Reference No: A1283

New challenges proven solutions and innovative systems for accident mitigation

Main description

With its wide presence worldwide, and engineering resources in all continents, Framatome has worked closely with utilities, supporting them in their safety assessments. Framatome provides a structure for analyzing safety issues after Fukushima, and for assembling the solutions needed to address them. This framework is structured around three imperatives: resistance to major hazards, robustness of cooling capability, and prevention of environmental damage.

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

  • Challenge solving Challenge solving
  • Operator competitiveness Operator competitiveness
  • Safety excellence Safety excellence
  • Efficiency of operation Efficiency of operation
  • Expertise Expertise
  • Operator competitiveness
  • Safety excellence
  • Efficiency of operation

Sub-Products

Advanced Hydrogenation Unit: Mitigation of the risk of hydrogen explosion

Emergency Condenser : Passive heat removal from a pressure vessel

Passive Cooling Technology: Qualified & proven solution to remove heat without electrical power supply

Passive Outflow Reducer: Fluidic diode for critical two-phase flows

Passive Pressure Pulse Transmitter: Passive initiation of safety measures, long term SBO with RPS unavailable

Primary System Depressurization Hardening

RPVL – Reactor Pressure Vessel Level Evaluation of Coolant Inventory in Reactor Pressure Vessel

Severe Accident Mitigation: A unified concept to protect nuclear facilities

SG Secondary Heat Sink Hardening