1. Ageing Management of Nuclear Power Plants in TEPCO |
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Hiroshi ABE and Toshiaki NISHIYAMA
August 2009 Tokyo Electric Power Company
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2. Number of Aged Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
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3. TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Plants |
4. Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (1F NPP) |
5. Maintenance Activities |
6. Replacement of RPV Internals |
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・Fukushima-Daiichi Unit 3 (1998), Unit 2 (1999), Unit 5, (2000), Unit 1 (2001)
・The shrouds and other internals such as FW sparger replaced with SUS316L
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7. Replacement of Turbine Rotor
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・Fukushima-Daiichi Unit 1: 1989, etc.
・Crack indications in the discs (due to SCC)
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8. Evaluation Components in Ageing Management Study
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9. Procedure of Ageing Management Study |
10. Procedure of Ageing Management Study(2) |
11. Procedure of Ageing Management Study(3) |
12. Results of Evaluation |
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Most components
Long-term and safe operation is possible if the
current maintenance is continued
Some components
Some additional maintenance for AM is required
=> Establish the 10-year maintenance plan
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13. Example of Added Maintenance Task (Fukushima-Daiichi Unit3) |
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Ageing Management on PCV (Primary Containment Vessel)
=> Evaluation :
Possibility of corrosion at carbon steel shell of PCV
=> Current maintenance tasks:
Leak rate test, VT on painted surface
=> Added maintenance tasks:
Measurement of wall thickness
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14. Example of Added Maintenance Task (Fukushima-Daiichi Unit3)(2) |
15. Summary and Up-coming Issue |
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TEPCO introduced “Ageing Management in our NPPs” this time.
We will report “New Maintenance Strategy and Effective Ageing Management” at the next Occasional Topics in EJAM |