Decommissioning Study of Forsmark NPP
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R-13-03 Decommissioning study of Forsmark NPP Åke Anunti, Helena Larsson, Mathias Edelborg Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB June 2013 Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co Box 250, SE-101 24 Stockholm Phone +46 8 459 84 00 ISSN 1402-3091 Tänd ett lager: SKB R-13-03 P, R eller TR. ID 1400307 Decommissioning study of Forsmark NPP Åke Anunti, Helena Larsson, Mathias Edelborg Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB June 2013 This report concerns a study which was conducted for SKB. The conclusions and viewpoints presented in the report are those of the authors. SKB may draw modified conclusions, based on additional literature sources and/or expert opinions. A pdf version of this document can be downloaded from www.skb.se. SKB R-13-03 3 Abstract By Swedish law it is the obligation of the nuclear power utilities to satisfactorily demonstrate how a nuclear power plant can be safely decommissioned and dismantled when it is no longer in service as well as calculate the estimated cost of decommissioning of the nuclear power plant. Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has been commissioned by the Swedish nuclear power utilities to meet the requirements of current legislation by studying and reporting on suitable technologies and by estimating the costs of decommissioning and dismantling of the Swedish nuclear power plants. The present report is an overview, containing the necessary information to meet the above needs, for the Forsmark NPP. Information is given for the plant about the inventory of materials and radioactivity at the time for final shutdown. A feasible technique for dismantling is presented and the waste manage ment is described and the resulting waste quantities are estimated. Finally a schedule for the decommis sioning phase is given and the costs associated are estimated as a basis for funding. SKB R-13-03 5 Contents 1 Introduction and methodology 9 1.1 Introduction 9 1.1.1 General 9 1.1.2 Earlier studies 9 1.1.3 Present study 11 1.1.4 Prerequisites 11 1.1.5 Reference reports 14 1.1.6 Structure of the report 15 1.2 Methodology 16 1.2.1 Introduction of methodology 16 1.2.2 Methodology applied in the present study 20 2 General description of Forsmark 25 2.1 Introduction 25 2.2 Main data 25 2.2.1 Main technical data 26 2.3 General site description 28 2.3.1 Reactor building 28 2.3.2 Turbine building 29 2.3.3 Electric building 29 2.3.4 Waste treatment building, (System 10145) 30 2.3.5 Waste treatment building, (System 30128) 30 2.4 General plant description and description of mutual buildings 31 3 Dismantling and waste management techniques 33 3.1 Dismantling techniques, sequences and logistics 33 3.1.1 Introduction 33 3.1.2 Dismantling techniques 33 3.1.3 Assumptions 33 3.1.4 Dismantling sequences 35 3.2 Management of residual materials 49 3.2.1 Introduction 49 3.2.2 Design assumptions and exclusions 50 3.2.3 Sequence for dismantling and removal of decommissioning wastes 51 3.2.4 Waste management system 53 4 Material inventory, radioactivity inventory and resulting waste amounts 61 4.1 Material inventory 61 4.1.1 Introduction 61 4.1.2 Source of information 61 4.1.3 Site metal inventory 62 4.1.4 Site building data and concrete inventory 63 4.1.5 Site sand inventory 63 4.2 Radioactivity characterization 64 4.2.1 General 64 4.2.2 Process equipment contamination 64 4.2.3 Building contamination 77 4.3 Radioactivity inventory 78 4.3.1 Introduction 78 4.3.2 Source of information 80 4.3.3 Accuracy and uncertainties in the study 80 4.3.4 Radioactivity levels 81 4.3.5 Plant metal activity inventory 81 4.3.6 Concrete activity inventory 84 4.3.7 Sand activity inventory 85 SKB R-13-03 7 4.4 Waste amounts and activity categories 86 4.4.1 Waste containers 86 4.4.2 Optional treatments 90 5 Decommissioning programme for the Forsmark site 93 5.1 Introduction 93 5.2 Conditions and assumptions 93 5.3 General basis of the decommissioning programme 94 5.4 Scope of decommissioning activities (WBS) 96 5.5 Duration of the decommissioning activities 96 5.6 Characteristics of the time schedule for forsmark site 97 6 Decommissioning cost estimate 99 6.1 Introduction 99 6.2 Conditions and assumptions 99 6.3 Cost elements 100 6.3.1 General 100 6.3.2 Personnel rates 100 6.3.3 Personnel and project costs 100 6.3.4 Operational costs 101 6.3.5 Fixed costs 101 6.3.6 Organizational costs 101 6.3.7 Project costs during defueling 102 6.3.8 Nuclear dismantling and demolition 102 6.3.9 Waste handling and storage 104 6.3.10 Building demolition 106 6.4 Cost estimation results 110 6.4.1 WBS structure 110 6.4.2 OECD/NEA structure 112 6.4.3 Annual costs and work 122 6.5 Contingency 123 7 Summary, results and conclusions 125 7.1 Introduction 125 7.2 Summary results 125 7.2.1 General 125 7.2.2 Plant inventory 125 7.2.3 Waste quantities and classification 125 7.2.4 Decommissioning programme 126 7.2.5 Organization 127 7.2.6 Cost estimate 128 7.2.7 Uncertainties and accuracies 128 7.3 Techniques and strategies 130 7.3.1 Segmentation of the reactor internals 130 7.3.2 Onepiece removal of the reactor pressure vessel 131 7.3.3 Process equipment size reduction offsite 131 Abbreviations 133 References 135 Appendix 1 Dismantling and waste management techniques 137 Appendix 2 Waste activity and nuclide vectors 171 Appendix 3 WBS structure and decommissioning plan 183 Appendix 4 ISDC structure and compositions and rates 201 8 SKB R-13-03 1 Introduction and methodology 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 General According to Sweden’s Act on Nuclear Activities (“kärntekniklagen”) (SFS 1984:3) it is the obliga tion of the nuclear power companies to satisfactorily demonstrate how a nuclear power plant can be safely decommissioned and dismantled when it is no longer in service. In addition, the Financing Act (“finansieringslagen”) (SFS 2006:647) states that a reactor owner shall calculate the estimated cost of decommissioning of the nuclear power plant. Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, SKB) has been commissioned by the Swedish nuclear power utilities to meet the requirements of current legislation by studying and reporting on suitable technologies and by estimating the costs of decommissioning and dismantling of the Swedish nuclear power plants. SKB shall every third year present updated cost data to the authorities in order to define a proper size of the national fund that has been established by the utilities to cover for the nuclear waste management and plant decommissioning costs for the Swedish reactor sites. These data are presented in the Plan report (SKB 2010). The fund covers for two areas related to decommissioning, one for “Operation of Nuclear Power Plant Units after Final Shutdown” and one for “Dismantling & Demolition Costs”, the first for the costs generated before the actual dismantling work starts and the latter for the costs after the dismantling start. The Swedish system for handling of radioactive waste is described in Figure 11. The shortlived low and intermediate level waste from both nuclear plants and other industries is transported by ship to the final repository for shortlived radioactive waste (SFR) at Forsmark. The spent nuclear fuel is transported by the same ship to the central interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel (CLAB) at Oskarshamn. The strategy is to encapsulate the spent fuel in copper and send it to the final repository for spent nuclear fuel, approx. 500 meter below ground. Neither the encapsulation plant nor the final repository for spent nuclear fuel is yet constructed. 1.1.2 Earlier studies SKB has performed a large number of investigations and studies to establish a reference technology for decommissioning and, based on that, estimate the costs to carry out decommissioning of the Swedish nuclear power plant sites. Examples of such studies are presented in Section 1.5. The conclusions have been summarized a number of times, two of the latest being in the reports “Swedish BWR reference plant decommissioning study” (Gustafsson et al. 2006) and “Technology and costs for decommissioning Swedish nuclear power plants” (Hedin et al. 2004). The previous decommissioning plans for the Swedish nuclear power plants, which serve as the basis for the SKB cost estimates for the Swedish national backend funds, are based on several indepth studies that each of them describes a specific part of the decommissioning technology or programme. Separate studies have in this manner been carried out for areas such as dismantling of process sys tems, reactor pressure vessels and plant buildings as well as for the plant shutdown operation. These studies have been done over a longer period of time (some of the still used reference reports are from the early nineties) and by different authors and organizations. The reports could thus have been made with somewhat different boundary conditions. The emphasis of different aspects could also have been changed or developed over time. The consequence is that the different pieces of information do not necessarily fit perfectly together when they are added into the overall plan. In certain areas there might be an overlap, where the costs are calculated twice, and in other there might be gaps, where the costs are neglected.