{"id":9213,"date":"2021-06-25T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/uncategorized\/renovation-of-the-fuel-handling-system-at-asco-npp\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:35:29","slug":"renovation-of-the-fuel-handling-system-at-asco-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/en\/installations\/renovation-of-the-fuel-handling-system-at-asco-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovation of the fuel handling system at Asc\u00f3 NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rn-icon-panel__wrap\" style=\"display:flex;justify-content:flex-start;\"><a class=\"rn-icon-panel descargar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Art.sisitemaAsco-ING.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"--rn-bg:#8baf31;--rn-color:#ffffff;--rn-border:0px solid;--rn-shadow:0px 0px 0px;--rn-rounded:12px;--rn-padding:14px;--rn-gap:10px;--rn-icon-size:30px;\"><span class=\"rn-icon-panel__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img src=\"https:\/\/revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/click.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/span><span class=\"rn-icon-panel__text\">SEE FULL VERSION<\/span><\/a><br><\/div><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-simple\" style=\"font-size:2.5em\">T<\/span>his article describes the scope and objectives of the fuel handling system renovation project recently carried out at the three nuclear units operated by ANAV (Asc\u00f3-Vandell\u00f3s II Nuclear Association).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Every 18 months, and as a consequence of power operation, one of the units operated by ANAV carries out the replacement of part of the fuel inside the reactor core. This operation, among many other activities, is called &#8220;refuelling&#8221;. The fuel handling system is the set of equipment and tools that allows handling of fuel (new or spent) and other irradiated components safely and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The following fuel handling equipment was partially renewed through an investment project:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Spent fuel pool bridge and fuel handling hoist:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-770x306.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-500x199.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-293x116.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-770x306.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-500x199.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon1EN-293x116.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Fuel transfer system (FTS):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-770x498.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-500x324.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-293x190.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-770x498.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-500x324.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon2EN-293x190.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Containment fuel manipulator crane:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-770x330.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-500x215.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-293x126.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-770x330.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-500x215.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mon3EN-293x126.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Fuel handling equipment works in a coordinated manner, strictly adhering to a set of restrictions and conditions to ensure that fuel transfer is carried out safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At Asc\u00f3 1 and 2 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the fuel management system is of Westinghouse design and was implemented in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and underwent a major upgrade, mainly at the control level, in 2003 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2016, a project was initiated to renew the fuel handling system with the main objective of eliminating the obsolescence of the main components and, where possible, improving their reliability. The renovation of the system has not been aimed at increasing performance or incorporating improvements in terms of speed in the transfer system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During the development of the project, it has had to face challenges that have required specific management, for example, making decisions on technology changes in some of the obsolete components, ensuring that the new control system is integrated with the current set of actuators, sensors, brakes, etc., migrating to a new architecture, based on SIEMENS S7, very different from the original architecture, creating a work team that brought together experience and knowledge of the current system and experience with tools and new technologies, migrating to a new architecture, based on SIEMENS S7, very different from the original architecture, creating a work team that brought together experience and knowledge of the current system and experience with the tools and new technologies and, during all the development phases of the project, risk management activities has been required; all of this has been a challenge for the fulfilment of the project&#8217;s objectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Given the new features of the current technology equipment, during the design of the new control system for the fuel handling system, while maintaining the original functionalities and design restrictions, some improvements have been implemented, for example, the positioning system of the trolley and bridge of the containment manipulator has been improved, based on laser telemetry, the reliability and robustness of the control system has been improved and a real-time calculation of the trajectories and approaches to the core has been developed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One of the important points in the project was to determine <i>when<\/i> and <i>how<\/i> the work was to be carried out in the plant. Taking into account criteria of work interference, emergence of emerging corrective actions, potential critical path impacts and operational dose reduction considerations (ALARA), after analysing all factors and risks, it was decided to implement in two reloads. The implementation of the modifications was successfully carried out following the strategy of two refuelling per group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With the implemented project, it can be stated that the objectives of eliminating the obsolescence problems of the main components have been met and the accuracy and reliability of the fuel handling system has been improved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>his article describes the scope and objectives of the fuel handling system renovation project recently carried out at the three nuclear units operated by ANAV (Asc\u00f3-Vandell\u00f3s II Nuclear Association). Every 18 months, and as a consequence of power operation, one of the units operated by ANAV carries out the replacement of part of the fuel inside the reactor core. This operation, among many other activities, is called &#8220;refuelling&#8221;. 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