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Licensing Assistance and Design Certification
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Licensing Assistance The Daya Bay- Ling Ao
Example
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Daya Bay NPP
2 Reactors (985 MWe)

• First high power reactor in China
• Design benefiting from improvements derived from
  return on experience from similar reactors in
  France and export

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General Tasks of the NI Supplier in Assistance
Licensing to the Operator

• Provide all the data and informations during the
  redaction of the safety documents for each of the
  three steps preliminary , provisional, final
• Provide all information necessary to answer the
  questions raised by the safety authorities during
  the evaluation realised by the safety authorities
  on the safety analysis report

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The Safety Analysis Report

• The Safety Analysis Report describes and
  justifies to the Safety Authority the provisions
  adopted at each stage in the life of the
  installation (design, construction,
  commissioning, operation and decommissioning) to
  comply with the regulations and guarantee nuclear
  safety

• Provides information enabling verification
• That all risks (whether of nuclear origin or not)
  and all possible events (of internal and external
  origin) have been properly taken into
  consideration
• That the event of an accident, protection of the
  staff, the population and environment is properly
  assured by adequate means in place

• The nuclear operator is responsible for the
  safety analysis report and associated licensing
• The designer supports the operator

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SAR - Typical Sharing of Responsibilities
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Daya Bays Reference Plant Gravelines 5
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Summary of the Main Approval Steps

• Preliminary Safety Report
• Construction Permit
• Provisional Safety Report
• Fuel Loading Authorization
• Final Safety Report
• Authorization of Commercial Operation

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Positioning of the Main Approval Steps
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Daya Bay Licensing Previous Steps

• CREATION OF THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SAFETY NATIONAL
  ADMINISTRATION OCT, 1984
• GENERAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH DSN AND IPSN
  
  DEC, 1984
• TRANSFER OF CODES
• CATHARE
• ESCADRE
• ICARE
• TRAINING BY IPSN TO SAFETY EVALUATION METHODS
• (60 trainees)
  

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Daya Bay Licensing Main Steps

• SPECIFIC AGREEMENT WITH IPSN FOR DAYA BAY SAFETY
  EVALUATION APRIL 1986
• PSAR EVALUATION 1987
• DESIGN DOCUMENTS EVALUATION 1988-1990
• FSAR EVALUATION 1991
• EVALUATION OF COMMISSIONING TESTS PROGRAMS AND
  RESULTS 1990-1992

Along this process, Framatome ANP addressed more
than 3000 questions
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Daya Bay Operation the Operators Quick Learning

• Operation started in 1994
• Excellent availability
• In 2000, Daya Bay was above global average for
  seven out of ten WANO factors

Availability factorlearning curve
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Ling Ao NPP
2 Reactors (990 MWe)

• Improvements compared to Daya Bay

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Ling Ao Licensing Main Steps

• GENERAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH DSIN
• NOV.
  1995
• GENERAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH IPSN
• DEC.
  1995
• LING AO LICENSING BY THE CHINESE SAFETY
  ADMINISTRATION
• SUPPORT PROVIDED THROUGH THE TWO AGREEMENTS

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Suppliers Tasks for Ling Ao

• Similar to Daya Bay
• Identical Responsibilities for PSAR/FSAR Chapters

Along this process, Framatome ANP addressed less
than 300 questions
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Suppliers Tasks for Backfittings
The NPP Supplier Assists the Operator in his
Relationship with the Safety Authorities during
the Whole Lifetime of the NPP

• When additional justifications are required
• When technical modifications on the installation
  influence the safety analysis report
• When evolutions on the management methods or the
  fuel types influence the safety analysis report

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Framatome ANP Engineering Services Plant
Performance Improvement

• Plant nominal power uprating
• Improved fuel management
• Improved plant manoeuvrability
• Improved plant availability
• Contribution to outage duration reduction

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Improved fuel management 18-month cycle Daya Bay

• 1998 GNPJVC decides on a new strategy for fuel
  cycle management
• 18-month cycle
• 52 gwj/TU burnup
• Enrichment 4,45
• Contract to Framatome-ANP in 1998

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Improved fuel management 18-month cycle Daya Bay

• Transfer of tools and methods to institutes NPIC
  and BINE
• Technology Transfer for fuel fabrication AFA 3G
  to Yibin
• Assistance for AFA 3G licensing by NNSA
• Assistance for 18-month fuel cycle licensing by
  NNSA
• 2002 implementation of the 18-month fuel cycle
  for Daya Bay both Reactors

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Design CertificationExample of The U.S. EPR
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EPR Plot Plan
Safeguard Building 23 MCR
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• AREVAs goal is to deploy EPR plants in the US
• AREVA has therefore decided to apply for design
  certification
• EPR design is evolutionary so the design
  certification reviewis expected to be
  straightforward
• Design Certification Document submittal end 2007
  
• Several US utilities have expressed strong
  interestand consider the EPR as a viable option
  for future needs.

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Status of U.S. EPR Licensing Activities

• Design Certification (DC)
• In Phase 2 of NRC pre-application review for
  design certification
• Continued series of technical exchange meetings
• Submittal of topical reports for review
• Design Certification application to be submitted
  in December 2007

• Combined License (COL)
• UniStar Nuclear plans to submit at least four COL
  applications referencing the U.S. EPR
• First UniStar Nuclear COL application to be
  submitted no later than June 2008

Licensing preparations on schedule to support
U.S. EPR deployment in 2015.
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NRC Meetings and Submittals

• Meetings with NRC for 2006
• 14 meetings originally planned
• 14 meetings completed
• 2 more meetings planned
• Pre-application submittals
• 21 submittals planned
• 5 reports submitted (on or ahead of schedule)
• 7 more reports to be submitted in 2006

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EPR Design Certification Time schedule
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