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NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, May-June 2014
New Energy
Olkiluoto
The testing of the Instrumentation &
Control (I&C) system for the Olkiluoto
3 EPR reactor began on April 1, 2014
at
AREVA’s
site in Erlangen, Germany.
The I&C system, used to monitor and
control the nuclear power plant, is a key
component in reactor operations.
Based on the quality of the I&C
documentation submitted by the AREVA
Siemens consortium, TVO agreed to
begin this operation.
Philippe Knoche, chief operating
officer of AREVA, said: “The Olkiluoto
3 project has reached an important step.
Our technology meets the most stringent
safety criteria and has already been
licensed in 16 countries to equip nearly 80
nuclear reactors with 14 different designs.
This technology has been certified by
the French, British, and Chinese safety
authorities for the EPR reactor. Through
our technological leadership, we are able
to advance in Finland.”
Following these testing operations,
the I&C cabinets will be transported to
Finland and installed at the Olkiluoto site
in order to begin the testing phase before
the reactor commissioning.
Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:
Finland
Fennovoima
’s
owners
Voimaosakeyhtiö SF and RAOS Voima
Oy have made the binding decision to
construct and finance Fennovoima’s
nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki.
Fennovoima supports Finland’s
competitiveness and the operations of its
owner companies. The project increases
Finland’s self-sufficiency in electricity
generation and strengthens the security of
supply. According to the agreed schedule,
the power plant will generate electricity
for its owners at cost price starting from
2024. The power plant will employ
directly thousands of people during
construction period and generates durable
demand for various services in Finland
and especially in Northern Ostrobothnia.
The Fennovoima general meeting
that was held today has nominated a new
board. The Chairman of the Board is
Juhani Pitkäkoski, Senior Vice President
of M&A of Caverion Corporation and
the vice chairman is Anastasia Zoteeva,
Deputy Director General for Business
Development of Rusatom Overseas.
The Members of the Board are Aimo
Eloholma, former Board Chairman of
Megafon (Russia); Esa Lager, former
CFO of Outokumpu Oyj; Juha Mäkitalo,
Attorney-at-Law; Stefan Storholm, CEO
of Katternö Group and Djurica Tankosic,
President of Global Nuclear of Worley
Parsons. The Deputy Members of the
Board are Antti Koskelainen, Energy
Director of Outokumpu Oyj and Jussi
Lehto, CEO of Keravan Energia.
The Ministry of Employment and
the Economy of Finland is preparing a
proposal for Fennovoima’s application
to supplement the Decision-in-Principle.
If the Government approves the
supplement, the application will proceed
to Parliamentary ratification.
Contact:
Pekka
Ottavainen,
telephone: 358 20 757 9247, website:
Sanmen
Westinghouse Electric Company
announced the successful completion of
a significant milestone at the AP1000
®
nuclear power plant currently under
construction in Sanmen, China, when
the Unit 1 main control room (MCR)
was declared operational by Sanmen
Nuclear Power Company, Ltd. (SMNPC)
and State Nuclear Power Technology
Corporation (SNPTC). Once the plant
is online and operating, certified reactor
operators will work from the MCR to
monitor and control plant processes.
In order to achieve the MCR
Operational milestone, several key
instrumentation and control (I&C)
systems, including plant control system
(PLS), data and display system (DDS)
and the operations and control system
(OCS), were integrated and tested to
ensure key plant functions could be
monitored and controlled from the MCR.
Once these systems were integrated, the
AP1000™ plant’s digital control system
will complete multiple commissioning
activities, including the commissioning
of the 220 volt and 10 kilovolt electrical
systems, service and instrument air, and
demineralized water systems.
Westinghouse delivered all of the
I&C systems, as well as the design
documentation, engineering services and
mechanical equipment in support of this
milestone.
Achieving the Main Control
Room Operational milestone is a major
accomplishment for Westinghouse,
SMNPC and SNPTC said David Howell,
senior vice president, Westinghouse
Automation and Field Services. The
integration of key I&C systems and the
operability of the main control room will
now facilitate other key testing activities
at the world’s first AP1000™ nuclear
power plant.
Contact: Sheila Holt, telephone:
Shidaowan
The pouring of concrete for the
basemat of the first HTR-PM unit -
a
demonstration
high-temperature
gas-cooled reactor - at Shidaowan in
China’s Shandong province was recently
completed. Another 19 of the small
modular reactors could follow.
Plant constructor China Nuclear
Engineering
Corporation
(CNEC)
announced that the pouring of concrete
to complete the basemat for the HTR-
PM was finished on March 29, 2014.
Construction of the reactor building itself
will now begin.
The demonstration plant’s twin
HTR-PM units will drive a single 210
MWe turbine. It is expected to begin
operating around 2017. Eighteen further
units are proposed for the Shidaowan site,
near Rongcheng in Weihai city.
Work began on two demonstration
HTR-PM units at China Huaneng
Group’s Shidaowan site in December
2012. Since then, the foundations and
columns to support the reactor building
