September-October 2018 NPJ

14 NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, September-October 2018 Contact: Kalle Ahl, The Equity Group, Inc., telephone: (212) 836-9614, email: kahl@equityny.com . Flamanville 3 Simulator L3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract from the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) to upgrade its Flamanville 3 (FA3) nuclear power plant engineering simulator, based on Framatome’s EPR design. “This project is the result of L3 MAPPS’ competitiveness, state-of-the-art technology, EPR know-how and previous effective collaborations with IRSN,” said Michael Chatlani, Vice President of Marketing & Sales for L3 MAPPS Power Systems and Simulation. “We’re pleased our cooperation with IRSN on the SOFIA simulator continues.” The FA3 simulator is one of four PWR simulator configurations that can be operated on the Simulateur d’Observation du Fonctionnement Incidentel et Accidentel (SOFIA). The current upgrade project involves modifications to align the simulator’s FA3 plant models with the latest plant design information. The upgraded simulator will be carried out as a joint project between IRSN and L3 MAPPS. “The simulator configuration upgrade will allow IRSN to improve its personnel training and safety analysis studies capabilities related to the Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant,” said Robin Dorel, IRSN Project Manager for the SOFIA Simulator. “The L3 MAPPS and IRSN teams have worked well together, and we look forward to jointly developing another successful project.” The original FA3 simulator, developed by L3 MAPPS, has been in service since September 2011. IRSN’s SOFIA simulator hosts four French plant configurations, namely CP2 (900 MWe), DPY (1,300 MWe), N4 (1,450 MWe) and EPR (1,650 MWe). The upgrade project includes modifications to the plant models in L3 MAPPS’one-of-a-kindOrchid ® Modeling Environment. The simulator’s electrical and hydraulic systems will be updated by IRSN. L3 MAPPS will modify the safety and operational instrumentation & control systems. IRSN will also modify the existing human-machine interface in L3 MAPPS’ Orchid ® Control System software with L3 MAPPS’ support. The integration and testing phases will be shared by IRSN and L3 MAPPS. Contact: Sean Bradley, L3 MAPPS, telephone: (514) 787-4953. Engineering Service SNC-Lavalin has signed an engineering service contract and a licensing agreement with China’s Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company Limited (TQNPC) to implement 37M Natural Uranium Equivalent (NUE) fuel, a mixture of depleted and recycled uranium, in Qinshan’s CANDU ® reactors Units 1 and 2. SNC-Lavalin’s work under the contract includes design definition, design verification, update of reactor nuclear design and safety case, regulatory support and licensing. The contract is valued at over CAD $12 million. “The landmark agreement between SNC-Lavalin and TQNPC will see the 37M fuel technology put into commercial use outside of Canada for the first time and takes advantage of the ample supply of depleted and recycled uranium in China,” said Sandy Taylor, President, Nuclear, SNC-Lavalin. “A step closer to closing the fuel cycle, 37M technology enables better use of alternate fuels in existing CANDU reactors. The two Qinshan CANDU reactors are already two of the best performing reactors in China and adding 37M NUE fuel further improves their ability to continue to deliver that high performance.” The development of 37M fuel in Ontario was a collaboration between OPG (Ontario Power Generation) - the originator of the 37M design and its CANDU industry partners in the CANDU Owners Group to perform important testing and technology development. OPG’s subsidiary Canadian Nuclear Partners licensed the 37M design to SNC-Lavalin which facilitated collaboration and further development by SNC-Lavalin, the original designer of the CANDU reactors used in China and around the world. This work contributes towards a version of the 37M fuel bundle design for use in those reactors. The first- ever fuel bundle to test the use of recycled uranium from light water reactors was successfully demonstrated in Qinshan Unit 1 in 2010. Contact: SNC- Lavalin, telephone: (514) 393-1000, fax: (514) 866-0795. Contracts... ( Continued from page 13) IRSN's SOFIA Simulator.