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Nuclear Power Plant Siting

Challenges & Lessons Learnt

Sabin Sabinov, Regional Director, WorleyParsons

Warsaw, 26.06.2013

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More than 50 years experience in Nuclear Power since the construction of the first Gen I reactors

Last 10 years actively involved in multiple new nuclear projects in America, Europe, ME, Asia

Proven experience in Gen III/III+ installations

Technology and “utility” neutral

Global provider with local project delivery

Covering the full spectrum of nuclear plant lifecycle services – from inception through decommissioning

WorleyParsons in Nuclear

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WorleyParsons in Nuclear

Support our clients through all phases of nuclear power plant lifecycle:

● Pre-project phase – Czech, South Africa, Egypt,

Bulgaria, Russia, USA, Slovenia

● Project decision-making – Jordan, Egypt, Bulgaria,

Armenia, Slovakia, Russia

● Construction – USA, Japan, Korea, Slovenia

● Operation:

− Plant upgrades and license renewal – Canada, USA,

Mexico, Slovenia, Sweden, Bulgaria, Russia and FSU

− Post-Fukushima Safety – Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia, USA

− SF and RAW management - USA, UK

● Decommissioning – USA

55+ Years of Industry

Experience

18 Nuclear Units

Engineer of Record

30,000+ MW Nuclear Projects

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Nuclear Offices

Nuclear Power Hubs

Nuclear Power Plant offices

RAW offices

Uranium Mining and Processing

Toronto(Canada)

Cairo (Egypt)

Plzen (Czech Republic) Nitra (Slovakia)

Moscow (Russia)

Beijing (China)

Arcadia (USA)

Phoenix (USA)

Adelaide (Australia)

Sofia (Bulgaria) Reading (USA)

Chattanooga (USA)

Cape town (South Africa)

Aiken (USA)

Richland (USA)

Los Altos (USA)

Sterling (Scotland)

Chapel Cross (England)

Bristol (England)

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WorleyParsons Nuclear Hubs

6

► EU Hub Approximately 500 employees

and staff augmentation support

Site selection and site hazards

Feasibility Studies, Licensing and preconstruction services

New build/Refurbishment Owner’s Engineer, design support

Safety Assessment and Verification Analyses including stress tests

Major nuclear PM experience accumulated last 10 years

Main centre for IAEA and EU regulations application experience

► Canada Hub Approximately 100

employees and staff augmentation support

Engineering and Design Support to Canadian nuclear program and main Canadian utilities

► USA Hub Approximately 450 employees

and staff augmentation support

Proven excellence in nuclear PM role and design

Vast US NRC regulations application experience

New plant services (deployment, planning, COLA and ESP)

Existing plant services

Decommissioning

Post-Fukushima evaluations and modernizations

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Current or Recent Nuclear Projects

► Europe: Sweden Slovakia Czech Slovenia Bulgaria Russia UK (D4) Turkey Ukraine Poland

► Asia: Armenia Jordan Saudi Arabia Vietnam (bidding)

► Africa: Egypt South Africa

► America: USA Canada Mexico

*Bidding phase

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Nuclear New Build Services

Instrumental support at the all stages of new build projects:

● Plant siting activities

● Nuclear technology evaluation

● New nuclear plant conceptual design

● Feasibility studies/BFS

● Architect/Engineer

● Program Management

● Bid Invitation Specifications development

● Bid Evaluations

● Stress test evaluation of Gen 3 designs

● Program planning and support

● QMS/QC services

● Licensing & Permitting Support

● Capacity Building

● Stakeholders Management Support

● Technical and detail design

● Configuration Management

● Construction supervision

Full compliance with: • latest national and international safety requirements • best international practices

8 Generation

3/3+ Technology

Evaluations

6 New Generation

Technology and

Feasibility Studies

100+ Technology Option

Studies

5 Late Generation Site License Applications

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Considerations in New Nuclear

Build Projects Specifics of Nuclear New Build

Projects:

● Technical sophistication

● Capital intensive, with all resulting

economical difficulties and

financial considerations

● Long development and

construction period

● Safety implications escalating

recently

● Need of specific infrastructure

● Establishment of National and

International legal framework

● Nuclear knowledge required

● Subject to public concern

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Siting Considerations for

Nuclear Plant Life Cycle

A well-chosen site will: ● minimize the vulnerability of the nuclear power plant to external

hazards (both natural and human induced)

● have favorable attributes for minimizing all aspects of the impact to the environment from the NPP operation

● be able to accommodate many of the available nuclear power technologies

● consider the industry lessons-learned

● meet domestic and international requirements and

● lower site development costs.

The criteria for site evaluation should take into account all phases of the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) life cycle, from site preparation to decommissioning and abandonment.

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The NPP life cycle consists of siting, design, construction,

commissioning, operation and decommissioning.

● Siting and design basis definition take place about 8-10 years

before the plant commercial operation

● Safety reevaluation are made several times during the plant life

● Design basis reevaluation may determine the plant economical life

time by introducing a need of extensive NPP upgrades

● Deep and thorough initial process of design basis definition will

allow that plant economical life time coincides with the technical

one.

Justifiability of the initially defined design basis plays a

very important role in the subsequent plant safety reviews.

Siting Considerations for

Nuclear Plant Life Cycle

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Work Related Considerations:

Quality Management

Any characterization and evaluation activity for siting, design

or construction of a nuclear power plant must be done so

following a Nuclear Quality Program.

A Quality Management System must be established and

implemented to control the effectiveness of site investigations,

assessments, and engineering activities for all aspects of site

work.

The QA program must cover organization, planning, work

control, personnel qualification and training, verification and

documentation of the activities to ensure the required quality

of the work.

Thus will assure that the results of the siting phase can be part of the overall design and licensing basis program for the nuclear installation.

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Work Related Considerations:

Risk Management

The risk management and mitigation process

provides a sound basis for managing the project

preventive action objectives.

The risk management process is ongoing for the

life of the project, with the capability to identify

needed actions and risks evolution follow-up:

● Continuous analysis of external and internal risk

factors

● Continuous monitoring of project implementation

environment

● Interactions with the project main plans: Execution

Plan, Licensing & Permitting Plan, Stakeholders

Management Plan, etc.

Risk register shall be developed and maintained as a live document during the project implementation.

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Program implementation strategy for a new nuclear

plant construction project shall consider the

complexity of the whole process and provide for a

reasonable schedule.

Sometimes decisions to proceed are made later than

anticipated, leading to compression of schedules.

As the first step in the process, the siting work may

then be accelerated in order to achieve a project

milestone.

This creates pressures for all parties involved,

including regulators and may require sequential work

to be performed in parallel and out of the normal

sequence.

Work Related Considerations:

Schedule Management

A key lesson is to schedule the work on a reasonable timeframe, so it can proceed in a normally established logical and sequential manner.

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Lack of uniform international basis for Siting Process:

● Differences between the referent international practices

● Local regulations implications and synchronization

● Applicable international requirements

Lack of compatibility between the conventional permitting

processes and the licensing from the Nuclear Regulatory

Authorities.

Lack of experience in process practical implementation for

large nuclear projects

Interface between local level permitting regime and the

national level ones

Work Related Considerations:

Licensing & Permitting Process

Work plans and Work Schedule shall allow flexibility and shall be regularly adjusted to the real process

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Work Related Considerations:

Configuration Management

Information gathered during the site evaluation

process will be used during the NPP design. This

information becomes an element of the NPP lifetime

configuration management.

Requirements/criteria used during the site selection

can come from many sources. They should be

identified and known throughout the nuclear power

plant life cycle, and it should be possible to see and

track how these are being followed.

Comprehensive data management system should be considered for implementation early in the nuclear plant life cycle, starting with siting characterization and carried though the following phases.

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To evaluate and characterize candidate sites and confirm suitability for construction of an NPP in line with:

● National requirements

● International requirements

● Best industry practices

● Stakeholders expectations

To perform work in efficient and cost-effective manner and in a way that will establish the basis for future steps

To be able to address the fluid situations/considerations to minimize impact on the process:

● Evolving regulatory process

● Post-Fukushima changes

Instead of Summary:

The Site Selection Process Objective

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