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PLAQUETTE-BLUE-2019-EN.Pdf TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION P 3 Our Skills P 9 Engineering P 10 Stainless steel and alloys boilermaking P 11 Lead foundry and machining P 12 Plastic machining and assembly P 13 Special Materials P 14 Research and Development P 16 Drop testing P 17 Site operations P 18 NUCLEAR SYSTEM INTEGRATOR P 19 Hot Cells P 20 Gloveboxes P 25 Nuclear waste treatment P 32 Transfer casks and shielded bells P 39 Shield doors and gamma gates P 40 Docking Systems P 44 Lifting and handling equipment P 45 Decommissioning P 48 Neutron and gamma radiation shielding P 50 TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE CASKS P 55 ROBATEL Industries 2 INTRODUCTION From floating mills to steam engines, then to nuclear energy, the sense of the long term. - MICHEL ROBATEL - ROBATEL Industries 3 ROBATEL INDUSTRIES A little bit of history ROBATEL Industries 4 ROBATEL INDUSTRIES Key Figures French company established in 1830 Involved in the nuclear field since 1953 Family owned with a capital of 1,800,000 Euros Locations Genas (Headquarter) 12 rue de Genève CS 80011 69747 GENAS Cedex Tel. 04.72.22.10.10 Fax 04.78.90.23.79 [email protected] La Hague Z.I. de Digulleville CS 703 50440 DIGULLEVILLE Tel. 02.33.01.80.00 Fax 02.33.04.09.57 [email protected] Cadarache Zac du Pas de Menc 83560 VINON SUR VERDON Tel. 04.92.70.63.35 Fax 04.92.72.28.19 [email protected] WEBSITE www.robatel.fr ROBATEL Industries 5 ROBATEL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Established in 2009 Subsidiary of ROBATEL SA In charge of the group development in the North American market Mechanical and nuclear engineering Location ROBATEL Technologies, LLC 5115 Bernard Drive, Suite 304 Roanoke, VA 24018 Tel.: 001 540 989 2878 [email protected] WEBSITE ROBATEL technologies, LLC www.robateltech.com Roanoke ROBATEL RT100 cask Industries 6 ROBATEL INDUSTRIES Our certifications ISO 9001 / 2008 • Quality Management System for : Design, fabrication, installation, and maintenance of equipment for the nuclear industry and research. ISO 14001 / 2015 CEFRI N° 348 E Personnel working under ionizing radiation management Category A or B. CAEAR D5.2 for design works (ORANO) EDF • Certificate of qualification to provide services in the following EDF qualification systems: • Activities on nuclear fuel • Nuclear logistics maintenance • Consulting services and technical assistance • Transport QA/QC capabilities : NQA-1 & 10 CFR Part 71 NFEN 1090-1+A1 :2011 • Steel and Aluminum structures fabrication, Part 1 : Requirements for the conformance evaluation of structural elements Implementation levels: EXC 1 to EXC3 ROBATEL Industries 7 ROBATEL INDUSTRIES They trust us in France CEA (BRUYERES-LE-CHATEL, CADARACHE, FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, GRENOBLE, LA HAGUE, MARCOULE, PIERRELATTE, SACLAY, VALDUC) EDF (AMI - CNPE - DAC - DCN - DIPDE - DP2D - FRAMATOME - UTO) ORANO (CERCA, FBFC, MELOX, ORANO CYCLE, ORANO DS, ORANO MED, ORANO TN) ANDRA ALSTOM, ARIANE GROUP, BOCCARD, BOUYGUES, CAMECA,CIS BIO (IBA Group),CNIM, DAHER,DGA (General delegation for weaponry),ENGIE, IRSN,GROUPE ONET,GANIL, LINAC,NAVAL GROUP, NUVIA, SPIE, SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL, TECHNICATOME, RAZEL-BEC, VINCI and others. They trust us around the world GERMANY SOUTH KOREA CZECH REPUBLIC • Babcock Noell • KAERI • Nuclear Research Institute ARGENTINA EGYPT RUSSIA • INVAP • Atomic Energy Establishment • ZVEZDOTCHKA (Severodvinsk AUSTRALIA GRANGREAT BRITAIN shipyard) • ANSTO • DSRL SWEDEN BELGIUM ITALY • SKBF • ONDRAF • EURATOM, Ispra / CNEN, Rome SWITZERLAND • Radioisotope institute(IRE) JAPAN • ZWILAG • SCK CEN / TRANSNUBEL • Tokai Mura / JNFL UKRAINE • BELGOPROCESS MOROCCO • UKRATOMINSTRUMENTS BRAZIL • CNESTEN U.S.A. • CTMSP NORWAY • ORANO US • Department of Energy CANADA • ABB Norsk Kabel • Premier TECHNOLOGY Inc. • TRIUMF • ALGETA • U.S. ITER Project Office CHINA NETHERLANDS • WCS • China nuclear industry Huaxing • Energy research Centre of the • EXELON • China nuclear energy industry corp. Netherlands ROBATEL • TNPJVC • NRG Industries 8 OUR SKILLS Engineers and manufacturers since 1830 ROBATEL Industries 9 ENGINEERING Our Expertise Preliminary studies, detail studies and final designs Complete installations system integration studies Feasibility/manufacturability studies Dismantling scenarios Mechanical and dynamic impact calculations Containment calculations Radiation shielding and criticality calculations Seismic calculations Thermal calculations Our calculation and CAD means CAD: Solidworks, CATIA, Spaceclaim, Autocad, Analytical calculations: MATHCAD Crash, dynamic impact calculations : LS-DYNA Finite element mechanical calculations: ANSYS, Cosmosworks Neutron and criticality calculations: TRIPOLI / SCALE Radiation shielding calculation : TRIPOLI / SCALE / MICROSHIELD Finite element thermal calculations : ANSYS Codes and standards used ASME CODETI CODAP DESP / ESPN EN 1090-2 EUROCODE FEM LS DYNA calculated deformation ROBATEL RCC-M, RCC-MRx Industries 10 BOILERMAKING: STAINLESS STEEL AND ALLOYS Materials used Austenitic, austenitic-ferritic and super-austenitic stainless steels Copper and alloys Aluminum and alloys Titanium and alloys Nickel and alloys Main welding processes TIG Arc electrodes Semi-automatic flux core Semi-automatic MIG and pulsed MIG Automatic submerged arc Welding types Homogeneous Autogenous Heterogeneous Mixed Welding procedure qualifications (WPS) Standards : ISO 15614-1, NFEN 288-3, ASME, RCC-M … Over 340 Procedure qualification records (PQR) for : • Stainless steels: 304L, 316L, U45N, … • Noble alloys: UB6, … • Carbon steel: S235, S355, S460 ( Ø, JR, J2) • Copper and alloys • Borated stainless steel ROBATEL • Nickel and alloys: C22, Inconel, Hastelloy, Monel Industries 11 LEAD FOUNDRY AND MACHINING SHOP Capacity Two sites classified for environment protection (ICPE) for their lead foundry: Genas and La Hague One ICPE authorized to recycle lead from the nuclear plants: Genas. Protocol led by the French CEA An annual lead pouring and machining capacity of several thousands tons per year Part ranging from few kilograms to over 20 tons A continuous experience of over 50 years in techniques for lead implementation for the nuclear industry Lead smelter Lead milling machine ROBATEL Piping lead shielding Machined lead parts Industries 12 PLASTIC MACHINING AND ASSEMBLY Design and manufacturing of components and equipment in following materials: PVC Polycarbonate Plexiglass Polypropylene Polyethylene Polyester resin Corian CORIAN glovebox HRB Pot made of PVC Plexiglas glovebox ROBATEL PVC glovebox ORANO extraction hood Polycarbonate glovebox Industries 13 SPECIAL MATERIALS FENOSOL™ A rigid phenolic foam that meets all ISO 9001 Quality system requirements Used in the design of shock absorbers, for mechanical reinforcements, isolation and fire protection of packages for the transportation of sensitive goods for the nuclear and defense industries Developed in partnership with the French CEA Characteristics Molded and machined or directly injected in the final shock absorbers A large range of densities for different mechanical specifications A rigid and light material Outstanding mechanical properties High isolation properties Excellent behavior and resistance to fire (classified M1) Negligible emission of black and toxic fumes (classified F1) Does not contain any CFC or HCFC Very low permeation by steam Humidity and Moisture resistant ROBATEL Shock absorber in assembly process Shock absorber foam Industries 14 SPECIAL MATERIALS Compound ROBATEL n° 9™ and n° 10™ Made with a plaster-based binder, these neutron shielding materials can be used for applications not subjected to specific mechanical or thermal constraints. Must be poured into an encasing. No apparent degradation when subjected to irradiation up to 1,8.1017 thermal neutrons /cm² Chemical composition : boron, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, miscellaneous Materials approved by : CEA, ORANO, EDF Compound ROBATEL n° 21™ and n° 22™ Neutron shielding material based on a polyester resin binder. These materials provide a high mechanical strength with higher operating temperatures. They are generally molded into an encasing built to specified dimensions. It can be machined. No apparent degradation when subjected to irradiation up to 1,4.1018 thermal neutrons /cm² Chemical composition : aluminum, boron, calcium, carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, miscellaneous Materials approved by : CEA, ORANO, EDF referenced in ISO 14152 standard. Installation at over 50 NPPs in France, China, Korea, and South Africa Compound ROBATEL PNT3™ and PNT7™ Neutron shielding material in the form of a fine mortar, to be used for all applications subject to thermal and mechanical constraints. Fire classification M0 Chemical composition : aluminum, boron, calcium, iron, hydrogen, oxygen, miscellaneous Materials approved by: CEA, ORANO, EDF, US Department of Energy ROBATEL Compound 9™ wall Neutron shielding plug (Compound 21™) Neutron shielding PNT7™ Industries 15 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT A continuous improvement of our solutions Within the framework of our special material activities, our R&D team develops new solutions for: • Shock absorbing materials • Neutron shielding materials Our recent developments allow us to offer new materials, having improved performance, and better resistance for accidental conditions (LOCA, fire rating M1): • PNT8™ • Compound 23™ and Compound 24™ Deformation stress strain curve Mechanical test on compound sample FENOSOL™ foam samples (before and after densification) ROBATEL Industries 16 DROP TESTING Capacity ROBATEL Industries maintains its own drop test target approved by the ASN (French
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