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““TRITIUM PLANT CONSORTIUM OF ASSOCIATES” TRITIUM PLANT CONSORTIUM OF ASSOCIATES” - TRIPLA-CA -- TRIPLA-CA -

ASSOCIATION DAYS, 26-27.11.2009

S BRAD, ASSOCIATION DAYS, 26-27.11.2009 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

ASSOCIATION EURATOM – MEdC

NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

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MEMBERS OF THE CONSORTIUMMEMBERS OF THE CONSORTIUM

• Karlsruhe Institue of Technology, KIT;• Commissariate d’Énergie Atomique, CEA• Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente ENEA• Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation/Association EURATOM-MEdC/ National R&D Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopes Technologies - ICIT Rm Valcea




CONSORTIUM STRUCTURECONSORTIUM STRUCTURE

F4E

Others

IO

Industry

MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING TEAMMANAGEMENT SUPPORTING TEAM

MANAGEMENT BODYMANAGEMENT BODY

LEAD PARTYLEAD PARTY

COLLABORATION MANAGERCOLLABORATION MANAGER

WORK PACKAGE LEADERSWORK PACKAGE LEADERS

PARTIES REPRESENTATIVESPARTIES REPRESENTATIVES

KITKIT CEACEAENEAENEAICITICIT

PARTIESPARTIES

STEERING COMMITTEESTEERING COMMITTEE

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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION



THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSORTIUMTHE PURPOSE OF THE CONSORTIUM

The Purpose is to jointly organise and make appropriate proposal (s) to the Client (s) and to contribute, on the basis of Contracts, as widely as possible, to the realisation and the success of the ITER Tritium Plant System and related areas of ITER construction.

CONSORTIUM GENERAL STRATEGIESCONSORTIUM GENERAL STRATEGIES

• To ensure an efficient management of the overall Project,• To avoid duplication of the work by adopting and following a strongly coordinated work programme• To exploit the specific competences of the Parties.

AREAS OF INTEREST TO THE TriPla-CAAREAS OF INTEREST TO THE TriPla-CA

•The ITER Tritium Plant systems•The ITER Atmosphere Detritiation Systems•The ITER Hot Cell Facility

Use of test facilities

In support of R&D activities for the design of ITER WDS and ISS, the TriPla-CA shall take benefit of at least the following test facilities:

•TRENTA facility from KIT

•Pilot Plant for Deuterium and Tritium Separation from MEdC/ICIT Rm. Valcea





Collaboration ManagerCollaboration Manager Dr. Ion Cristescu

• Preparing, and proposing modifications to the Collaboration Documents;• Reporting to the SC on the progress of the Collaboration;• Bringing to the attention of the Parties the calls and invitations issued by

any Client within the Scope of, and the Areas of Interest to the TriPla-CA;• Supervise the implementation of the work for the Contract(s);• Reporting to the Steering Committee on the progress of the Contract(s);

CONSORTIUM LEADERSHIPCONSORTIUM LEADERSHIP

STEERING COMMITTEESTEERING COMMITTEE• Dr. Klaus Hesch • Prof. Dr. Ioan Stefanescu • Dr. Aldo Pizzuto • Dr. Andre Grosman

Dr. Klaus Hesch has been chosen to act as Chairman of the Steering Committee

SCSC is responsible for the overall orientation and supervision of the execution of the Collaboration and of the Contracts.

LEAD PARTYLEAD PARTY

KIT

Lead Party act as coordinator between the Parties and is assisted by: • Management Body; • Management Support Team (MST).

WORK PACKAGE LEADERS WPL of the ISS Group has been nominated Dr. Robert Michling WPL of the WDS Group has been nominated Dr.Sebastian Brad WPL of the Safety & RAMI Analysis Group has been nominated Dr.Tonio Pinna WPL of the Licensing & Associated Group has been nominated Dr. Karine Liger

MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING TEAMMANAGEMENT SUPPORTING TEAM Leader of the MST has been nominated Dr.Frank Eichelhardt

• Project scheduling & control/interfaces/CAD/Quality documentation/Cost estimate/Risk management





The main duty of the ISS Engineering & Design Group is to characterize the specific ITER ISS components at ITER relevant scale, to develop the hardware and soft systems in order to control the tritium inventory and to provide the deuterium and tritium streams at the required levels.

The group in charge with the development and design of the ITER WDS shall comply with the ITER new identified throughput and to provide the required decontamination factor, tacking into account the various isotopic compositions that can be built, during long term operation.

The group in charge of HAZOP & RAMI Studies, required by the client, must assist in defining a safe system design and acceptance criteria for equipment that is wetted by tritium.

The group in charge with Licensing & Associated QA cordinate and monitoring the Quality Assurance (QA) activity inside the overall Project and the safety and

licensing related activities inside the Project

ASSIGNMENT OF WORK TO THE GROUPS

KIT - ISS Engineering & Design ICIT - WDS Engineering & Design ENEA - HAZOP & RAMI Studies CEA - Licensing & associated QA





Estimated contribution of the members of TriPla-CA

55%

25%

10%

10%

KIT ICIT ENEA CEA

Tritium Plant - estimated PPY for 2009-2016

3346%

1014%

2940%

WDS ISS ANS

Tritium Plant - estimated TPY for 2009-2016

2648%

2545%

47%

WDS I SS ANS

Estimated contribution and cost estimationEstimated contribution and cost estimation

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Outline Flow Diagram of ITER Fuel Cycle Systems and Interfaces




CONSORTIUM WORKCONSORTIUM WORK





ITER WDS-ISS CONFIGURATIONITER WDS-ISS CONFIGURATION

WDS COMPONENTS • Front-end process• Electrolysis unit • Catalytic exchange process• Tritium bearing oxygen stream process• Membrane permeator process• Exhaust process • Secondary confinement subsystems• Process drying subsystems • Tritiated water holding tank system• Electrical, automation and control cabinet• Utility

ISS COMPONENTS

• Cold-Box (CB) with CD columns (3 or 4)• Expansion vessels (EV)• Vacuum system (VS)• Valve Box (VB)• Instrumentation Box (IB)• HSC (hard shell confinement)





ITER WDSITER WDS For ITER, the WDS is one of the key systems to control the tritium content in the effluent streams, to recover as much tritium as possible and consequently to minimize the impact to the environment.

The most suitable process for water detritiation is the CECE process, a combination of electrolysis and catalytic exchange of hydrogen isotopes in a Liquid Phase Catalytic Exchange (LPCE) column.

The separation duty of the CECE process for fusion reactors is very high (tritium concentration in the released H2 from the WDS for ITER shall be < 700 Bqm-3 air at a typical activity of tritium in the water feed of 370 GBqm-3).

The Isotope Separation System (ISS) envisaged to be used in ITER consists of a cascade of four cryogenic distillation columns with the aim to process a gas stream from the Vacuum Vessel via the Tokamak Exhaust Processing (TEP) system and a second one from the Water Detritiation System mixed with the return stream from the Neutral Beam Injectors. The ISS has to supply five streams with various tritium, deuterium and hydrogen composition. The top product of a CD column from ITER-ISS (CD1 column) has to be almost tritium free to be discharged into the environment, which is one of the main concerns from the licensing point of view.

ITER ISSITER ISS





KIT, ICIT and ENEA, in the frame of the Consortium Tri-Pla-CA, jointly prepared and submitted an offer, answering to the ITER call for tender C4T/09/90/PMT - PRI0001338 – “Development of method for highly tritiated water handling in ITER Tritium Plant. Phase 1”. ( deadline 22.10.2009 )

The work to be perform – assessment of the methods for handling of highly tritiated water (HTW) which will be produced in some operational cases at ITER Tritium Plant

The consortium evaluate a possible contribution to the Design Working Order that has been released by ITER aiming on "Tritium accountancy and tracking for inputs to RPrS“.

The purpose of this work is to provide an updated concept of ANS and inputs to RPrS on tritium accountancy and tracking.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

The consortium estimated the costs for the ISS, WDS and ANS ITER systems.

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