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Advanced Nuclear Power
T H E M A G A Z I N E O F F R A M A T O M E A N P
N O 6 January 2003
Life Cycle
Management
The Power
of Experience

C O N T E N T S
Advanced Nuclear Power
N O 6 January 2003
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3 Perspectives
Industry Insights
4 The Worldwide Trend Towards
Partnering Agreements
6 Sustainable Development:
The Johannesburg Summit
Cover Story
8 Life Cycle Management:
The Power of Experience
Features
12 Optimizing the CI to Get
More Power Out of Your PWR
13 Better Fuel Utilization and
Higher Plant Availability at BWRs
with TELEPERM XS
14 Trillo: Standby Offsite Power System
Connection Upgraded
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Publisher
Nicolas Brun
Editor-in-Chief
Susan Hess
Managing Editor
Martha Wiese
Creative Director
Bill Warner
Regional Editors
Jacqueline Buysse, Christine Fischer,
Martha Wiese
Graphic Design
O’Connor Group
Contributing Writers
Pierre Boermans, David Brown, Patrick
Clay, Jean-Jacques Crosnier, Manfred
Erve, Eberhard Fischer, Gilles Goyau,
Jean-Marie Grandemange, Ambros
Hauser, Johannes Höbart, Robert Horbach,
Hubertus Lindacher, Jean Oullion,
Fernando-Mario Roumiguière, Günter
Scherer, Wilfred Stoll, Ferdinand Uano
Innovation & Technology
15 Robot Facilitates CVCS Replacement
16 New Tools Facilitate Reactor Inspections
18 SIPLUG Online 3: First Modules
Now in Operation at Neckar
18 Engineering Databases Improve
Reload Analysis Process Time
19 Tailor-Made Measurement System
Provides Consistent Results
Departments
20 Equipment and Services
21 Contracts
22 Events and Meetings
22 News in Brief
On the cover: Electricité de France’s Flamanville plant,
located on the seaside “La Manche” in northwest France.
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ADAM are registered trademarks of Siemens.
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Perspectives
Nuclear Power: It’s An Exciting Time
This is an exciting time to be in the nuclear industry. Capacity factors
are the highest they have ever been and still rising. Outage durations
are falling and nuclear electricity production costs are low in
comparison with some other forms of generation. Because of our reliable record
of operation, the public attitude in some parts of the world has improved.
Low production costs and energy security issues are fueling a renewed emphasis
on nuclear power. The nuclear industry is responding with plant life extensions
and power uprates. Even though many plants have been
operating for 20 years or more, given the current conditions,
these plants are valuable assets that need to be preserved.
Nuclear utilities are facing modernization challenges,
particularly in the areas of component repairs and replacement
and electrical and I&C upgrades. As a result of low
production costs and high capacity factors, nuclear power
plants can generate the revenue necessary to make these
modernization investments.
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To meet these modernization challenges, nuclear plants are looking to service
providers for assistance in helping them evaluate the existing condition of their
plant and the aging mechanisms at work to make recommendations on what
needs to be done to achieve long-term operational success. They are expecting
suppliers to develop the most economical and safe solutions and to guide them
in prioritizing these issues based upon susceptibility to failure, aging, repair
versus replacement options and replacement lead-times, to name a few. These
large and diverse scopes are leading some utilities to form long-term alliances
with a vendor.
In addition to preserving their existing assets, utilities have begun the long-term
planning for new nuclear power plants to meet future electricity needs with
safe, reliable, and environmentally friendly generation. Multiple technologies
are in development around the world and it is generally believed that a new
nuclear power plant will be contracted within years.
For those of us who have been in this business for a number of years, the recent
turn of events is not only invigorating but also a welcome recognition of all
the industry’s hard work over the years to prove the viability and necessity for
nuclear power generation as a part of the energy mix.
Thomas A. Christopher
President & CEO
Framatome ANP, Inc.

Industry Insights
The Worldwide Trend Towards
Partnering Agreements
In the past, plant operators dealt with
a multitude of low-cost suppliers.
There might be 300 for plant support
work, another 100 for outage support
plus 800-1000 miscellaneous parts/
materials/services vendors. Each of these
required requests for proposal (RFP)
to be developed and bids to be evaluated.
Before deregulation, the performance
risk was assumed by the rate payers
and there was a guaranteed rate of
return for the utilities. Today, all that
is changing.
Today, the number of utilities establishing
alliances or partnering arrangements
is mushrooming. Dependence
on a particular vendor or group of
vendors allows the utility to improve
the overall operations of their plants
through cost reductions, risk sharing
and other benefits.
The consolidation in the nuclear utility
industry has led to the formation of
multiple types of partnering arrangements.
Some are between utilities and
a single vendor, some are between a
utility and a consortium of vendors,
some are a group of utilities that have
banded together to achieve volume
discounts for services and components,
and another is an arrangement
in which a single company operates
multiple plants for different owners.
Drivers
Driven by increasingly competitive
operating environments and a growing
shortage of qualified service people,
utilities see partnering arrangements as
a way to build long-term relationships
that will not only enhance the performance
of their plants but reduce
their operating costs as well.
Although cost is an important factor,
it is not always the main one. Nuclear
and personnel safety always are of
the highest importance but reducing
outage lengths and enhancing plant
performance also are key drivers.
Improving the allocation of critical
resources, reducing fixed costs, particularly
in the areas of purchasing and
engineering staff support, and better
pre-outage planning are important
benefits derived from partnership-type
relationships. The concept is that a
vendor with a vested interest in the
operation of the plant and who shares
in the risks and rewards will provide
better service. In addition, utility
and vendor teams that work together
over a period of time develop a mutual
understanding and work habits that
result in smoother, safer, and more
cost-effective performance.
Typical Workscopes
Full scope outage services including
refueling, steam generator inspections
and services, pump and motor services
and RV head inspection and repair
are a few of the workscopes usually
covered by partnering arrangements.
However, fuel, mechanical components,
plant modifications, valves, I&C/
electrical systems and welding work
also can be included. The initial length
of an alliance tends to be between
three and five years with options for
continuation based upon performance.
Regular Evaluation
is Essential
An evaluation mechanism with preestablished
criteria for performance is
a key feature of alliances. These criteria
usually are in the areas of safety, longterm
cost reduction goals, production
targets, quality, schedule, radiation
dose reduction and overall cost goals.
The parties mutually agree to the goals
and their evaluation at the beginning
of the alliance and participate equally
in the analysis.
Many partnering arrangements feature
incentives, such as specific personnel
safety and cost reduction goals,
performance improvement criteria,
adherence to established budgets or
quality standards, established by both
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parties. Both share in the risks and
the rewards, so each has an incentive
to beat the established goals.
Other types of performance measurements
include industry plant ratings
and rankings, safety standards,
and cost of production.
Illustrations: Glasgow Media
Conclusion
An increasingly competitive marketplace
will drive the need for low-cost
operations and maximum output by
all nuclear power plant operators.
Thus, the trend towards partneringtype
relationships will continue. These
long-term relationships are a
win-win situation for both parties.
There is a greater willingness to invest
in resources for long-term continuous
improvement that will decrease the risk
and increase the reward for the utility,
the vendor and the entire industry.

Industry Insights
Sustainable Development: The Johann
Nuclear power contributes to sustainable development
by generating power without creating air pollution
Sustainable development sees
human beings, in the words
of philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis,
as “the gardeners of the planet,”
cultivating and enjoying the earth’s
riches in our lives today, while taking
care to avoid damaging or exhausting
its resources.
History
In 1987, the UN established a
Commission on Environment and
Development, chaired by then
Prime Minister of Norway, Mrs. Gro
Harlem Brundtland. A report was
issued that came to be known as
“Our Common Future” which alerted
the world to the urgency of making
progress toward economic development
that could be sustained without
depleting natural resources or harming
the environment.
The 1992 UN Conference on
Environment and Development
(UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro drew
30,000 people from around the world
who gathered to address the issue
of environmental decline. Out of that
meeting, a new word was coined –
eco-efficiency. “The hope was that
eco-efficiency would transform human
industry from a system that takes,
makes, and wastes into one that
integrates economic, environmental,
and ethical concerns.” The Atlantic
Monthly, June 1998
Five years later, what is now the
World Business Council for Sustainable
Development, a group of 48 industrial
companies, focused their efforts on
what businesses could gain from a
policy of reduce, reuse and recycle.
An outgrowth of this has been the very
real economic benefits that companies
can achieve through altering the way
they design and manufacture their
products and how they handle byproducts
and wastes. An example is
3M who calculated that they saved
$750 million (748.8 Euros) through
pollution-prevention alone.
The 2002 World Summit on
Sustainable Development (WSSD),
held in Johannesburg and attended
by more than 40,000, is the latest
worldwide meeting to address this
important concept. To illustrate how
far it has come, Nitin Desai, the summit’s
Secretary-General, commented,
“Development is now as sexy as the
environment, absolutely.”
Photo courtesy of Entergy Corporation
Business and
Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development Research
Institute, headquartered in Canada
defines sustainable development as “an
integration of the ecological imperative
to stay within the carrying capacity of
the planet, the economic imperative to
provide an adequate standard of living
for all, and the social imperative to
develop forms of governance that promote
the values people want to live by.”
CEOs at the recent WSSD took a
similar position. Sustainable development
is increasingly viewed as the key
to future growth, and companies such
as DuPont, Shell, Renault, Toyota, etc.
are taking a pro-active stand in its
favor. Moreover, although usually spoken
of in terms of its environmental
aspect, these companies recognize that
to be successful, sustainable development
encompasses every aspect of their
business. US and European business
schools have begun offering sustainable
development courses, proof that there
is a need for managers who understand
the full potential of the concept.
The Role of
Nuclear Power
In a speech presented on Oct. 23rd in
Ottawa, Canada, Joe Colvin, President
and CEO of the Nuclear Energy
Institute in the US stated, “This new
century, I am convinced, will see the
realization of nuclear energy’s potential
to contribute to worldwide sustainable
development, helping to provide
electricity to some two billion people
who do not yet have access to it in
their daily lives, and doing so while
preserving our global environment.”
Not only does nuclear energy generation
protect the environment from air
pollutants (it emits virtually no greenhouse
gases), it promotes the economical
development of other complementing
forms of energy such as hydrogen.
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esburg Summit
Framatome ANP’s
Commitment
Anne Lauvergeon, head of the AREVA
Management Board, (the parent company
of Framatome ANP) attended
the summit in Johannesburg where
she participated in a “Business Day”
panel discussion on “Accountability
and Transparency.” Commenting
on why she attended, she said, ”I am
personally committed to sustainable
development and see it as an outstanding
opportunity for industries such
as ours to take responsible action. A
company working in a highly technological
field such as nuclear energy,
traditionally focused on security,
quality, and safety aspects, must be
more attentive to the potential impact
of its activities on the environment
than other companies.” One of the
reasons she attended is because the
company has begun implementing a
process, based upon the measurement
of a series of indicators that can be
reported to its stakeholders. Sustainable
development principles are implied in
the total quality approach, with selfassessment
in areas such as customer
satisfaction, human resources management,
corporate citizenship and
enhancement of quality of life in each
community in which the company
operates.
at the recent World Summit was
struck by seeing Greenpeace team up
with the World Business Council on
Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
to open the door to address concerns
such as climate change. Indeed,
the most important result of the
Johannesburg Summit may well be
the progress it generated in building
new bridges.

Cover Story
Life Cycle Managem
Aging is a universal phenomenon.
Over time, everything and everybody
must face the inexorable deterioration
that aging causes. The majority of nuclear
power plants in the world have been
operating for 20 years or more and many
plants are facing equipment and system
degradation that is affecting the economic
operation of their facilities. Over that
same time period, materials properties
have been improved that offer longer life
with reduced corrosion susceptibility,
safety requirements have increased, and
welding and NDE techniques have
improved. Utilities, whether considering
extending the service life of their plants
or looking for improved operations in
increasingly competitive markets, are
looking to life cycle management to assist
them in making the right decisions.
The
A Proven Process
Life cycle management (LCM) is a
proven, effective process for extending
plant life in an integrated and costeffective
manner that prioritizes and
allocates resources to the critical systems,
structures and components. The normal
operation of a plant or component
exposes it to temperatures, mechanical
loads, and environmental issues that
result in aging mechanisms such as
irradiation, fatigue, corrosion, fretting,
cracking, etc. Over time, operation
is affected.
Managing those factors that contribute
to aging and physical degradation can
have a dramatic impact on a nuclear
utility’s bottom line. Millions of dollars
can be saved in avoidable operation and
maintenance costs over the extended
operating life of the nuclear fleet. In
fact, LCM programs completed at four
US plants resulted in long-term savings
of $15M (15.5 Euros) to $30M
(29.5 Euros) per plant.
Benefits of LCM
• Reduces unplanned outages
due to equipment failure
• Reduces operating costs
• Mitigates risks of components
critical to power generation
• Improved equipment
reliability and availability
• Prioritization of competing
options for capital while
meeting emergent needs
• Prioritization of plant
modifications and planning
for implementation
• Estimation of capital upgrades
and development of a longrange
plant improvement plan
Life Cycle
Management is a
Balancing Act
LCM is a balancing act between short
and long-term strategic goals and the
extended life of the plant. It encompasses
a complex and interconnected
group of features including financial
models, long-term aging strategies,
preventive maintenance programs and
obsolescence planning tools. The key
is a complete understanding of the
aging processes, the life-limiting
situations, and the establishment of
thresholds. This knowledge, applied
to the definition and qualification
of suitable corrective and preventive
actions, facilitates the risk/benefit
analyses that result in the most costeffective
decisions.
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Power of Experience
Conclusion
Experience, historical data on individual
plants over time, and a thorough
understanding of the aging mechanism
and physical degradation and their
effect on components and systems are
the primary tools for life cycle management.
Combining the accumulated
knowledge and experience of the
French, German and US engineering,
manufacturing and R&D provides
a complete set of LCM tools ranging
from those dedicated to the detailed
evaluation of a given aging process
to those providing global plant management
support to electricity utilities.
Framatome ANP has been helping
customers manage their assets from
the time the plant was built to the
present. The result is a set of powerful
management tools that draw on lessons
learned and detailed data that have
saved customers millions of dollars in
unplanned outages and maintenance
costs while maximizing plant value.
(See the following case studies.)
RPV Integrity Assessment:
Indispensable for Safe
and Reliable Long-Term
Plant Operation
The integrity of the reactor pressure
vessel (RPV) is essential for
safe and reliable plant operation and
especially for plant life extension. The
residual life of the RPV can determine
the overall life of the whole nuclear
power plant. Advanced techniques are
used to verify the RPV integrity
throughout the planned or prolonged
life of the plant and to provide a good
basis for cost-effective implementation
of preventive and corrective measures,
if necessary. The following two examples
of RPV safety integrity assessments
use fracture mechanics tools.
Example 1:
A substantial part of the PWR-RPV
integrity assessment is related to the
pressurized thermal shock (PTS)
analysis. The safety of the RPV during
a loss of coolant accident (LOCA)
has to be proven over the entire life
of the component. Framatome ANP
is a leader in performing RPV safety
analyses, a multidisciplinary effort that
involves, among other things, highly
sophisticated and detailed thermalhydraulic
analyses and structural
analyses including fracture mechanics
assessments. This work has been
performed by Framatome ANP for
RPVs in the following plant design
types: Siemens, EDF 900 MWe plants,
Westinghouse, and Russian VVER
440 MWe and 1000 MWe plants.
Example 2:
The allowable defect size is a major
criteria for the safety assessment of
RPVs and thus for lifetime prediction
of this component. For the RPV
main coolant pump nozzle of the
Swedish BWR nuclear power plant
Forsmark 1, new devices had to be
developed for the non-destructive
examination (NDE) because of limited
accessibility. To calibrate these new
devices, fracture mechanics calculations
were performed to minimize nondestructive
testing. Allowable defects,
postulated to be located in the weld
of the pump nozzle at the bottom
of the BWR RPVs, have to be safely
detected by NDE inspection. To
achieve realistic conditions, the residual
stresses must be defined as necessary
input for these fracture mechanics
calculations. Framatome ANP has developed
comprehensive models, based
on numerical tools, to simulate the
welding process using the real welding
parameters. The number of weld
beads and the appropriate mechanical
boundary conditions with adjacent
materials must be considered. Based
on the outcome of the fracture mechanics
assessment, the maximum allowable
defect sizes are conservatively defined.
The NDE method can be tailored to
specific needs, and the optimal NDE
inspection intervals can be derived.
Temperature field in the RPV wall and the resulting stresses in
the nozzle region during cold water injection in the primary circuit,
(temperatures in °C; stresses in MPa)
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Cover Story
Preventing Thermal
Fatigue in Nuclear
Components
Preventing thermal fatigue begins
during the design phase, particularly
for safety-related components and
those subjected to severe loading conditions.
A list of loading conditions to
which the various systems may be subjected
is established early in the design
phase. An in-service analysis is performed
to ensure that design assumptions
are correct under operating conditions.
If there is a significant discrepancy,
the design assumptions must be
reassessed. Designs based on analysis
of potential load conditions have been
proven to prevent fatigue crack initiation,
however unforeseen complex
loading and insufficient monitoring
can lead to a risk of fatigue damage.
The cracking of an elbow in the residual
heat removal (RHR) system at
Civaux 1 is an example of unforeseen
loading. This system includes a mixing
area for the hot fluid from the reactor
coolant system and a fluid cooled by
an exchanger, designed to evacuate the
maximum residual heat from the core,
following a power operation. Fatigue
cracks appeared in this system when it
was used for long periods of time
during unit startup.
To determine the cause of the damage
to avoid the risk of such an incident
affecting other systems of similar design
and to adjust the basic surveillance
Configuration of the N4 residual
heat removal system zone
affected by fatigue and internal
degradation of the elbow
highlighted by liquid penetrant
examination.
and preventative maintenance programs,
both the loading applied to the component
and the component material
resistance must be analyzed. Tests or
digital simulations using software such
as Star-CD to determine local fluid
temperature distributions and Systus
software to identify the resulting structural
stresses are used to evaluate the
loading applied to the component.
These analyses lead to suggestions for
improved operation, or improved design
in the event of equipment replacement.
The structure’s resistance capacity
depends on both the material of which
it is made and the manufacturing
process used (surface condition, residual
stresses, etc.). Metallurgical assessments
and fatigue test programs performed
on typical specimens can highlight
such effects, leading to a better
understanding of the remaining service
life of existing structures and the precautions
to be taken during the manufacture
of replacement equipment
for an extended service life. Assuring
the absence of fatigue on equipment,
in particular under high-cycle thermal
fatigue situations, is critical to the
operation of nuclear power plants. It
requires multi-disciplinary skills (thermal-hydraulics,
mechanical engineering,
materials, inspection, repairs, etc.)
to control the risk of damage over
the long-term.
Example of a
simulated fluid
mixing zone and
determination
of the resulting
stresses
LCM on One System
Leads to Big Savings
One of Framatome ANP’s successful
life cycle management
(LCM) projects focused on a US
plant’s turbine controls. Following a
complete assessment of the plant’s
operating systems, it became clear that
significant operating improvements
and cost savings potentially could be
achieved by targeting the plant’s existing
electro-hydraulic turbine control
(EHC) system.
Following Framatome ANP’s LCM
procedures, the team identified the
EHC system boundaries and examined
its critical equipment and components.
The system’s operation and maintenance
history was reviewed and then compared
with other similar systems at other
plants to uncover any anomalies.
Analysis
An engineering analysis of the most
critical components was completed to
determine its susceptibility to failure.
For example, some vital components
such as relay cards seemed to indicate
a high susceptibility to failure that
could cause the system and the plant
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to be taken off line. The current analog
system was obsolete and in fact, the
existing EHC system’s vendor had indicated
that it no longer would provide
technical support after 2005. Due to its
obsolescence, there was a shortage of
spare parts for the existing system and
this situation could only worsen.
Additionally, there were limits to the
existing system’s ability to gather data
online and monitor system performance.
The Action Plan
Once the analysis was completed, the
team evaluated the data and began to
map out alternative programs for the
operation and maintenance of the
EHC system, taking into account the
economic impact of each alternative.
Based on the results of this exercise, an
action plan, deemed the most effective
at the best overall cost, was developed
into a formal proposal and presented
to the plant.
The action plan called for replacing
the existing analog EHC system with
a redundant digital control system
that would reduce the single-failure
susceptibility, allow on-line maintenance,
provide more thorough monitoring
and trending of system performance,
and potentially eliminate some existing
EHC system components.
It was estimated that this course of
action would save the utility approximately
$15 million (15.05 million
Euros) in operation and maintenance
costs over the remaining life of the
plant. This example illustrates only
one small segment of plant operation
but the impact of LCM cannot
be disputed.

Features
Optimizing the CI to Get
More Power Out of Your PWR
Up to now nuclear power plant
operators and suppliers have
focused, for the most part, on optimizing
the Nuclear Island (NI) as well as the
turbine generator set to obtain more
power out of their plants and to enhance
plant safety and availability. Little
attention has been paid to the fact that
the Balance of Plant (BOP) – also
known as the Conventional Island (CI) –
also offers many opportunities for
increasing net electric output at relatively
low cost and with short payback periods.
The CI is a highly complex network
of pipes, process components, and
instrumentation & control systems
that serve the sole purpose of efficiently
and reliably converting thermal energy
to electricity. At many plants, electric
output can be increased by up to 4%
through a variety of carefully coordinated
measures without having to increase
the thermal output of the reactor.
To effectively exploit these hidden
resources in the CI, a supplier is needed
who knows the plant from “core to
condenser” and is experienced in analyzing
and assessing power plants in
their entirety – for this is the only way
to prevent modifications from having
undesirable effects on other systems.
Turnkey Expertise
is the Key
Most of today’s nuclear power plants
were built according to the Architect-
Engineer (AE) model where one company
supplied the nuclear steam supply
system or the NI, several companies
supplied the BOP systems and all of
their various tasks were coordinated by
the AE. This often resulted in individual
BOP systems being improved without
the plant as a whole being optimized.
Framatome ANP, with its wide-ranging
expertise in turnkey plant construction,
follows a holistic approach: it treats
the entire BOP as a single entity – the
CI – while carefully accounting for its
interaction with the NI at one end and
the conditions of the main heat sink
at the other. Also, the company systematically
analyzes all CI systems and
components that impact plant output.
In this way, the entire plant can be
optimized in terms of power production,
while at the same time ensuring
high plant availability and efficiency.
First Reference Project
Framatome ANP currently is performing
a CI optimization study, based on this
holistic approach, for the first time
for a Japanese client. The study, started
in June 2002, should be completed by
March 2003. Working in close cooperation
with the customer, possible areas
for improvement are being identified,
based on the present status of the plant.
Technical recommendations for
increasing plant efficiency are being
developed with close attention paid to
their cost/benefit ratio.

Better Fuel Utilization and Higher Plant
Availability at BWRs with TELEPERM XS
During the 2002 refueling outage
at Philippsburg 1 (a German
900 MWe BWR unit that went on
line in 1980) core power distribution
monitoring was improved and a new
control rod sequence controller (CRSC)
installed. This new CRSC, along with
several new modules for local core
monitoring, will enable the plant to
meet today’s rigorous demands for high
availability, optimum fuel utilization,
state-of-the-art controls and automation
of test routines. The new instrumentation
& control (I&C) equipment consists
of the digital safety I&C platform
TELEPERM XS TM and a PC serving
as the CRSC.
Plant Restart In-Service
Testing is Easier
Not only does the use of TELEPERM
XS provide more precise information
and more accurate assessments of the
current condition of the reactor core,
but the high level of test automation
and the ease of operator control
and monitoring greatly relieve the
workload on plant operating personnel.
The introduction of the new CRSC
in conjunction with TELEPERM XS
has reduced significantly the effort
required for in-service testing during
restart of the plant after a refueling
outage. This can shorten outages by
up to half a day.
Framatome ANP’s combined expertise
in the fields of fuel design, process
engineering, I&C technology, and
software development led to the creation
of this solution. Extensive plant
know-how and project management
capabilities were combined to successfully
install and place the CRSC in
operation in just seven days.
Monitoring Power
Distribution and Core
Stability
In the new modules installed for local
core monitoring, the 132 signals
received from the in-core neutron flux
detectors of the local power-range
monitors are compared against predefined
limits. If the limits are exceeded,
appropriate countermeasures are
initiated. The limits are individually
adjusted by the software to match local
burnup conditions – as determined by
the advanced core monitoring computer,
FNR, a module integrated into
the process computer system – and
are continuously corrected to account
for the present coolant mass flow
and reactor power level. Therefore, it
allows the reactor operator to operate
the reactor in a fuel-efficient manner
for optimum fuel utilization.
Another new feature of the core
monitoring equipment is the capability
for monitoring core stability. As a result,
the neutron flux oscillations typically
observed in the initial portion of
BWR power-flow maps can be reliably
detected. Through the implementation
of suitable countermeasures, these
oscillations can be suppressed before
scram limits are exceeded, thus contributing
to increasing overall plant
availability.

Features
Trillo: Standby Offsite Power System
Connection Upgraded
During this year’s annual refueling
outage at the Spanish nuclear power
plant Trillo, a new 220-kV standby offsite
power system connection was installed.
In addition, modifications were made
to the previous offsite connection for
auxiliary power supply. The functions
performed by the new connection were
demonstrated successfully through
numerous individual tests. An integral
test also was performed to verify simultaneous
switchover of all four redundant
auxiliary power trains from the main
offsite power system to the standby system
with the reactor at hot standby.
The owner of Trillo awarded an order
to Framatome ANP to upgrade the
plant’s standby offsite power system
connection for auxiliary power supply.
The new 220-kV standby connection
would take over the functions performed
by the plant’s previous 132-kV
standby connection. This 132-kV
connection would serve in future as a
second standby offsite power system
connection.
Complex Electrical
Modifications Completed
The scope of the order covered all
of the electrical equipment including
the necessary modifications to the
safety-related and non-safety-related
instrumentation and control (I&C)
systems as well as planning for the
associated civil work and piping system
modifications. The electrical supplies
and services included:
• Two 220/10/10-kV transformers,
each rated for 76 MVA
• 220-kV cables
• Equipment for power system
transfer and transformer protection
• Extensive process engineering
investigations and electrical system
calculations
Preparations for the upgrade took
two years. The actual on-site work was
completed within 30 days during the
2002 outage. The project marked the
first time that a digital process control
system – TELEPERM TM XP from
Siemens – was implemented at Trillo.
This provides a reference for upgrading
other plant systems with digital I&C
in the future.
The excellent cooperation with the local
engineering company EMPRESARIOS
AGRUPADOS, S.A. also contributed
to the success of the project.

Innovation & Technology
Robot Facilitates CVCS
Replacement
Due to the discovery of a thermal
cracking phenomenon in
residual heat removal (RHR) system
mixing zones in 1999, Electricité de
France (EDF) launched an extensive
program to identify potential areas for
similar degradations, such as the safety
injection nozzle, the surge line nozzle,
and the Chemical and Volume Control
System (CVCS) nozzle. At the same
time, EDF wished to qualify the tools
and methods for replacing a complete
spool piece that included the CVCS
nozzle, and examine the removed
spool piece using both non-destructive
and destructive tests.
In early 2001, EDF awarded
Framatome ANP a contract to replace
a primary (cold leg) spool piece at
Fessenheim 1 with a CVCS nozzle.
To reduce critical path time, this operation
was performed at the same time
as their steam generator replacement
since the basic cutting, pipe end and
pump casing decontamination, beveling
and welding techniques as well as the
tools used are similar to the ones used
for the steam generator replacement.
Special Equipment
Required
The workscope consisted of two
cuts made at the level of the existing
welds of the primary loop, one at the
pump connection and the other at
the mid section of the pipe. The removal
as well as the installation of the
spool piece, required specific handling
devices due to the limited access.
To perform the final grinding and
associated non-destructive examination
(NDE) of the inner part of the
welds located on the primary pipe, in
line with the dosimetric objectives
of the operation, Framatome ANP
Performing grinding tests with ARTUR on a mock-up in
preparation for deployment
developed and qualified a new robotic
manipulator named ARTUR. This
system has two parts, a crawler and an
arm that are introduced separately
through the primary pump and assembled
inside the casing. Once both
units are assembled, the manipulator is
driven automatically to its operating
position for the grinding, cleaning and
performance of liquid penetrant test.
New Welding System
Developed
In addition, Framatome ANP developed
and qualified an automated welding
process to perform the welds of the
2", 3" and 4" (5.08 cm, 7.62 cm, and
10.16 cm) lines connected to the
primary coolant system. The aim of
such a fully automated welding process,
beyond the limitation of the dosimetry,
is the re-qualification of the circuits
to the French regulatory specifications
without hydro-testing the primary loop.
Work began at the Fessenheim nuclear
power plant on May 18th, and the
primary coolant system was returned
to the utility on September 21st.
Three steam generators and the primary
pipe spool were replaced and other
main maintenance operations were
performed during the plant outage.
ARTUR and the new welding process
performed successfully and the primary
coolant system was re-qualified
without the hydro-test.

Innovation & Technology
New Tools Facilitate
Reactor Inspections
Blade Probe Tool Meets New NRC Requirements
for Volumetric RV Head Inspections
First-of-a-kind work always
carries risks but when the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC)
recommended in August that high
risk plants do an inspection in their fall
outage starting in September, there
weren’t many choices. That is what
happened to multiple US nuclear plants.
Until the NRC recommendation was
issued, most of the reactor vessel (RV)
head inspections were visual inspections.
However, as a result of the recent
findings at the Davis-Besse plant, the
NRC determined that more complete
inspections were needed.
The NRC issued Bulletin 2000-02 on
August 9, 2002 recommending that
plants with high susceptibility to
cracking and leaking of the RV head
nozzles perform 100% volumetric
blade probe ultrasonic testing (UT)
examinations.
No one had ever performed 100%
volumetric blade probe UT examinations
on thermal sleeved nozzles. The
blade probes used in the past would
not work for this type of inspection.
Market Awareness
Pays Off
Fortunately, Framatome ANP anticipated
that the NRC was going to issue
another bulletin and that they would
require the ultrasonic inspection
of the RV head. In fact, the company
began work in early June to develop
a tool to perform this task. Knowing
that the Bulletin would result in a
demand for inspections at multiple
plants in a short timeframe,
Framatome ANP expedited its efforts
to perfect the design and to build
multiple sets.
Sumo Rocky manipulator
provides easy access for
blade tool check-out
“The industry required some fast
answers to a very difficult problem –
complete volumetric interrogation
of a complete reactor head penetration
set,” commented Steve Huntington,
US Vice President Outage Services.
“Our NDE engineering group was able
to meet the challenge and provide
inspection robots for all three PWR
designs: Babcock & Wilcox (B&W),
Westinghouse (W) and Combustion
Engineering (CE) in less than four
months. Our customers are benefiting
now from this effort as exams are
completed and units are returned
to service.”
Tool Ready for
Fall Outages
By leveraging French blade tool design
technology and incorporating lessons
learned from field experience, a new
Blade probe is easily installed
on the tool
tool was designed, built and tested in
roughly three months.
To date this fall, Framatome ANP
has completed inspections at three
plants with others underway. The tool
has been proven for use on W and
B&W plants with thermally sleeved
RV heads. In addition, the company
designed a similar but different tool
used in CE plants this fall.
This experience, when combined with
the spring 2002 and fall 2001 outage
campaigns, establishes Framatome ANP
as the most experienced provider of
reactor vessel head examination services
worldwide. By investing ahead of time
and staying engaged in the industry’s
issues, Framatome ANP had new
tooling ready for its customers when
they needed it.

New Ultrasonic Tool Reduces Site Support
for Reactor Vessel Inspections
In the spring of 2003, a new remotely
operated manipulator system will be
introduced for ultrasonic examinations
of PWR reactor vessels. This system,
one of the first Framatome ANP projects
designed to integrate the strengths of
the three regions (France, Germany and
the US) will support full 10-year,
intermediate and follow-up ultrasonic
and visual vessel inspections with
minimal disruption of outage activity.
Called the Trans-World Reactor
Vessel Examination System (TWS),
the six-degree-of-freedom robot and
all in-containment components can
be transported to the canal floor
either through the equipment hatch
or through most personnel hatches.
Once assembled and checked out,
the lightweight manipulator can be
lowered into the vessel with either an
auxiliary crane or with the building
polar crane. The manipulator braces
itself against the reactor vessel wall,
and is ready to begin scanning.
project includes enhancements to the
French Civa Cuve analysis package
that facilitates UT data analysis and is
required for the French code examinations.
The TWS project also includes
development of an advanced I&C
system that will be integrated into the
existing French and German manipulators
as well as controlling the new
six-degree-of-freedom robot.
“The Transworld System will revolutionize
PWR reactor vessel examinations,”
said Steve Huntington,
Framatome ANP’s Vice President Outage
Services in the US. By combining the
engineering and non-destructive
examination (NDE) expertise of the
three regions, we have designed a tool
that will perform complete US vessel
exams in less than two days, and
provide inspection accuracy never
seen before.”
TWS: The Tool for
Reactor Inspection
The TWS reduces vessel occupation
time (VOT) and minimizes site
resource requirements for ultrasonic
examination of reactor vessels. Phasedarray
technology reduces total scan
distances to achieve shorter examination
times. The robot’s compactness,
modularity and configuration flexibility
combine to make this one of the
easiest and fastest tools to install and
remove from the vessel. These innovative
features are designed to make
the TWS the premier reactor vessel
inspection tool of the industry.

Innovation & Technology
SIPLUG Online 3: First Modules
in Operation at Neckar
The first drawout-type switchgear
modules equipped with Framatome
ANP’s SIPLUG ® Online 3 valve
diagnostics system were placed in service
in July 2002 at the German PWR
plant, Neckar. Since then, around 90
switchgear modules containing this
innovative technology have been operating
successfully. Neckar now can diagnose
its valves on line, with the resulting
data sent via the plant’s local network
to office PCs for further analysis.
Therefore, plant personnel can monitor
the performance of a valve and its actuator
in real time. Then, if necessary, a
decision can be made on the type of
maintenance work that will be needed –
paving the way for condition-based
maintenance. By reducing the number
of individual valve and/or actuator tests,
considerable savings in both time and
cost can be achieved.
Installation of the SIPLUG Online 3
components directly at the valve
switchgear enables the old drawout
switchgear modules to be easily replaced
with new ones equipped with SIPLUG
while the plant is on line. More of
the diagnostics modules already
delivered by Framatome ANP, will be
placed in operation soon.
The order received from the operator of
Neckar Nuclear Power Station covered
the supply of a valve diagnostics
system consisting of Framatome ANP’s
SIPLUG Online 3 measuring system
module along with the standard
ADAM ® software for data analysis and
trending (“ADAM” is an acronym
based on the German words for
“Valve Diagnostics and Evaluation
Method”). Over the next two years,
a total of 1,500 SIPLUG modules will
be installed in both units, Neckar 1
and 2.

Tailor-Made Measurement
System Provides Consistent
Results
DC Cook determined that their
manual surveillance test for
the reactor building ice condenser lower
inlet doors produced inconsistent results.
They asked Framatome ANP to develop
a new test device to improve the accuracy,
ease, and repeatability of the 40 degree
hinge frictional force portion of the
Technical Specification surveillance test
for these doors.
The lower ice condenser door force
measurement system measures and
displays the holding, opening, and
closing forces of the doors in a -10° C
(15° F) ice condenser environment.
The new test equipment features
an integrated digital force gauge and
distance measuring gauge that is
connected to an industrial freeze-proof
laptop PC. The laptop electronically
converts the digital signals from
the gauge to provide an immediate,
accurate readout and logs the digital
signals. In addition, Framatome ANP
also created a full-scale mock-up
of a pair of ice condenser lower inlet
doors that DC Cook will use as a
technician training platform.
Framatome ANP completed the design,
procurement, mock-up, testing and
qualification of the system within the
given three-week timeframe.

Departments
Equipment and Services
Fast Help
for Neckar 2
During a routine reactor coolant
pipe inspection at the German
PWR unit Neckar 2 during this
year’s refueling outage, an unexpected
discovery was made. A loose thermal
sleeve inside a safety injection nozzle in
the cold leg of one of the four reactor
coolant loops was found using
Framatome ANP’s SUSI underwater
inspection vehicle. A robotic inspection
vehicle deployed through the safety
injection line up to the loop confirmed
the damage. The plant operator subsequently
contracted Framatome ANP
to repair the sleeve as quickly as possible.
The company immediately put together
a team of experts (component designers,
material specialists, manipulator experts
as well as inspection and repair specialists)
and worked out suitable retrieval
and repair procedures along with a
new inspection concept for the other
three loops. All of these were evaluated
in less than a day in discussions with
the plant operator. The licensing
authorities insisted that, as far as possible,
as-built conditions be restored. At
the same time, efforts got underway –
with the support of Framatome ANP’s
material specialists – to determine the
cause of the damage. In just one week
– working around the clock – all of the
repair and inspection equipment had
been built and field personnel trained
on mock-ups.
The entire scope of work was completed
on schedule in just three weeks.
Neckar 2’s management praised the
work carried out by the Framatome
ANP/intelligeNDT team in repairing
the thermal sleeve. Wilfried Gehrig,
Neckar 2’s project manager, found that
the excellent cooperation between
Framatome ANP’s service personnel and
their project team played a particularly
important role in this success.
Steam Generators Chemically
Cleaned at Neckar 1
Benefits of chemical cleaning: higher steam pressure, lower
coolant temperature and higher plant output
During this year’s annual refueling
outage at the German unit
Neckar 1, Framatome ANP chemically
cleaned all three steam generators,
one after the other, on their secondary
sides. The entire cleaning campaign had
an impact of less than six days on the
critical path of the outage. The objective
of the chemical cleaning was to remove
all hard deposits from the tubesheets
as well as all deposits from the outside
surfaces of the tubes to extend steam
generator service life and to assure
long-term component integrity. After
cleaning was complete, it was possible
– in response to a requirement
imposed by the Authorized Inspection
Agency – to retrieve a number of
foreign objects from inside the steam
generators that were embedded in
the hard tubesheet deposits and that
represented a risk of fretting damage
to the tubes.
The customer chose Framatome ANP’s
High-Temperature Chemical Cleaning
(HTCC) process, the most widely used
chemical cleaning process in the world,
for this project. The high degree of
cleanliness achieved with this process
was verified through a visual inspection
performed after all cleaning steps were
completed. Chemical cleaning also
resulted in a significant improvement
in steam generator heat transfer. After
cleaning, steam pressure at Neckar 1 was
approximately 1.5 bar higher, yielding
a 0.9% increase in plant electric output
at the same reactor thermal output
as before. This was accompanied by a
drop in primary-side temperature of
around 0.5°C (.9°F) which will reduce
the thermal loads on the fuel assemblies.
The steam generator cleaning campaign
at Neckar 1 is expected to increase
power production and therefore revenue,
as well as reduce fuel consumption.
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Departments
Contracts
Long-Term Service
Contract for
Angra 1 and 2
ELETRONUCLEAR (Eletrobrás
Termonuclear S.A.), operator
of Brazil’s nuclear power plants, Angra 1
and 2, awarded a long-term service
contract to Framatome ANP. The fiveyear
contract, won in the face of stiff
international competition, encompasses
service and maintenance work for
the two units that will be performed
during their respective annual refueling
outages. The majority of the work
will be carried out at Angra 1.
In addition to services related to
refueling and radiation protection,
Framatome ANP’s scope of activities
includes assistance for maintenance
work on the reactor coolant pumps
and motors and valve actuators, other
large pumps and pump motors as
well as electrical components. Support
for inspections and non-destructive
material examinations also are included
in the contract. This contract expands
Framatome ANP’s services to include
Angra 1 (a Westinghouse-built 657
MWe PWR that started commercial
operation in 1984) and positions
Framatome ANP as a competent service
partner in the Brazilian market.
The first maintenance activities for
Angra 1 were performed, to the
customer’s full satisfaction, during the
annual refueling outage in July 2002.
As in the past, Framatome ANP
and ELETRONUCLEAR personnel
worked closely together.
Alliance Formed for I&C Upgrade
TXU Energy’s Comanche Peak
Steam Electric Station formed an
alliance with Framatome ANP to oversee
the planning and installation of the
instrumentation and controls (I&C)
upgrade from analog to digital technology
at both of the Comanche Peak
units. Framatome ANP will provide
the engineering services and equipment
to upgrade I&C systems with the
industry standard TELEPERM XS
platform for safety-related applications
and the TELEPERM XP platform
for non-safety applications.
In September 2002 the German utility
E.ON contracted Framatome ANP
to perform the in-service inspections
on the reactor pressure vessels (RPVs)
for all five of its PWR plants between
2002 and 2010. These inspections
include mechanized ultrasonic examinations
of the lower section of the
vessel as well as the RPV closure head
including the vessel head ligaments.
The contract establishes a new contractual
relationship with the Unterweser
and Brokdorf plants and extends the
scope of existing contracts with
Grafenrheinfeld, Isar 2 and Grohnde –
resulting in a total of eight additional
RPV inspections.
“This is not simply a contract for
Framatome ANP to perform services at
Comanche Peak,” James Kelley, TXU
vice president and chairman of the
alliance said. “This is a blueprint for
Framatome ANP and Comanche Peak
to work together in a spirit of partnership
that benefits all concerned.”
Upgrading the turbine generator of
unit 2 will be performed during their
fall 2003 outage and similar work on
unit 2 will be performed in the spring
2004 outage.
E.ON Awards Long-Term Contract for
Ultrasonic Inspection of All of Its RPVs
Framatome ANP, as one member
of a consortium working on the
dismantling of the experimental fast
reactor at Dounreay in the United
Kingdom, has been awarded additional
work. The Dounreay reactor operated
from 1958 to 1977. Dismantling
began in the early 1980s.
The consortium, operating within an
alliance with the United Kingdom
The first such inspection was performed
in the fall of 2002 at Unterweser by
an inspection team from intelligeNDT
(a subsidiary of Framatome ANP). An
extensive inspection program for examining
the lower section of the RPV – a
critical path activity – was completed
in the scheduled time to the customer’s
utmost satisfaction. In fact, intelligeNDT
set the world record of 3.5 days for
inspection of the RPV lower section at
Germany’s Convoy-series PWRs.
This new contract underscores E.ON’s
interest in maintaining a long-term
relationship with a reliable partner for
this important reactor service.
Framatome ANP Wins Contract Extension
for Dounreay Reactor Dismantling
Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA),
is composed of Framatome ANP,
Cogema’s subsidiary SGN, and three
British companies: Strachan &
Henshaw, Atkins Nuclear and Alstec.
In this new contract, Framatome ANP
will design and supply tools for the
remote-controlled removal of the
remaining fuel elements (977 rods)
from the Dounreay reactor core.
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Departments
Events and Meetings
7th International
Customer Seminar
Held by Technical
Center in Saint
Marcel
On October 17-18, 2002, the
Saint Marcel Technical Center
held its first customer seminar since
the integration of the Framatome
and Siemens engineering resources as
well as test facilities and laboratories.
Numerous visitors from countries all
over Europe attended and were given
an overview not only of the Technical
Center’s broad spectrum of products
and services, but also of ongoing
French and German projects and
development work. For example, work
is underway on material issues involved
in optimizing plant life management.
In addition, the visitors viewed recent
activities in thermal-hydraulic studies
and component testing.
In the labs and manufacturing facilities
at Saint Marcel and Le Creusot, the
two Technical Center sites in France,
customers then received up-to-date
information on such topics as advanced
welding techniques, ultrasonic inspection
probe fabrication, and experiments
in the fields of corrosion as well
as fluid and structural mechanics.
Since 1995, six other seminars have
been held in Erlangen and Karlstein,
the Technical Center’s sites in Germany.
Ultrasonic probe manufacture
being demonstrated in Saint
Marcel
Departments
News in Brief
Framatome ANP Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification
Framatome ANP has just received
ISO 9001:2000 certification for all
four of its business groups and for its
three regions: Germany, France and
the US. To date, only 10% of companies
worldwide have been awarded this
new ISO certification. The 2000
version explicitly integrates customer
satisfaction as a measure and demands
continuous quality improvement.
This certification applies to all of
Framatome ANP’s activities worldwide
and guarantees that the same processes
will be implemented by Framatome
ANP, regardless of the location
providing the services. Preparation for
this certification required standardized
practices across all regions and units,
and developing solutions that best
harnessed synergies and that will
facilitate joint projects. The result is
simplified processes and improved
efficiency that will mean better service
for Framatome ANP’s customers.
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Departments
News in Brief
FBFC International Attains OHSAS 18001 Certification
FBFC International, a Framatome
ANP subsidiary, is the first
unit of the AREVA group to attain the
Occupational Health and Safety
Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001
certifications at the end of December
2001.
The OHSAS standard, in force
since 1999, was developed with the
assistance of different co-operating
organizations such as the British
Standards Institution, Bureau Veritas
Quality International, Den Norske
Veritas and SGS Yarsley International
Certification Services.
The specifications were developed
in response to customer demand
for a recognizable health and safety
management system standard against
which their own management
systems could be assessed and certified.
Legal obligations were a minimum
but the specifications also include the
installation of a system of continual
improvements in overall occupational
health and safety performance in
line with the unit’s policy.
OHSAS 18001 was designed to be
compatible with the ISO 9001 (quality)
and ISO 14001 (environmental)
norms, already obtained by FBFC
International several years ago.
The first renewal audit for the
OHSAS standard and the second
renewal audit for the ISO 14001
standard was completed in October
at FBFC International. In addition,
a unit of the fuel business group,
FBFC International also is ISO
9001: 2000 certified.
Illustration: Glasgow Media
US Nuclear Parts Center Celebrates 25 Years of Service
In 1977, a Babcock and Wilcox small
parts function was moved from
Akron, Ohio to Lynchburg, Virginia.
At that time, the Nuclear Parts Center’s
(NPC) main business was providing
parts to the NSSS plants being built
by B&W. Over time, a new, specialized
facility was built and the business
was expanded to include all types of
reactors. NPC became the exclusive
nuclear parts distributor for multiple
suppliers, and also manufactured
certain parts and refurbished others.
Framatome ANP’s NPC is celebrating
its 25th anniversary this year. Its mission
is the same as originally expressed
by its first manager, Lou Weissert who
stated, “NPC exists to meet our customers’
needs for reliable spare parts
delivered on schedule, and in that
process, to contribute to the profit and
growth performance of the company.
We should accept nothing less
than having the best reputation for
performance in the spare parts
business as viewed by our customers.”
NPC customers now depend on NPC
to inventory a wide variety of spare
parts so they are available when needed,
reducing their storage costs, and for
helping to solve problems 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. To facilitate
customer contact, an NPC Customer
Inquiry System (NPC-CIS) is available
at: www.us.framatome-anp.com.
Nuclear Parts Center employees
are committed to maintaining
and improving their exemplary
reputation for performance
Advanced Nuclear Power N O 6 January 2003 23

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