RPV Internals Testing and Qualification
A1775
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.
Sub-products
A1581
Primary System Components Qualification: Core Component Test Section Qualification of Primary-System Components
A1580
Test Section for Control Rod Drive Mechanisms: Factory acceptance tests performed for all types of Framatome Control Rod Drive Mechanisms used in PWRs