The Objectives and Current Progress to Strengthen TSO Capability Building in China

Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, NNSA/MEP

27-30 October, 2014

Beijing, China

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Outline

TSO’s Value and Contribution to the Development of Nuclear Industry in China

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The Objectives of TSO Capability Building on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in China

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Construction of National Research and Development Base on Nuclear and Radiation

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Technical Supporting Practice and Current Progress Conducted by NSC

1. TSO’s Value and Contribution to the Development of Nuclear

Industry in China

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The Current Status of China’s Nuclear Power Development

技术安全目标

辐射防护目标

20 operating NP units,28 units under construction; 19 Civil Research Reactors and Critical Facilities; 20 Nuclear Fuel Cycling Facilities; 35 Uranium Mines; 60,000 Nuclear Technology Utilization Organizations.

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Installed Capacity and Electric Energy Production of NPPs in China

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Nuclear Technology Utilization in China

技术安全目标

辐射防护目标

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2005-2013年辐射事故统计

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Main Contribution of TSOs During the Nuclear Industry Development

技术安全目标

辐射防护目标

Conduct fundamental and perspective research, experiment and technology development, building the sound basis for national science innovation and technical improvement; Provide technical and expert support for the government decision making, assist the regulator carrying out their regulation responsibilities to assure the safety of nuclear facilities and activities; Provide comprehensive and lifetime technical support and service for the operating organization of nuclear facilities, to meet expectations of stakeholders on safety, reliability and economical efficiency; Build science, technology and expertise library, supporting the healthy and sustainable development of nuclear industry.

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TSO’s for the nuclear industry

TSO’s Current General Situation in China’s Nuclear Industry

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NNSA CAEA NEA Utilities

TSOs TSOs TSOs TSOs

Areas Involved by TSOs

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Uranium mining

Refine Enrichment

Fuel and Equipment Manufacturing

NPP Construction and Operation

Spent Fuel Treatment

Cycling Rad-waste Treatment and Disposition

2. The Objectives of TSO Capability Building on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in China

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NNSA’s Regulation Organization

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NNSA/MEP Administrator/Vice Minister

Chief Engineer on Nuclear Safety

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Safety and Environment

Nuclear Regulatory

Department III

Nuclear Regulatory

Department II

Nuclear Regulatory

Department I

Department of International Cooperation

Other departments

Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, MEP

Radioactive Environment Monitoring Technical Center

North China Regional Office

East China Regional Office

Northwest Regional Office

South China Regional Office

Northeast Regional Office

Southwest Regional Office Other TSOs

Increasing Staffing (2008—)

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NNSAROsNSC

Nuclear Safety Plan of China

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Comprehensive analysis the situations, weakness and challenges on nuclear safety in China; Referring to the regulation experience and lessons learned from Fukushima accident; Focus on nuclear safety, environment safety and public health, as well as enhancing technical research, emergency response and regulation capability building.

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Key Tasks

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Key Projects

Eight supporting measures

Goals and Tasks for Regulation Capability Building

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Construction of National Research and Development Base with needed measures, equipment and facilities, Build 6 Critical Capabilities:

Independent safety analysis, audit calculation and test verification; Field inspection and enforcement on nuclear and radiation safety; Radiation environment monitoring and evaluation, and nuclear and radiation event response; Personnel training and qualification; International technical cooperation; Public education and communication.

3. Technical Supporting Practice and Current Progress Conducted by NSC

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Human resources

training base

Information exchange

center

1 Requirements and Expectations by NNSA

Provide overall and comprehensive science & technical support for nuclear and radiation safety regulations; Four Core Functions:

Technical review center

Technology R&D center

1 Current Practice and Improvements

To enhance long-term planning and optimize organization 1

To improve management system and foster traditional regulation culture 2

To conduct independent analysis and audit calculation and deepen technical review 3

To improve technical facilities and develop computerized system & data platform 4

1 Current Practice and Improvements (cont.)

To enhance accident emergency response and perfect monitoring system 5

To perform topic technical research and development 6

To improve international cooperation and emphasis public communication 7

To plan and build national comprehensive R&D base on nuclear and radiation safety 8

1 4.1 To enhance Long-term Planning and Optimize Organization

To increase staff from 160 to 480 within 4 years; To obtain more financial support from the government; To improve the staff salary and welfare and attract more experienced and skilled expert and technicians; To optimize the organizational structure, meeting the needs of expanding work scope and team scale; To enhance the personnel selection, employment, training and qualification.

Director General Secretary of Party Committee

Deputy Director General

Chief Engineer

Secretary of Discipline Inspection Committee

Deputy Chief Engineer

Nuclear Fuel &

Radioactive Waste

Managem

ent

Mechanical, Electrical and I&

C Plant Siting &

Civil Engineering

Nuclear Reactor Design &

Safety Analysis

Radiation Protection & Environm

ental Im

pact Assessment

Radioactive Source Safety Assessment

Operation &

Quality Assurance

Nuclear Equipm

ent Regulation

Imported N

uclear Equipment

Registration & Inspection

Event Evaluation & Experience

Feedback

Nuclear Em

ergency Response &

Radiation Environment M

onitoring

Policy & Regulation Research

Registration for Nuclear Safety

Profession

Information Research

Human Resources Division

Finance & Auditing

Scientific Research & Project

Managem

ent

Administrative O

ffice

Technical Center for Nuclear Safety Equipment

Regulation

Nuclear Safety Engineer Qualification

Registration Office

Nuclear &

Radiation Safety Research

International Cooperation

R&D Base Developm

ent Current Organizational Structure

Current Work Scope

Nuclear Power Station Research and experiment Reactor

Radioactive waste treatment & disposal

Nuclear fuel cycle facilities

Nuclear Technical Utilization (production, marketing, usage, transition, imports and exports)

Radiation Installations Radioactive sources and isotope

Design, manufacturing, installation and NDT

Personnel training and qualification

Examination Centers

Abroad Organization Registration and equipment safety inspection

Radiation Environment monitoring 100 State Control Points

Emission base station

Key Pollution sources

High voltage electric transmission

Accident Emergency Nuclear Accident Emergency

Environmental Accident Emergency

Radiation Accident Emergency

Nuclear Facilities

Nuclear Safety Equipments

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59%

24%

3% Education

Background

PhDMasterBachelorOther

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25%

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Age

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26%

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Technical Levels

Researcher/ProfessorSeniorEngineer

Engineer

AssistantEngineer

Others(incl. adm& sp staff)

Staffing Constitution

1 4.2 To Improve MS and Foster Regulation Culture

To develop and update series management programmes and procedures and enhance their implementing conformance; To carry out performance assessment and qualification especially for regulation projects and R&D projects To strengthen personnel training and qualification including initial training, refresh training, on job training, etc.; To optimize the work process and enhance activities’ quality and executive efficiency; To inherit and foster good practice, safety values and safety culture.

1 Cornerstone for Regulation Culture

Nuclear & radiation safety is important parts of State Safety, and is lifeline of nuclear industry; Keep the policy ‘Safety first, quality first’ in mind all the time; Follow the Principles of independence, transparency, law and code based, rational and reasonable, effectiveness; Be with conscientious, rigorous, questioning and conservative work attitude and approach; Focus more on prevention then correction; To assure safety is the best way to avoid loss and get benefit; Rigorous regulation is the best support to the regulated organization.

1 4.3 To Conduct Independent Analysis and Audit Calculation

Purpose: Strengthen reviewer’s understanding on design of nuclear facilities and related technical document; Enhance technical depth and insights during safety review; Increase the independence, authority and effectiveness of safety review and evaluation.

Main work content: Equipment and laboratory planning and construction; Procurement, maintenance and utilization of analysis and calculation software; Personnel technical training and team work building; Periodic progress inspection and application the achievement during safety review.

Main Principles and Approaches

Check the correctness of input data and analysis models using the same safety analysis software as original design, verifying the correctness and truth of analysis results, and performing sensitivity analysis for some parameters; Conduct independent review calculation for design modification of new built and existing NPPs to verify their safety and safe margin, adopting realistic or best estimate analysis method and using different analysis software comparing to the original ones.

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Current involved area

Core and event analysis; Probability safety analysis(PSA); Civil & Mechanics calculation; Critical safety; Radiation protection; Nuclear facility site; Environment influence assessment; Radioactive consequence evaluation; Emergency response, etc.

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Example A: AP1000 SG Upper Support

ANSYS Workbench

ABAQUS

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AP1000 SG Bottom Support

Deformation under 1600kips

Stretch Load

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Example: Finite Element Analysis for Impact Test of Concrete Wall with Steel Liner Based on ANSYS/LS-DYNA

TRACE Model for NPQJVC PWR

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MELCOR Analysis Model for Reactor Coolant System of AP1000

1 4.4 To improve technical facilities and computerized system & data platform

Develop NPP Full Scale Simulator as a comprehensive technical platform for：

Personnel training and qualification; To strengthen the reviewer’s knowledge and understanding on NPP operating procedures and event response procedures; Technical verification and validation during safety review.

Enhance the application of information technology in safety regulation, analyzing, planning and developing general information platform, specific data bank, and computerized management system.

Full Scale Simulator of NPP

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1 4.5 To Enhance Accident Emergency Response and Perfect Monitoring System

To improve emergency response plan system and procedures; To enhance staffing and training for emergency group; To update nuclear and radiation accident emergency technical center, including real time NPP data transmission system, event consequence prediction and assessment system, etc. To build radiation environment monitoring laboratory with a series advanced instruments and equipment, and perform various media measuring and analysis; NSC Monitoring Laboratory received and passed the Laboratory Review of China National Accreditation Committee.

Nuclear and Radiation Accident Emergency Technical Center

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1 4.6 To Perform Topic Technical Research and Development

To develop safety codes and standards, technical guidelines, safety review methods and tools which are needed during safety review and regulation; To establish professional technical team for event analysis and experience feedback, monitoring, screening, analyzing and feedback domestic and international operation events and regulation information; To establish professional technical team for policy and regulation on nuclear safety, tracing the international practice and developing China’s nuclear safety codes and guides.

Main Focuses for R&D Reactor safety; Severe event prevention and mitigation; Site safety ; Prevention and mitigation of large aircraft attack; Quality and reliability of nuclear safety equipment; Safety of nuclear fuel cycle facilities; Safety for nuclear technology application; Radioactive material transportation and physical protection; Nuclear emergency response and anti-terrorist Radiation environment influence evaluation and radiation control; Radioactive Waste treatment and decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

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1 4.7 To Improve International Cooperation and Emphasis Public Communication

To participant IAEA’s activities including safety standard preparation, national report preparation and review for CNS and joint convention, ANSN activities, workshops and seminars, etc. To participant OECD-NEA multiple design assessment programme(MDEP) ; Bilateral cooperation with other regulators and TSOs, focusing on safety review and regulation, new reactor safety standard preparation, NPP construction, commissioning and operation, Nuclear fuel cycling and spent fuel disposition, radioactive source and waste management, nuclear accident response, radiation monitoring.

• USA(NRC, DOE) • France (IRSN) • Japan (JNES) • Pakistan (PNRA, CNS) • Germany (GRS)

Bilateral Cooperation

• Northeast Asia (Japan, Korea and China)

Regional Cooperation

• IAEA (two conventions, NSSC, ANSN, TSOF)

• OECD-NEA (MDEP) • EU (INSC projects)

Multilateral Cooperation

International Cooperation

To establish professional team for public communication and involvement, studying and developing related principles, rules and requirements; To insist comprehensive dissemination, strengthen the public involvement at each stage, enhancing regulation openness and transparency to insure the public’s rights for acknowledge, involvement and surveillance on nuclear safety; To enhance active and effective implementation of public education and communication, and hold media announcement on nuclear safety timely.

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Public Communication

4.8 Capacity Building

Objectives: To build up the essential technical capability requested by regulation activities to meet the rapid development of nuclear industry in China.

Government Support: Chinese government approved a special fund and a certain construction field about 16,000 square meters. Construction plan:

3 sub-projects ; 6 major scientific research labs; 4 common supporting facilities.

Layout blueprint of the National R&D Base

International Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center for Technical Cooperation and Training

Laboratory Building of Safety V&V for NPPs

Laboratory Building of Safety Performance V&V for Nuclear Safety Equipment

Laboratory Building of Safety V&V for Radioactive Waste Management and Nuclear Installation decommissioning

Laboratory Building of Research on Radiation Environment Monitoring and Electromagnetic/lonizing Radiation Protection

Laboratory Building of NPP Operation Safety Simulation Analysis

NSC Office Building

Emergency Response and Monitoring Building

NRO Office Building

5. Conclusion

NSC has made a great effort to enhance its capabilities and provide technical support to NNSA, but still has many gaps and challenges comparing with the expectations of NNSA and nuclear industry.

We are willing to share knowledge, experience and practice continuously , cooperate with other TSOs and feedback to the society.

谢谢

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