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Full System Decontamination at the Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant Prior to Decommissioning Wilhelm Kukla, EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, Obrigheim NPP Christian Topf, AREVA NP GmbH, Erlangen
History of NPP Obrigheim
Considerations
Decontamination Targets
Systems included in decontamination
Technical description of the decontamination
Results

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time of construction: – 1968 design two loops 1. criticality: Oktober 1968 thermal reactor power: 1,050 MWth exchange steam generators: operating time: – total gross production: 90,828 TWh capacity factor: %

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Considerations After final shut down of the NPP - decontamination of primary coolant system - wait until activity is reduced by decay Decision Carrying out decontamination - activity is reduced faster as by natural decay - ensures that the experienced plant personal with intimate system and operating knowledge is still available - functionality and usability of all NPP systems is already given

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Decontamination Targets:
• Reduction of the activity inventory in all systems included in the
decontamination
• Reduction of the ambient dose rate in working areas
• No significant shift of the gamma/alpha ratio
• Minimum waste generation
• Average decontamination factor of more than 10

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Systems and components included in decontamination:
• Reactor pressure vessel with internals, no fuel
• Pressurizer
• Primary circuit (two loops) including steam generators
as well as part of:
• Residuel heat removal system
• Volume control system
• Emergency injection system
• Mechanical filters of the chemical purification system

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Total volume: m³
Surface total: ,100 m²
Is composed of: Incaloy 800 (SG) ,200 m²
austenitic weld cladding (primary circiut) ,100 m²
austenitic CrNi steel (auxilary systems) m²

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Additional supporting systems:
chemical injection system
component cooling system
coolant storage
building drains
spent resin tanks

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Technical description of the decontamination:
AREVA NP GmbH obtained the contract, performance: first quarter 2007
AREVA NP used HP/Cord UV decontamination technology in combination with the AMDA equipment.
HP: Permanganic acid (the chemical used for preoxidation).
CORD: Chemial Oxidation Reduction Decontamination; represents the
chemical decontamination process.
UV: Represents the in-situ decomposition of the decontamination
chemical with an ultraviolet light source.
AMDA: Automated Mobile Decontamination Appliance, is the synonym
for the external decontamination equipment of AREVA NP.

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HP/CORD UV process is a multi-cycle process including following steps:
Step 1: Pre-oxidation with HP
Step 2: HP reduction with the decontamination chemical
Step 3: Decontamination
Step 4: UV decomposition of the decontamination chemical
and solvent clean-up

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Results:
A total of four HP/CORD UV cycles were performed
cation removal kg
activity removal E12 Bq (151 Ci) with > 95 % Co60
ion exchange resins m³

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before: SG 2100 µSv/h; channel head 72 mSv/h
after: ,6 µSv/h; ,2 mSv/h

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Results:
Average decontamination factors (DF)
DF auxilary systems
DF primary system
DF steam generators tubing
DF overall average
Gamma/alpha nuclide ratio: increased about factor 10
Total man dosis mSv
Estimated mSv

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RESULTS
- Reduction of the ambient dose rate in the different areas:
steam generators
residuel heat removal
heat exchangers
chemical volume control system
recuperative heat exchanger
- Easy handling for dismantling and disposal of these components,
especially for the steam generators

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RESULTS
- No controlled rooms more in this area, the single hot spots were
shielded and will be decontaminated in a special prozess
- Man-Sv savings for upcoming dismantling acitivities (1 - 1,5 Sv)

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