Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
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Services around the reactor<br />
Our physicists contribute an important part to the operation of nuclear power<br />
plants which is also effective in all areas of nuclear physics. Among others this includes<br />
services in the areas of incore fuel management, fuel disposal management, fuel<br />
disposal studies, nuclear criticality safety and shielding calculations. Our competence<br />
and operational experience does not only support reactor operators in all areas of<br />
safety but also in regard to effi ciency. Here, our support targets primarily the increase of<br />
the current yield and fuel effi ciency, the safe use of reprocessed Uranium and Plutonium<br />
as well as the reduction of fuel element disposal amounts. Furthermore, our customers<br />
also profi t from our software products ranging from core and fuel element storage<br />
management to optimized fuel element loading to online simulations of the reactor<br />
core.<br />
Services in the area of nuclear physics in <strong>2009</strong>:<br />
sustained capacity utilization!<br />
Just as in previous years, the order and delivery for incore fuel<br />
management support resulted in high capacity utilization of our<br />
physicists. We carried out the incore fuel management for both<br />
units at the nuclear power plant Biblis and for both units at<br />
Gundremmingen. For the nuclear power plant Krško in Slovenia<br />
we carried out activation calculations in the course of the<br />
decommissioning and dismantling cost calculations.<br />
Many smaller service orders complemented our scope of services<br />
in <strong>2009</strong>. We monitored the nuclear criticality safety during the<br />
refueling of the fuel elements at the nuclear power plants<br />
Emsland and Grafenrheinfeld. The following orders are also noteworthy.<br />
They ensure a utilization of our capacities in 2010:<br />
• Delivery of the online core simulator for the nuclear power<br />
plant Gundremmingen which was ordered in <strong>2009</strong>. This<br />
simulator will be used with the plant simulator at the Kraftwerksschule<br />
(PowerTech Training Center) in Essen. We supplied<br />
the computer hardware as well as application software that<br />
has been customized for the use at the training center. The<br />
advantages in the scope of the training at the school include:<br />
more realistic, safer and more interesting training opportunities<br />
for the trainers.<br />
<strong>Siempelkamp</strong> Nuclear technology<br />
Incore fuel management on-screen<br />
• Replacement of the fuel element information and <strong>report</strong>ing<br />
software system (the order was received in <strong>2009</strong>, completion<br />
scheduled for late 2010) for RWE. This database system manages<br />
the core and fuel element repository in nuclear facilities as well<br />
as at interim storage locations.<br />
• Another order we received in <strong>2009</strong> involves the support of the<br />
physical department of the nuclear power plant Unterweser<br />
during routing operating tasks. Our nuclear physicists will<br />
provide support with calculations.<br />
Fuel element information and <strong>report</strong>ing system<br />
Services<br />
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