JRC support to TacisPhare

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The 20th Meeting of the Technical Working Group
on Nuclear Power Plant Control and
Instrumentation TWG-NPPCI May 23-25, 2005, IAEA
Headquarters, Vienna JRC/IE ACTIVITIES IN
SUPPORT TO TACIS AND PHARE NUCLEAR SAFETY
Alexander Duchac (JRC/IE/TSSTP)
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Outline

• TACIS and PHARE nuclear safety
• JRC Technical and scientific support to TACIS and
  PHARE nuclear safety programmes
• On-site assistance
• Equipment supply projects (IC)
• Regulatory Assistance
• Design Safety
• Design safety projects (IC)
• Dissemination of TACIS and PHARE results

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Background on TACIS and PHARE nuclear safety

• TACIS and PHARE nuclear safety programmes,
  established in 1991 focus on improvement of
  safety of operating Soviet-designed NPPs through
  transfer of Technology and Safety culture
• TACIS and PHARE funding for nuclear safety
  (1991-2003)
• Total of 944 M for TACIS
• 2003 - 63 M for mainly Russia and Ukraine, to a
  lesser degree Armenia and Kazakhstan, and 20 M
  for NDEP/North-West Russia)
• Total of 242 M for PHARE
• 2003 - 10.8 M for Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
  Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania,Slovakia, and
  Slovenia)

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Background on TACIS and PHARE nuclear safety

• 2004 TACIS programme
• 60 M for for mainly Russia and Ukraine, to a
  lesser degree Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and
  Georgia and
• 20 M for NDEP/North-West Russia
• 2004 PHARE programme
• 8.2 M for Bulgaria and Romania
• 2004-2006 TACIS Indicative Programme
• Enhancing the Safety Culture, both at Regulator
  Operator level
• Addressing Issues related to nuclear waste and
  spent fuel, including North-West Russia and
  Chernobyl

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EC JRC support to TACIS and PHARE

• JRC is the Technical Scientific Adviser of DGs
  Relex, AidCo and Elarg
• In the framework of the TACIS and PHARE
  programmes, DG JRC has a unique role
• It provides the Directorates General of the
  European Commission with the necessary technical
  and scientific support on the above mentioned
  programmes
• Its technical advice is totally independent from
  any vested or commercial interests

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EC-JRC support to TACIS and PHARE nuclear safety

• Since 1997, EC-JRC has carried out Nuclear Safety
  activities in all areas of the TACIS (for DG
  Relex and DG AidCo)
• TACIS On-Site Assistance
• TACIS and PHARE Design Safety
• TACIS Industrial Radwaste Management,Decommission
  ing and Safeguards
• TACIS Safety Authorities
• As a spin-off, the JRC institutional work of
  SENUF (Safety of Eastern European Nuclear
  Facilities) has started as sub-project of
  SAFELIFE, focused on maintenance and operational
  safety

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TACIS On-Site Assistance

• Soft on-site assistance
• Organisation and management of operational safety
• Maintenance of systems and equipment
• Training and quality assurance
• Operational diagnostics, testing and monitoring
  of equipment
• Upgrading/replacement of systems and equipment
• Identification
• Technical Specification preparation
• Tendering and procurement
• Project follow-up

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TACIS equipment supply projects

• More than 150 implemented projects over more than
  12 years
• Some examples related to E IC
• Diagnostic systems, Leak detection, Breakers,
  Batteries, Fire protection (including cables for
  fire protection), Control systems for Safety
  valves, etc.
• More recently large Plant Improvement Projects
  (budget of about 10 Meuro per project)
• Russia
• Novovoronezh Unit 5 Replacement digital Reactor
  Protection System (contracted)
• Balakovo Units 12 Replacement CIS/SPDS
  (contracted)
• Kalinin Unit 2 Replacement CIS/SPDS
• Kalinin Unit 12 Replacement digital Reactor
  Protection System

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TACIS equipment supply projects

• Some examples related to E IC
• Ukraine
• Khmelnitsky Unit 1 Digital Reactor Protection
  System (RTSESFASNeutron flux
  Monitoring)
• Rovno Units 12 Primary circuit overpressure
  protection system (PSVIC)
• South Ukraine Boron Concentration Monitoring
  System, Chemistry Control System, IC, Data
  Acquisition and Processing System

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TACIS Regulatory Assistance

Licensing of Plant Improvement Projects using the
22 approach
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PHARE/TACIS Design safety projects (IC)

• PH/90 Phase 1 VVER 213 IC replacement
• PH/90 Phase 2 VVER 213 IC replacement
  engineering
• R2.09/92 Assistance in development of regulatory
  documents and guidelines for IC systems in
  NPPs
• 4.2.2/93 Phase 3 VVER 213 IC upgrading for
  Dukovany NPP
• PH2.03/95 Qualification of IC equipment to
  accident conditions
• R2.07/96 Classification and Qualification of
  actuators and IC

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Dissemination of results of TACIS PHARE nuclear
safety projects

• Creation of a web site http//sic-www.jrc.nl/tp/
• TACIS
• 350 Project Result Summaries for Russian projects
  
• 12 Extended project summaries for important
  Design Safety projects
• Dissemination Seminar held in Moscow, 4-6 June
  2002, for about 130 Russian, Ukrainian and other
  specialists
• Dissemination Seminar to be held in Moscow in the
  Fall of 2005
• PHARE
• About 120 Project Result Summaries for Design
  Safety projects
• 10 Extended project summaries for important
  Design Safety projects
• PHARE Dissemination Seminar to be held in
  Brussels in September 2005