B257.OL3 001 Intro-to-EPR Rev01

Intro to EPR™
OL3 EPR™ Advanced Course

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Date: 10/2011
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Content
Chapter 1: Short Introduction to EPR™
Chapter 2: Nuclear Island Buildings
Chapter 3: Turbine Building
Chapter 4: Diesel Buildings
Chapter 5: Safety Concept for buildings

Chapter 1
Short Introduction to EPR™

The EPRTM Story
1989: Agreement of cooperation between Framatome and
Siemens on development of common next generation PWR
(Founding of NPI – Nuclear Power International)
1989-1991: Development common product
1991-1994: Involvement of EDF and German utilities
Definition of EPR™ plant concept
1995-1997: Basic design studies by EDF, German utilities,
Framatome and Siemens
1998-2003: Post-basic design studies
2003: Order placed for OL3
2004: Decision to construct an EPR™ in France
2005: Proposal for four EPR™’s in China
New plants deployment BU formed in US
2007 Order placed for two EPR™’s in China

EPRTM - Built on Experience of 77 Plants
operated in France & Germany
EPRTM
N4 KONVOI
Evolutionary
development
keeps references
Solid Basis of Experience

with Outstanding Performance

N4 & KONVOI: Two Different Designs
N4 KONVOI
Concrete cylindrical containment Steel spherical containment
pre-stressed inner wall Military aircraft Phantom
Cessna, Lear jet Spent fuel pit inside the reactor
Fuel building building
Safety systems: Safety systems:
2 * 100 % trains w. connections 4 independent 50 % trains
spray system no spray system
RHR inside the containment Top mounted in-core
Bottom in-core instrumentation instrumentation
Computerized MCR Main control room with dedicated
Core: 205 FAs 17x17 panels
Core: 193 FAs 18x18

EPR™ Development Objectives
Economically competitive with fossil plants
Large unit size: 1600 - 1800 MWe, economy of scale
High plant availability (90 to 92 %)
Optimization of outages
Accessible containment
< 1 unplanned reactor trip/ year
60 years plant design life
Structures and non- replaceable components: 60 years
Other components: preferably 60, at least 40 years
Replace ability of heavy components
Exceptions: wear parts, consumables, & technologies with fast technical evolution (I&C
parts)

EPRTM Development Objectives – Fuel
Management
Flexible and economic fuel management

Plant optimized for UO2 fuel (< 5 % enrichment)
Plant design for batch burn-up > 55 MWd/kgU
Up to 50 % MOX capability
Flexibility for different loading schemes
Cycle lengths 12, 18 and 24 months

EPRTM Development Objectives – Load Follow
Operation Capability
Load follow operation capability

Modulation slope for scheduled load variations: + 5 %/min
above 50 % rated power
Remote control contribution: ± 10 %, < 1 %/min above 50 %
rated power
Frequency control contribution: ± 2.5 %
No restrictions for duration of part-load operation

Design Philosophy
EPR™is a global product
with a basic set of common design features adaptable to specific regulatory
and commercial requirements of each country in which it is offered
EPR™design is based on combined design and operating

experiences of
Framatome ANP and Siemens
French and German utilities and safety authorities
and with roots in the U.S. PWR fleet

Design Philosophy - Objectives
EPR™ design philosophy is based on the following objectives
related to the current generation of PWRs
Increase redundancy and separation concept
Reduce core damage frequency (CDF)
Reduce large release frequency (LRF)
Mitigate severe accidents
Protect safety related systems from external events
Fitted with an improved man-machine interface (MMI)
Extend response times for operator actions

Main Data
Type of plants N4 EPR (OL3) KONVOI
Core thermal power (MWth) 4250 4300 3850

Electrical output (MWe) 1475 ≈ 1600 1365
N°of fuel assemblies 205 241 193
Type of fuel assemblies 17x17 17x17 18x18
Active length (cm) 427 420 390
Total F.A. length (cm) 480 480 483
Rod linear heat rate (W/cm) 179 155 167
N°of control rods 73 89 61
Total flow rate (kg/s) 19 420 22 245 18 800
Vessel outlet temp. (°C) 330 328 326
Vessel inlet temp. (°C) 292 296 292
S.G.: heat exch. Surface (m²) 7308 7960 5400
Steam Pressure (bar) 73 78 64.5

Plant Overview
General Overview
Nuclear Island
Turbine Island
Diesel Buildings
Safety Concept, Safety Systems

Plant – Overview (Example)
Reactor Building
Safeguard Building Division 1
Fuel Building
Diesel Building 1+2

Nuclear Auxiliary Building
Radioactive Waste Safeguard Building

Processing Building Division 2+3
Turbine Building
Safeguard Building
Division 4
Diesel building 3+4 Office Building Turbine Island

Electrical Building
Access Building

Power Plant Site OL3

OL3 Plotplan
1 – Reactor Building
2 – Fuel Building
3 – Safeguard Buildings
4 – Diesel-Buildings
5 – Nuclear Auxiliary Building
6 – Waste Building
7 – Turbine Building

Chapter 2
Nuclear Island Buildings

Nuclear Island
Reactor Building
Fuel Building
Radioactive Waste Safeguard Building

Processing Building Division 2+3
Safeguard Building
Division 4

PWR – Function Principle

Reactor Building - Arrangement
Reactor building
Primary system arrangement 2 1 2

characterized by: 2 2
1 Pressurizer in
separate area 2 2
2 2
2 Concrete walls
between loops 3
3 Double concrete wall

around the system

Reactor Building – Main Components
Reactor building
+13.80 m
Reactor
Reactor Coolant
Coolant Pumps
Pumps
Steam
Steam Generators
Generators
Reactor
Reactor Pressure
Pressure Vessel
Vessel
Accumulator
Accumulator tanks
tanks
Pressurizer
Pressurizer tank
tank
Reactor Building – Section View A
Steam Generator Loop 2
Reactor Coolant Pump Loop 3
Reactor Pressure Vessel
In Containment Refueling Water

Storage Tank (IRWST)

Reactor Building – Section View B
Hatch, Material Lock

Pressurizer
Fuel Assembly
Pressurizer Relief Tank Transport Facility
Fuel Assembly
Personal Lock Transport Channel
Core Spreading Area

In Containment Refueling
Water Storage Tank (IRWST)

Safeguard Buildings
Division 4
Division 2/3
Safety Injection System (SIS)

Component Cooling Water
System (CCWS)
Part of Containment Heat
Removal System (CHRS)
Main Control Room in division 2 and Technical

Support Center in division 3 Main Steam and Feedwater
Equipment for I&C and electrical systems of the Valve Stations on upper level
Nuclear Island of division 1+4
Emergency Feedwater System
Safeguard Building Ventilation and Safety Chilled
Water Systems

Safeguard Buildings – Section Views
Division 2 Division 1
Main Steam (Valve) Station

Main Control Room (MCR)
Personal Lock
Emergency
Feedwater Tank

Fuel Building
Storage of spent and new fuel assemblies outside

containment
Sufficient storage capacity including full core unloading
Fuel Building
during outage
Fuel assemblies are transferred via the transfer tube from
inside containment to the outside and vice versa
Fuel transfer tube closed on both sides during normal
operation
Fuel Pool Cooling System (FPCS)

Extra Borating System (EBS)
Chemical and Volume Control System
(CVCS)

Fuel Building UFA (Example)
Fuel Assembly Transfer Compartment
Cask Loading Pit
New Fuel Assembly

Storage Compartment
Spent Fuel Pools

Fuel Building UFA (Example)
Emergency Air-Lock
Transport Shaft
Fuel Assembly Handling Floor

Fuel Building (Example) – Section Views
Cask Loading Pit

Spent Fuel Pools
Fuel Assembly Transfer Compartment


Nuclear Auxiliary Building (0 m)
Mixed Bed Filters
Filter Changing Machine
Mechanical Filtering Components
Coolant Storage Tanks

Nuclear Auxiliary Building (+10,50/15,20 m)
Iodine Filter
Exhaust Air Fans
Supply Air Fans
HEPA-Filter Units
Supply Air Filters
Air Inlet for Ventilation System

Nuclear Auxiliary Building – Section Views
Delay Beds

Radioactive Waste Processing Building
Collecting, storing and treatment of liquid and solid
radioactive waste
Including waste water and concentrates
Radioactive Waste Processing Building

Chapter 3
Turbine Building

Turbine Building (Example)
Turbine Building
Low-Pressure Turbine
High-Pressure Turbine
Generator
Moisture Separatur/Preheater
Feedwater Tank
Condenser
Low Pressure Preheater
Main Steam Lines
Main Feedwater Lines
Main Feedwater Pumps

High Pressure Preheater

Chapter 3
Diesel Buildings

Diesel Buildings UBP
Emergency diesel division 1/2

Reactor
building
SBO diesel division 1
Fuel
building
Nuclear auxiliary
building
Waste
building
Turbine
building
Access
building
i ng
Emergency diesel division 3/4 ild
e bu
fi c
SBO diesel division 4 Of
Auxiliary standby transformer

Diesel Buildings (Example)
Diesel Building
1/2
Diesel Building
3/4

Diesel Buildings (Example)
4 * 7.7 MVA 2 * 1.7 MVA
Emergency Diesel Station Black Out

Generator (SBO) Diesel
View into the Plant (Example)

Chapter 4
Safety Concept for Buildings

Safety Concept for Buildings (1/3)
Structural design and physical arrangement of the buildings provide
protection from both external and internal hazards
Each safety system train is protected against propagation of internal

hazards (e.g. fire, high energy line break, flooding) from one train to any
other
Allocation of each train into a specific area or division that is separated from the other
trains
The 4 Safeguard Buildings correspond to the 4 safety divisions
All safety-related buildings are designed to withstand the effects of the

Safe Shutdown Earthquake and a Tornado
Some buildings are also designed to withstand an Aircraft Hazard and

Explosion Pressure Wave

Safety concept is a combination of hardened
structures and spatial separation:
Fully hardened by means of a protection
Shell for Safeguard Buildings (SGB) 2/3,
Reactor Building (RB), Fuel Building (FB)
Main Control Room (MCR) and Remote
Shutdown Station (RSS) are located inside
fully hardened SGB 2/3
Inner structures of SGB 2/3 and FB decoupled from outer protection walls to isolate the
consequences of an aircraft hazard
SGB 1/4 physically separated, limiting potential destruction to one division
Main Steam (MS) and Feedwater (FW) valve stations physically separated two-by-two
Safety functions performed by systems installed in other buildings ensured by physical
separation
• e.g. Emergency Diesels and Essential Service Water System (ESWS)

All buildings and structures, are arranged based on economical
optimization, hazard potential, and operation factors
Turbine Building is independent from the Nuclear Island

Turbine itself is located in a radial position with respect to the Reactor Building to
avoid the impact of a turbine missile.
Switchgear Building, containing the power supply and the

Instrumentation and Control (I&C) for the balance of plant, is located
next to the Turbine Building.
Both buildings are designed on the basis of technical requirements and safety
regulations and do not impact the Nuclear Island.

Safety Concept – Building Protection
ESWS ESWS EFWS Emergency Feedwater System
CCWS CCWS ESWS Essential Service water system
SIS/RHRS SIS/RHRS CCWS Component Cooling Water System
Control room SIS Safety Injection System
EBS Emergency Boration System
FPCS Fuel Pool Cooling System
Steam lines (SL) penetrations
Feedwater lines (FW) penetrations SL SL
FW IRWST FW
ESWS ESWS
CCWS CCWS
SIS/RHRS SIS/RHRS
SPREADING
AREA
EBS Spent Fuel Storage Pool FPCS

Airplane crash protected buildings


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Intro to EPR™

OL3 EPR™ Advanced Course

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Training Center AREVA NP GmbH Proprietary - CONFIDENTIAL

Short Introduction to EPR™

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Solid Basis of Experience

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Flexible and economic fuel management

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Load follow operation capability

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EPR™design is based on combined design and operating

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Reduce core damage frequency (CDF)

Reduce large release frequency (LRF)

Mitigate severe accidents

Protect safety related systems from external events

Fitted with an improved man-machine interface (MMI)

Extend response times for operator actions

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Core thermal power (MWth) 4250 4300 3850

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Diesel Building 1+2

Radioactive Waste Safeguard Building

Diesel building 3+4 Office Building Turbine Island

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Nuclear Island Buildings

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Nuclear Auxiliary Building

Radioactive Waste Safeguard Building

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Primary system arrangement 2 1 2

3 Double concrete wall

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Steam Generator Loop 2

Reactor Coolant Pump Loop 3

Reactor Pressure Vessel

In Containment Refueling Water

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Hatch, Material Lock

Core Spreading Area

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Safety Injection System (SIS)

Main Control Room in division 2 and Technical

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Main Steam (Valve) Station

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Storage of spent and new fuel assemblies outside

Fuel Pool Cooling System (FPCS)

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Fuel Assembly Transfer Compartment

Cask Loading Pit

New Fuel Assembly

Spent Fuel Pools

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