RPV Internals Testing and Qualification

Main description

Test facilities for comprehensive testing of Reactor Pressure Vessel Internals testing. Framatome operates the KOPRA Core Component Test Section (KVA), exclusively designed for full-scale tests on nuclear core components, matching coolant temperature, pressure and volumetric flow with the conditions of a pressurized water reactor. Framatome also operates the KOPRA CRDM Test Section, which is designed for qualification tests of CRDM under operational conditions in order to fulfill all possible testing requirements.