Example of method 3 "Retrieving fuel debris from the side”

ⅰ) Challenges and reference information : (4) Install equipment and access

Task(s): Installation of equipment, transporting control and management of ventilation inside the boundary.

(4) Install equipment and access - Major challenges on the actual method

(1)Prior preparation (2)Install barrier (3)Create opening on the side of PCV (4) Install equipment and access (5)Dismantle and remove internal structures (6)Retrieve fuel debris
(7)Transport canister (8)Clean-up equipment

Installation of equipment

  • Installation and stabilization of the cutting, transporting equipment required for post-process
    - Dismantling and removal of internal structures
    - Retrieving fuel debris
    - Storage of fuel debris and transfer of canisters
    - Remote detachment
  • Maintenance of equipment and actions to trouble
Plant information
Assumptions and prerequisites
  • Allowable load / Dimensional limit of access routes
    - Withstand load of floor and passageway : 1.2t/㎡
    - Size of equipment which should be transported through passageway : Width 1.2m, Height 3m or less
  • Air dose rate inside the PCV/RPV
    - Dose rate inside the PCV100Gy/h
    - Dose rate inside the RPV 1kGy/h
  • Effective dose rate outside the PCV
    - Operation floor : 1mSv/h
    - Operation areas except for operation floor : 3mSv/h
    - Passageway inside the building : 5mSv/h
  • Total weight of equipment installed on the operation floor shall be minimized in consideration of seismic safety.

Control of Transportation

  • Operation range where workers do directly and remotely
  • Method for operating, monitoring and controlling the transport of equipment
Plant information
Assumptions and prerequisites
  • Allowable load / Dimensional limit of access routes
    - Allowable load of floor and passageway : 1.2t/㎡
    - Size of equipment which should be transported through passageway : Width 1.2m, Height 3m or less
  • Air dose rate inside the PCV/RPV
    - Dose rate inside the PCV100Gy/h
    - Dose rate inside the RPV 1kGy/h
  • Effective dose rate outside the PCV
    - Operation floor : 1mSv/h
    - Operation areas except for operation floor : 3mSv/h
    - Passageway inside the building : 5mSv/h
  • Total weight of equipment installed on the operation floor shall be minimized in consideration of seismic safety.

Set-up of Ventilation

  • Design of required air quantity and specification of ventilation facilities
  • Installation of ventilation/exhaust facility
  • Prevention of radiological release into external environment
  • Exchanging air ventilation filter
Plant information