Angra 3 - LAS/ANS

SIMPOSIUM
SITING OF NEW NUCLEAR
POWER PLANTS AND
IRRADIATED FUEL FACILITIES
Operation and Construction Experience
of Brazilian Nuclear Power Plants
ELETROBRAS ELETRONUCLEAR
(Fernando Henning)
(DT)
Contents
•
Company Introduction
•
Plants in Operation: Angra 1 and 2
•
Opportunity for Nuclear in the Electricity
Generation Matrix
•
Angra 3
•
New Buildings after Angra 3
Brazilian Nuclear Industry Organization
MINISTRY OF
MINES AND ENERGY
MINISTRY OF
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ELETROBRAS
BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY
COMMISSION
(holding)
CNEN
NUCLEAR FUEL INDUSTRY
ELETRONUCLEAR
INB
CONVENTIONAL UTILITIES
NUCLEAR HEAVY EQUIPMENT
Furnas, Chesf, ...
NUCLEP
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
IPEN, CDTN, IEN, IRD, CRCN
Company Actuation in the Electrical Sector
GENERATION
TRANSMISSION
DISTRIBUTION
Concessionairies
CONSUMERS
• Industry
• Trade
• Residential
• Others
Company Responsibilities
ELETRONUCLEAR Objectives
Design, build and operate nuclear
power plants according to high
standards of safety, efficiency and
social and environmental
responsibilities.
Develop the capability of Brazilian
industry and engineering companies
to provide supplies and services for
nuclear power plants.
Organization Chart
President
P
Administration and Finances
Directorate
DA
Operation and
Commercialization Directorate
DO
Technical Directorate
DT
Human
Resources
Superintendence
SH.A
Angra 1
Superintendence
SU.O
Fuel and Nuclear
Safety
Superintendence
SN.T
Business
Management
Superintendence
SG.G
Finance
Superintendence
SF.A
Angra 2
Superintendence
SD.O
Support
Engineering
Superintendence
SO.T
Licensing and
Environment
Superintendence
SM.G
Purchasing and
Contract Control
Superintendence
SA.A
Angra 3
Superintendence
ST.O
Design
Engineering
Superintendence
SE.T
Planning
Superintendence
SP.G
Infrastructure
Superintendence
SI.A
Maintenance
Superintendence
SM.O
Project
Management
Superintendence
SG.T
Quality
Superintendence
SQ.G
Operation
Coordination
Superintendence
SC.O
Construction
Superintendence
SC.T
Planning, Management and
Environment Directorate
DG
Staff Number
Staff Number
Directorate
Rio
Angra
Brasilia
Total
Engineers
Physicists
Others
Total
Engineers
Physicists
Others
Total
Engineers
Physicists
Others
Total
Engineers
Physicists
Others
Total
DT
195
15
112
322
75
0
73
148
0
0
0
0
270
15
185
470
DO
11
0
6
17
268
15
1150
1433
0
0
0
0
279
15
1156
1450
DA
20
0
282
302
2
0
151
153
0
0
0
0
22
0
433
455
DG
42
1
113
156
10
0
41
51
0
0
0
0
52
1
154
207
DP
7
0
84
91
0
0
12
12
0
0
5
5
7
0
101
108
Total
275
16
597
888
355
15
1427
1797
0
0
5
5
630
31
2029
2690
Angra Nuclear Power Station
Admiral Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Station
ANGRA 2
Power:
Technology:
Operation:
1.350 MW
Siemens/KWU
January/2001
ANGRA 1
Power:
640 MW
Technology: Westinghouse
Operation: January/1985
ANGRA 3
1.405 MW
June 2018
Belo
Horizonte
350km
São Paulo
220km
Rio de Janeiro
CNAAA 130km
Main Thermal
Power Plant in
Brazil
Safety and Environmental Protection
Angra 1 + 2
about 40 years
reactor operation
licensing and fiscalization
IAEA
inspection by international
institutions
waste stored at
site according to
high safety and
environmental
standards
no radiological
impact to
environment
nenhum impacto
radiológico no meio
personnelambiente
training
Power Station Performance
Gerada
CNAAA (MWh)
TotalEnergia
GrossBruta
Energy
Produced
(MWh)
Angra 1 + 2
12.975.088
14.543.807
15.644.251
16.040.791
6 million
inhabitants
2009
 More than 200 million
MWh produced
 Operation according to
high safety and
performance standards
 Continuous
improvement of
performance indexes
2010
2011
2012
Fator Capacity
de Capacidade
CNAAA
Total
Factor
74,1%
83,1%
89,4%
91,6%
2009
2010
2011
2012
2009: SG replacement in Angra 1
Operational Safety Record
Angra 1 + 2
Eventos Escala INES
Reported
Events per Year
(todos Nível 0)
(all INES “zero”)
10
8
6
4
2
0
2007
2008
2009
Angra 1
2010
2011
2012
Angra 2
• Report of safety related events
(according to CNEN-NE-1.14)
• No incidents, only deviations
without safety relevance
(INES scale level 0)
INES Scale - IAEA
Investments in the Operating Plants
Investimento
Realizado
CNAAA
Annual
Investments
Angra
1+2
(R$ milhões, sem Angra 3)
(R$ million)
Angra 1 + 2
164,5
172,8
110,0
Investments
2008
2009
2010
129,6
131,1
2011
2012
 Upgrading and Replacement of Large Components
 Design Improvements
 I&C Modernization
 Safety Improvements (including Fukushima Response Plan)
 Ageing Management for Plant Lifetime Extension
 Extension and Improvement of Waste Management Center
 Spent Fuel Storage Facility Outside the Units
Angra 1
3
1
1985
Plant Life Cycle Management
1995
5
2005
7
2015
2
2025
6
4
2035
8
9
Preparation for LR
LR Process
1- Beginning of commercial operation
(1985, design for 40 years)
2- License for 30 years (1994)
3- First PSR (2004)
4- License for 14 years (2010)
5- Second PSR (2014)
6- Recommended deadline for LR
application (2019)
2045
Extended Life
7- Third PSR (2024)
8- Expiration of current license (2024)
and beginning of extended life 20 years
9- Expiration of renewed license (2044)
Angra 1: Plant Life Cycle Management
 Keeping of Design Safety and Performance Levels
- Replacement of the RPV Closure Head and CRDM
- Mitigation of PWSCC in Dissimilar Metal Welds in RPV Nozzles (MSIP)
- Service Water System (Equipment and Piping Replacement)
- Liquid Radioactive Waste System (Replacement of the Evaporator Package)
- Replacement of the Main Transformers
- I&C Modernization (Advanced Digital Feedwater Level Control System, Digital Turbine
Control System, Radiation Monitoring System)
- Reactor Coolant Pump Shield Passive Thermal Shutdown Seal
- Monitoring of Civil Structures
Angra 1
- Assessments and Design Modifications for Severe Accidents
- Fukushima Response Plan
 Power Uprating and Reduction in Outage Duration
- Modifications in the Secondary Circuit
- Replacement of Turbine Rotors and Upgrade of the Electrical Generator
- Improvements in Electrical Equipment
 Life Extension
- License Renewal Process (Implementation of LTO Concepts)
- I&C Modernization
- Replacement and Refurbishment of Aged Equipment
Angra 2
Plant Life Cycle Management
1
1985
2000
3
1995
2010
4
2005
2020
5
2015
2030
2
2025
2040
6
2035
2050
2045
2060
7
8
Preparation for LR
1- Beginning of commercial operation
(2001, design for 40 years)
2- License for 30 years (2011)
3- First PSR (2012)
4- Second PSR (2022)
5- Third PSR (2032)
6- Recommended deadline for LR
application (2036)
LR Process
Extended Life
7- Expiration of current license (2041)
and beginning of extended life 20 years
8- Expiration of renewed license (2061)
Angra 2: Plant Life Cycle Management
 Keeping of Design Safety and Performance Levels
- Replacement of Heat Exchangers of the Conventional Closed Cooling System
- Improvement in Primary Circuit Bleed and Feed Capability
- RPV Level Instrumentation System
- Main Control Room Post Accident Filtering System
- Service Water System (equipment and piping replacement)
- I&C Modernization (Reactor Control System, Radiation Monitoring System, Neutron Flux
Measurement System, Electrical Generator Voltage Regulator)
- Monitoring of Civil Structures
- Assessments and Design Modifications for Severe Accidents
- Fukushima Response Plan
 Power Uprating and Reduction in Outage Duration
- Modifications in the Turbines and in the Secondary Circuit
- Improvements in Electrical Equipment
- Substitution of the Original Reactor Coolant Pumps Seals by Hydrodynamic Seals
 Life Extension
- License Renewal Process
- I&C Modernization
- Replacement and Refurbishment of Aged Equipment
Angra 1
Brazil Electricity Generation (Jan to Dec 2012)
Total Generation
85,90%
0,62%
6,08%
1,08%
1,72%
3,11%
1,49%
Thermal Generation
23,09%
45,08%
8,05%
12,74%
Source: ANEEL
11,04%
Top 15 World Electricity Generators (2010)
HYDRO
NUCLEAR
United States
China
Japan
Russia
India
Canada
Germany
France
Brazil
Korea, South
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
Mexico
South Africa
RENEWABLES
THERMAL
In a world electric generation
dominated by fossil fuels Brazil
is a unique example of
RENEWABILITY
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Billion Kilowatts.hour
Source: EIA – US Energy Information Administration
3000
3500
4000
4500
Top 15 World Hydropower Generators (2010)
HYDRO
China
Brazil
Canada
United States
Russia
Norw ay
India
Japan
Venezuela
Sw eden
France
Paraguay
Turkey
Italy
Spain
NUCLEAR
RENEWABLES
THERMAL
18%
79%
59%
6%
17%
95%
13%
Only Norway and Paraguay
have a relative contribution of
hydropower greater than Brazil
8%
66%
45%
11%
100%
25%
18%
15%
0
500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
Billion Kilowatts.hour
Source: EIA – US Energy Information Administration
3.000
3.500
4.000
4.500
Hydropower requires system integration
4.000 km
Fortaleza
Manaus
Recife
Salvador
Brasília
Itaipu
Belo
Horizonte
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Porto Alegre
Angra
NPPs
Brazil: continental dimensions comparable to Europe
Reduced Energy Storage Capability
installed hydro capacity
increasing …
MW
Installed Hydropower
… but without a
proportional increase in
the water stock
Storage in GW mean
Reservoir capacity
Remaining Hydropower in Amazonas Region
small reservoirs
to avoid
flooding
large surfaces
Increasing Need of Thermal Regulation
This tendency will be
amplified by new projects
in Amazon Basin
•Current average hydro capacity factor: 55%
•Future average Amazon hydro capacity factor: 20-25%
Project AHE MADEIRA 6.500 MW
Project AHE BELO MONTE 11.000 MW
Opportunity for Nuclear Power
R$ 700,00
Costs (R$/MWh)
R$ 600,00
Gas
Diesel
Coal
R$ 500,00
Minimum cost
according
capacity factor
range
Fuel Oil
Biomass
Nuclear
R$ 400,00
R$ 300,00
But costs are not
the only decision
factor:
R$ 200,00
R$ 100,00
R$ 0,00
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Capacity Factor (%)
80%
90% 100%
 Price volatility
 Assurance of
supply
must be considered
too
Angra 2
Angra 3
(under construction)
Angra 1
Angra 3: Start, Deferring and Resumption

Initial Phase of Project
- 1975: Agreement Brazil & Germany (Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy)
- Reactor Type: PWR-1.350 MW / Increased to 1.405 MW
- Main Vendor: Siemens-KWU (today’s AREVA)
- Original Reference Plant: Grafenrheinfeld
- Start of Civil Works: July-1984
- Interruption of Construction: June-1986 (Economic Crisis in Brazil)

Basis for Project Modernization
- German Plants of Konvoi Series: Emsland / Neckarwestheim 2 / Isar 2
Emsland
Neckarwestheim
- Implementation of Improvements: Angra 2 & Angra 3

Current Reference Plant: Angra 2
- Base for PSAR of Angra 3: FSAR of Angra 2
- Main Differences: Construction on sound rock / Digital I&C / Updated normative basis

Present Situation: Under Construction
- Authorization for Project Resumption: CNPE – June-2007 / National Energy Policy Council
- Governmental Planning: Ten Years Plan for Energy Expansion / Growth Acceleration Plan
Isar
Angra 3: Licensing Process
Environmental Licensing: I B A M A

17 Public Meetings with communities

8 Official Public Hearings:
Angra dos Reis (2) / Paraty (2) / Rio Claro (2) / Ubatuba (1) / Rio de Janeiro (1)

LP: Preliminary License: 23-Jul-2008

LI: Installation License: 05-Mar-2009

Social Compensations:
MR$ 352
Education, Health, Environmental, Culture, etc.
Nuclear Licensing: C N E N

Construction License: 31-May-2010

1st
•
•
Cave levelling concrete
Waterproofing of nuclear buildings foundations

2nd Partial License: 11-Mar-2010
•
Conventional Structures

3rd Partial License: 29-Mar-2010
•
Turbine Building
Partial License:
09-Mar-2009
Subject to gradual authorizations for concrete
pouring
38 releases already granted
•
Total volume authorized by CNEN:
77,926m3
•
Total volume with pending
authorization by CNEN: 23,103m3
Angra 3: Upgrading of Normative Basis
Angra 2
Angra 3
“as built”
Reference
Plant
Design
Angra 2 Design
Modification
50 Project
Modifications
 modernization of all
I&C systems;
Additional requirements !!!
 last generation manmachine interface;
Evaluation of the Angra 3 design considering the
normative basis valid in 2003
Licensing
Upgrading of the protection against external events
Angra 3: Budget for Completion

JUNE-2010
7 Independent Budgetary Studies
required by:
• CNPE: National Council for Energy Policy
• MME: Ministry of Mines and Energy
• ELETROBRAS: Holding Company
Reference to the Budget Estimate:
FUSP (June-2002)
Monetary update for June-2010
Angra 3: Contractual Arrangement
ANGRA 3
Main Contracts
Existing Contracts
to be negotiated
Biddings
(signed in the 80s)
IMPORTED GOODS
AND SERVICES +
WARRANTIES
ENGINEERING
SERVICES
CIVIL
WORKS
ELECTROMECHANICAL
ERECTION
CIVIL DESIGN
STRUCTURES
Partial Scope
NATIONAL
SUPPLIES
Existing Contracts
Confab
Bardella
Nuclep
NATIONAL
SUPPLIES
Angra 3: Funding
 Domestic Market
B N D E S: R$ 6.1 billion
MR$ 1,277 released
R G R: R$ 890 million
MR$ 594.3 released
 Foreign Market
C E F: R$ 3.8 billion
Angra 3: Main Activities at Site – Civil Works
Reactor Building (UJB)
Auxiliary Reactor Building (UKA)
Control Building (UBA)
Turbine Building (UMA)
Angra 3: Main Activities at Site - Erection
Steel Containment Erection
Zone 1
Zone 4
Zone 2
Zone 5
Zone 3
Simulation
Angra 3: Current Situation - Tentative Construction Schedule
Time schedule currently under reevaluation:
AREVA supplies and services:
• signature of amendments expected for May 2013;
• critical path: design and supply of safety digital I&C;
Bidding process for electromechanical erection:
• 2nd phase to be launched in April 2013;
• expectation to start at site in last quarter of 2013.
After Angra 3....
EXPLORATORY STUDY: SITE PE-1 (artistic view)
The Planning
National
Long Term
Energy Planning
– 2030 (under revision)
Atendimento
ao Crescimento
da Demanda
no Médio Prazo: Plano Nacional de Energia 2030
Expansão da Oferta no Período 2015-2030
Electricity
Supply
Expansion
(Valores em MW)
PNE 2030: Custo Médio Comparado
(PNE 2030: Fig.8.24 / Pág.226)
Intervalo de variação do custo
das fontes Não-Hidráulicas
Custo de Geração
Hidrelétrica em função
do potencial a aproveitar.
1) Northeast
2.000 MW
2) Southeast
2.000 MW
Fonte: PNE 2030 / EPE-MME, Nov-2007 / Tabelas 8.27 (Pág.234) e 8.31 (Pág.239)
Site Selection Procedure
2009
2010
2011
Sites for New Nuclear Power Plants
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