number one priority during the challenging site work. Training on mock-ups in the Westinghouse facility before going to the site is a very important step in order to optimize all procedures and thereby maximize the efficiency on site in order to finalize the project on time or before. The work covers the segmentation of reactor internals but also, in some cases, some replaced components during plant operation that were stored in the spent fuel pool. The cutting equipment proved to be reliable and flexible which is very valuable for the execution of such a challenging project. The Barsebaeck Unit 2 site work has been finished end of October 2017 and its lessons learned are taken into consideration for future activities. Site work is currently on-going simultaneously at Chooz A, Barsebaeck 1, Neckarwestheim I and Philippsburg 1. This paper will provide an overview of all these on-going segmentation projects and will focus on feedback from the first projects executed on site. (authors)
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2019; 9 p; WM2019: 45. Annual Waste Management Conference; Phoenix, AZ (United States); 3-7 Mar 2019; Available from: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (US); Country of input: France; 1 ref.; available online at: https://www.xcdsystem.com/wmsym/2019/index.html
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