CASE STUDY: NEOLANT, RUSSIA

INTERGRAPH INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS NUCLEAR PLANTS’ DECOMMISSIONING NEOLANT keeps data integrity through the whole life-cycle management of decommissioning project

IDENTIFYING GOALSNEOLANT was the selected engineering company for the decommissioning of

power generation units at Smolenskaya, Bilibino, and Kolskaya Nuclear Power

Plants (NPP). The contractor needed to create an effective information support

system to support the whole capital life-cycle management of the project, main-

taining data integrity and accuracy of engineering information. The information

system was built based on SmartPlant Enterprise and named “Decommissioning

database”.

The nucleus of the database is based on the NPP information model, a stan-

dard NPP model which contains current design and engineering data needed

in the decommissioning process. The information model itself is an Engineering

Data Management system. As the project goes, different IT tools join the sys-

tem: applications to gather data, applications for engineering evaluation and

simulation modeling, and applications for business analysis are all involved in

decommissioning.

NEOLANT chose Intergraph® technologies for creating the decommissioning

database at Bilibino, Kolskaya, and Smolenskaya NPPs because:

• Design engineers at Smolenskaya, Kolskaya, and Bilibino NPPs had prior expe-

rience in the use of Intergraph technologies.

• Solutions are easy to use by staff involved in the decommissioning project.

• All actions performed within the project are recorded for reporting and reuse.

• Technical support is offered by Intergraph.

• NEOLANT has broad experience in the use of Intergraph solutions.

NEOLANT brought in its own technologies, InterBridge and InterView, which

helped to implement the project. InterBridge allows users to link several CAD

formats into one information model. InterView is a visual interface designed to

help the team effectively use the decommissioning database. It is fast, easy, and

resource saving. Both tools have an interface with SmartPlant Enterprise.

The decommissioning database at Smolenskaya, Bilibino, and Kolskaya

FACTS AT A GLANCE Company: NEOLANT

Website: www.neolant.com

Description: NEOLANT is the supplier of solutions for the enterprises of the fuel-energy complex and state sector and is one of the largest IT companies in Russia. Company activities include the development and implementation of information systems to decision-making support based on the integration of technologies; engineering and information support for oil-and-gas and nuclear projects on different life-cycle stages, as well as permanent search for innovative solutions.

Industry: Engineering, IT

Country: Russia

PRODUCTS USED:

•IntergraphSmart™ 3D

•SmartPlant® Electrical

•SmartPlantFoundation

•SmartPlantP&ID

KEY BENEFITS:

•Reliability.

•Easyintegrationwithotherinformation systems.

•Widelyusedinthenuclearpower sector.

NPPs were created using SmartPlant Electrical, SmartPlant

Foundation, SmartPlant P&ID, and Smart3D. SmartPlant P&ID

was used for two-dimensional technology schemes develop-

ment, which later were used for putting together 3D models

in Smart3D. Electrical schemes were created with SmartPlant

Electrical. A SmartPlant Foundation interface with InterBridge

and InterView was applied to create an integrated engineering

data storage– a “single access point”, which also had a benefi-

cial impact in project document management.

OVERCOMING CHALLENGESRecovering thousands of drawings and as-built documenta-

tion from the plants posed a challenge to engineers and other

specialists from NEOLANT and Intergraph. The lack of an ap-

plication among SmartPlant Enterprise solutions for creating a

general plot plan (a diagram which shows the buildings, utility

runs, engineering, equipment layout, and other constructions of

a project site) was challenging, because other 2D and 3D CAD

tools had to be brought in and an interface with SmartPlant

Foundation was created.

The isolated location of some objects and some NPP’s staff

members’ preoccupation with other duties also posed some

challenges that were overcome with a holistic change in man-

agement and a multi-discipline collaboration approach.

REALIZING RESULTSIt took six months to create and launch the Intergraph de-

commissioning database system. Each NPP’s database is

customized in terms of data model extension. For instance, at

Kolskaya NPP, 20,931 project-related sketches were scanned

and uploaded to the system. The decommissioning database

was built upon a single information model which includes

14,532 objects.

Today, the decommissioning databases at the three NPPs

work effectively and play a key role in:

• Gathering and keeping data linked to all information systems

at NPPs.

• Exchanging data among all information systems at NPPs.

• Providing all necessary data for mandatory decommissioning

reports, including reports on the units’ technical condition.

• Providing radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel data

integration.

• Visualizing the structure and patterns of all NPP objects (as

well as nuclear unit parts).

MOVING FORWARDThe decommissioning database projects built with SmartPlant

Enterprise tools, information modelling and cPLM methodology

worked well with the Neolant InterBridge technology prepara-

tory work. In the near future the decommissioning database

will also be integrated with current NPP’s operations, techni-

cal equipment characteristics and welded connection control

information systems.

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