Tritium Removal Facility

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Tritium Removal Facility CNE Cernavoda
ROMANIA Present status and perspectives
The 14-th Conference Progress in Cryogenics and
Isotopes Separation 29-31 OCTOBER,
2008 CALIMANESTI - CACIULATA, VALCEA

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Short history

• 2006/2007 final approval for pre and
  feasibility study rev 3
• Technology adopted LPCE CD similar in
  Wolsung, Korea and ICIT, Romania
• Proposed 5 year project for construction
  2007-2012
• Solution adopted by CNE Cernavoda 2 year design
  phase
• MPA no 613 issued by CNE Cernavoda and approved
  by CNCAN in August 2007
• Contract signed in December 2007

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Design
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Location of CTRF
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Participants

• Initial, at beginning of contract
• ICSI
• SITON
• AECL Canada
• CELIN SA
• ISTECH
• All proposed companies together covers all
  specialties of project

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Participants

• Today, contract in force
• ICSI technology, licensing support
• SITON technology, safety, construction,
  licensing, electrical instrumentation
• CELIN - electrical instrumentation,
  construction
• ISTECH technology, licensing support
• CEPSTRA GROUP support for environmental
  licensing

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Participants

• New companies will be involved in order to
  fulfill the project objectives and schedule
• KRAFTANLAGEN GmbH, Germany
• AECL Canada

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Project organization
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Licensing organization
Resolved
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Milestones

• Background
• 2 year design contract
• Licensing process 3 licenses has to be obtained
  (location, construct construction)
• Technical project as support for construction
  license
• Detailed design project of CTRF

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Milestones

• Technical project part 1 December 2008
• Technical project part 2 March 2009
• Final review of TP and initial SAR April/May
  2009
• PSAR October 2009
• License for construction/construct of CTRF
  December 2009
• Detailed design of CTRF (DDRP) in order to close
  MPA December 2009

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Schedule
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Issues regarding CTRF project

• Change of participants
• AECL is not allowed at this moment to provide
  support because of bilateral agreement between
  Romania and Canada or EURATOM Canada
• Interface with CNE Cernavoda
• Hard communication
• Delays in answering
• ICSI take decision to open an office in CNE
  Cernavoda in order to increase information
  exchange
• Changed solutions
• There are some identified changes between
  feasibility study and actual phase regarding the
  links with U1 (electrical, construction)
  increase the number of systems

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Results

• Licensing
• Initial documents for starting licensing process
  were issued
• Code and standards, LBD, list of CTRF systems
  after FS, system classification list
• CU license (from local authorities) approved in
  October 2008 after 3 month
• Environment initial documents
• Continuous discussion with CNCAN
• ISAR and PSAR content agreed with CNCAN

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Results

• Technology
• All technological or auxiliary systems starts
• LPCE system final configuration
• CD system final configuration including
  solution for helium refrigeration unit
• Interface systems (HWFS HWPS) final
  configuration. Connecting points with U1 systems
  identified
• Others (HVAC, ADS, TRS, TGHSS, VTMS) ongoing to
  finalize solution
• Conceptual project in development in order to
  review the feasibility study

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Results

• Construction
• Building freeze in October 2008
• Changed solution as requested by CNE Cernavoda
  panels instead concrete for walls
• Location of systems and main equipment
• Seismically solution for CTRF building developed
  by SITON low cost for equipment
• Technical channel between service building
  there is additional work, will be 2 TC, and we do
  not have an agreement about the link with U2

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Building
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Building
CD System
ADS
TRS
L4
L3
L2
L1
L0
B1
LPCE System
HVAC Shaft
Heating System
Tritium Storage
Tritiated water holding tank system
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Perspectives

• Technical project, licensing process and detailed
  design for CTRF can be finalized on schedule
• Delays expected in licensing process
• As result of TP CTRF construction costs can
  increase take in account market prices CTRF
  price will be adjusted
• Some issues regarding heavy water management
  U1/U2 can affect CTRF project and in
  perspective the construction of facility CNE
  Cernavoda has to define how the CTRF will serve
  U1/U2
• Tritium aspects a strategy has to be developed
  

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Perspectives
Korea Wolsung TRF
Canada Darlington TRF
European Union ICIT TRF, Romania CTRF, Romania
TRITIUM REMOVAL FACILITIES MAP
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Tritium Removal Facilities in Romania
ICSI TRF research training
CERNAVODA TRF commercial
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Tritium inventory in the world
? 2.5 Kg/year tritium in 20 CANDU units (Ontario
OPG) ? Tritium removal facility in Wolsung (4
CANDU units) in operation ? Cernavoda TRF for U1
U2 ?
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Recovery of investment

• Tritium price on market 23 Euro/Ci
• At start of Cernavoda tritium removal facility
  tritium activity will be 54 Ci/kg (if CTRF
  proceed as schedule in FS)
• Scope of CTRF target of 10 Ci/kg in first two
  years can be stored 107 Ci meaning 23 107
  Euro
• After target achieved can be recovered 4.5
  Ci/kg per year tritium production per year and
  unit of 106 Ci equivalent with 23 106
  Euro/unit/year

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Conclusions

• Romanian and international technologies applied
  for CTRF
• Great effort !
• CTRF schedule can be adjusted
• Results from project skills developed inside
  project companies in perspectives of ITER
  construction
• Romanian industry can be prepared for CTRF ITER
  construction
• In perspective CTRF has two major advantages
• CNE Cernavoda will be major player on European
  tritium market. Romania is EU member!
• CTRF experience can be used for ITER
• As things going in ITER project, CTRF will be
  build before ITER, so contracts related to
  tritium for ITER should be in place next years

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• Thank You Very Much for Attention!