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1 OPAL : Commissioning a New Research Reactor IAEA Conference, Sydney, November 2007
2 Project Timeline Government announcement 1997 Design and licence application 2000/2001 Construction Licence April 2002 Construction Cold Commissioning Feb-May 2006 Operating Licence July 2006 First critical 12 Aug 2006 Hot Commissioning Aug 2006 May 2007
3 OPAL Reactor Multi-purpose facility neutron beams, radiopharmaceuticals, irradiation of materials 20 MW thermal power Compact core (~300 kw/l) Plate type Low Enriched Uranium fuel D 2 O reflector Upward coolant flow (light water) 2 independent & diverse shutdown systems
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5 Reflector Vessel Si Irradiation Rigs RSPCS Rigs Cooling Branch Chimney Pneumatic Transfer System Tubes Pipe Inlet of RSPCS Bulk irradiation Facility PCS Suction Line Flap Valves of PCS
6 Commissioning Organisation Management Group ANSTO/INVAP ARPANSA Commissioning Safety Review Committee RRR Safety & Licensing Mngr Commissioning Group -INVAP Comm. Mgr. -RRR Prj Eng Mngr -Comm Reactor Mngr Operation Group Construction Group ANSTO Group Commissioning Teams ANSTO/INVAP QA Audit Quality Assurance Group
7 Staffing and Training Experienced HIFAR staff Shared HIFAR/OPAL staff Staff seconded from within ANSTO New recruitment Contractors Training courses Simulator
8 Documentation Prepared by INVAP, reviewed by ANSTO Commissioning Plan Commissioning Test Procedures Safety Analysis Report Design, Operations and Maintenance Manuals Operating Limits and Conditions OPAL Business Management System
9 Commissioning Stages Pre- Commissioning Stage A Cold commissioning Stage B1 First criticality Stage B2 Low power tests Stage C Power ascension and full power tests
10 Precommissioning Previous tests include: Factory acceptance tests Installation tests Functional tests INVAP responsible for all commissioning ANSTO project team provides oversight ANSTO witness and support precommissioning activities
11 Stage A Cold Commisioning 47 test procedures completed: Safety system tests (FSS, SSS, Containment) Instrumentation and Control system tests (FRPS, SRPS, PAM, RCMS, RMS) Reactor State tests (Power, Physics Test, Shutdown, Refueling) Plant procedure verification Loss of Normal Power test Emergency drill 36 hr cold run
12 OPAL Control Room
13 Hot Commissioning ARPANSA issued the Operating Licence in July 2006 allowing fuel to be loaded Reactor Operations by accredited ANSTO operators under INVAP supervision
14 Stage B1 Start up core with three different uranium loadings. First critical 12 August 2006 with 14 fuel assemblies loaded First Shutdown System shutdown value measured
15 First Core FA Distribution A1 B1 C C1 D1 R 1 A2 B2 C2 D2 ~ 212 g U 235 / FA without BP ~ 383 g U 235 / FA with BP CR 2 CR5 C R3 A3 B3 C3 D3 C R A4 B4 4 C4 D4 ~ 484 g U 235 / FA with BP (standard type)
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18 Stage B2 Completed loading of full core 16 fuel assemblies 22 main tests at powers up to 400kW Irradiation of gold wires for determination of power peaking factor, reactivity worth of facilities and calibration of nuclear instrumentation All feedback coefficients confirmed negative
19 Stage C Reactor power increased in steps to 20 MW Nucleonic instrumentation calibration at 3 MW from thermal balance Loss of normal electrical supply test from full load 20 MW achieved 3 November 2006
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21 Power Profile (MW) 11-Nov-06 9-Nov-06 7-Nov-06 5-Nov-06 3-Nov-06 Stage-C Power Profile 20 MW 15 MW 1-Nov Oct Oct Oct-06 Date 24-Oct MW 22-Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct MW 3 MW 1 MW Core Power (MW th)
22 Commissioning Issues Noise in nucleonics instrumentation Wide range nucleonics detectors change from pulse to Campbell mode CNS turbine Core outlet temperature sensors Cooling tower performance Delay in completion of irradiation facilities
23 Reactor pool Reflector vessel Core
24 Repairs to OPAL reflector vessel Helium gas leak test gas bubbles planned duration of each process is ~ 1 month
25 Reactor Core Reactor Core Hf Control Rods Central Control Rod Fuel Assemblies Fuel Plates Coolant Channels between Fuel Plates
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