IT in Nuclear Decommissioning: Minimising Exposure to Risk Mark Biagi, Strategic Projects Director 10 th March 2008
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Introduction Case study 1: Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant Case study 2: Japan Nuclear Fuels Limited Case study 3: Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Operating from 1966 to 2015 Preparing for SAFSTOR Creating a decommissioning database for future generations based on Bentley technology Researching ways of presenting and organising information “An information system for decommissioning is absolutely required.” - Neolant Case study 1 – Leningrad NPP, Neolant
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European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Case study 1 – Summary Information volume Information integrity ~2015 ~2106 time Comprehensibility Longevity Standardisation
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Standardisation – ISO 15926
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Integrated engineering system based on Bentley technology since 2002 Major 2D – 3D legacy data translation 3D decommissioning system based on MicroStation and Navigator Security and accountability documentation Case study 2 – JNFL, Japan Nuclear Fuels Limited Reprocessing Plant Uranium Enrichment
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European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Case Study 2 – Summary Risk minimised through: −Work breakdown structure optimisation −Advanced simulations −Immersive visualisation −Container optimisation −Special WBS research project underway with a major nuclear equipment vendor
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems M gallons of radioactive liquid waste stored in 177 underground tanks World’s largest radioactive waste treatment vitrification plant Distributed engineering environment, 3 design centres, largest ProjectWise deployment to date Complex project, on the scale of 2 nuclear power plants Case study 3 – Bechtel, Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Hanford WTP
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 WTP Project Primary Design Office Richland, WA WTP Project Remote Design Office San Francisco, CA WTP Project Remote Design Office Fredrick, MD High-level waste facility model Pre-treatment facility model Master DB Oracle Replication Technology
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Case Study 3 – Summary Risk minimised through: −Distributed enterprise work sharing −Remote collaboration of best available resources −Associated construction with decommissioning
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Summary of case studies Case study 1: Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant Preparing for decommissioning: Information system for future generations Change management Case study 2: Japan Nuclear Fuels Limited Actively decommissioning: Optimisation Simulation WBS Planning Case study 3: Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Construction associated with decommissioning: Work sharing Remote collaboration
European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Decommissioning challenge YearNPP’s to decommission Capacity to replace (MWe) Equivalent New Build 52611, , , , , (Assumes average 40 year NPP lifespan and 1000MWe new build) Data source: IAEA Current NPP age profile (Total = 437) Number Age (years)
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European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 ASME III Class 1 Piping Systems ADLPipe Design and Analysis Bentley AutoPIPE STAAD.Pro Bentley WinNOZL Bentley PlantFlow Bentley PULS AutoPLANT PDW Bentley Architectural Bentley Structural PlantSpace Isometrics PlantSpace Design Series PlantSpace Orthographics PlantSpace SupportModeler Haested WaterCAD Bentley Rebar Haested PondPak PW Schedule Simulation PW Interference Manager Power Civil Bentley CloudWorx Nuclear QA&R * Configuration Management and Collaboration ProjectWise PW LifeCycle Server ISO Bentley I/RAS B PW Navigator AXSYS.Integrity Bentley Redline Bentley View PW Plot Organizer PDF Composer Control and Communication Systems Bentley I&W Bentley Hookups Bentley Inside Plant FEED AXSYS.Process AXSYS.Engine Bentley P&ID Data Manager Datasheets PlantWise Bentley Nuclear Solutions * Bentley maintains a nuclear QA subscription program which meets all applicable requirements of 10CFR50 App. B, 10CFR21, ASME NQA-1 and ANSI N45.2. Both AutoPIPE and STAAD.PRO software are covered under Bentley Nuclear QA program and widely used for safety-related applications.
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European Nuclear Forum 2008, Brussels Copyright © Bentley Systems 2008 Conclusion Minimising risk through IT in nuclear decommissioning: −Today it’s about digitisation, decommissioning databases, remote collaboration, work packaging, simulation, visualisation −Tomorrow it will be about open standard interoperability of information and tools for lifecycle engineering management, and nuclear strength management of change Bentley is a leading IT provider in the nuclear engineering market Leningrad NPP JNFL Hanford WTP
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