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B&W mPower™ Program IAEA SMR Technical Meeting
Robert Temple Chengdu, China
September 3, 2013
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Outline
• Introduction
• Plant Layout
• Integral Reactor Design
• Safety Features
• Technology Development
• Lead Plant Deployment
• Conclusion
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mPower Goal and Value Proposition
Develop and deploy, by 2022, an SMR that offers:
Lower capital cost
Schedule & cost certainty
Competitive LCOE pricing
within the constraints of:
• Proven: GEN III+, complies with established NRC regulation
• Safe: Robust margins, passive safety
• Practical: Standard fuel, construction and operations & maintenance
• Benign: Underground, small footprint
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Generation mPower Industry Consortium
Nebraska Electric G&T Cooperative
The Industry Consortium is dedicated to addressing and influencing the proper regulatory framework, design requirements and licensing infrastructure necessary to support the construction of a practical SMR plant featuring the B&W mPower™ reactor. The 15 member consortium benefits the utility members by providing them a mechanism to promote and define a viable SMR option for their future power generation portfolios. The consortium benefits Generation mPower by providing the company with expert focused, operational and user-community input to the B&W mPower reactor design and licensing processes.
Generation mPower Industry Advisory Council
• Duke Energy • Entergy • Exelon • JEA
• American Electric Power • Bruce Power • Dayton Power & Light • Dominion
• MidAmerican Energy • Nebraska Public Power District • Ontario Power Generation • SaskPower
The Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is a group of 27 utilities that provides Generation mPower with expert review and feedback regarding B&W mPower reactor licensing and design activities. Membership includes all consortium members above plus these utilities:
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High-Level Requirements
Primary Conditions 2060 psia 606°F Core outlet 31 Mlbm/hr
Secondary Conditions
Steam 571oF @ 825 psia) 50oF Superheat (BOL)
Feedwater 414oF 2.12 Mlbm/hr
• 180 MWe nominal output per module
• 60-year plant life
• NSSS forging diameter allows:
Greater sourcing options
Rail shipment
• Standard fuel (<5% 235U)
• Long fuel cycle, 4-year core life
• Long-term coping time without off-site support
• Minimize emergency planning zone
• Spent fuel storage on site
• Conventional/off-the-shelf balance of plant systems
• Accommodate air-cooled or water-cooled
condensers
• Flexible grid interface (50 hz or 60 hz)
• Digital I&C compliant with NRC regulations
• Power maneuvering
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Generation mPower 2-Pack Plant
mPower Plant Area 1500 feet x 1000 feet (457 meters x 305 meters) ~36 acres within outer fence (~14.6 hectares)
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Generation mPower 2-Pack Plant
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Integral Reactor
• Simplified – integrated, pressurized water reactor
• No RCS large bore external piping
• Internal control rod drive mechanisms
• Internal RCP impellers – external canned motors
• Control rods versus boron shim for reactivity control
• Load following capability
• Passive safety
Emergency diesel generator power not required
Core remains covered during small break LOCA accident
• Performance of critical functions by multiple systems for improved
reliability and plant safety
• Multiple module plants – BOP equipment not shared
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B&W mPower Integral Reactor
Integral reactor has key features of conventional PWR
Main Steam Outlet Feedwater Inlet
Pressurizer
Reactor Coolant Pumps
Steam Generator
Riser
Mid Flange
Control Rod Drive Mechanism
Upper Reactor Vessel Internals
Control Rod Guide Frame
Core Barrel
Core
Reactor Vessel
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• Low Core Linear Heat Rate
Low power density reduces fuel and clad temperatures
during accidents
Low power density allows lower flow velocities that minimize
flow induced vibration effects
• Large Reactor Coolant System Volume
Large RCS volume allows more time for safety system
response in the event of an accident
More coolant is available during a small break LOCA
providing continuous cooling to protect the core
• Small Penetrations at High Elevation
High penetration locations increase the amount of coolant
left in the vessel after a small break LOCA
Small penetrations reduce rate of energy release to
containment resulting in lower containment pressures
Inherent Safety Features
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Safety System Strategy
• Highly Reliable Systems
Passive auxiliary steam condenser (CNX)
High and low pressure decay heat removal (RCI)
• Emergency Core Cooling System (ECC)
Automatic RCS depressurization
Intermediate pressure injection
Reactor inventory replenishment
Passive containment cooling
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Unique “Defense in Depth” Design
• Diverse, non-safety systems provide first defense beyond normal operation
• Design eliminates many traditional Design Basis Events and postulated accidents
• Simple, passive safety protection against low probability and beyond-design-basis events
• Other features protect reactor and containment for “non-credible” events
Loss of Feedwater (10-1) Station Blackout (10-4)
ECC = Emergency Core Cooling System RCI = Reactor Coolant Inventory & Purification CNX = Auxiliary Condenser
Total core damage frequency below all current licensed reactor designs
Design prevents core uncovery during design basis events
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Safety Performance
Safety is enhanced by integrated
design features and defense in depth
Core Damage Frequency Target (per reactor year)
Worst Break Location
SBO Coping Time
Emergency Zone 1 REM at 1,000 Feet
25 REM at 25 Miles
7 Days 14 Days
~ 5 Feet above core
~75 feet above core
10 -4 – 10 -5
10 -8
8 Hours
10 -7
Traditional PWR AP 1000 B&W mPower
~ 5 Feet above core
25 REM at 25 Miles
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Balance of Plant
• Plant designed to produce a nominal
180 MWe
• Conventional steam cycle equipment
(small, easy to maintain and replace)
• BOP operation not credited for design
basis accidents
Conventional
Air-Cooled Condenser
Steam Cycle
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Turbine Cycle
Integrated Control Rod Driveline Test Program
Static Test Facility (STF)
Cold Flow Test Loop (CFTL)
CRDM Internal Electrical Connector
Test Program
CRDM Electrical Feedthrough Test Program
Fuel Mechanical Test Program
Reactor Coolant
Pump Test Program
Vessel Model Flow Test Program
B&W mPower Test Program Overview
Integrated Component and
System Test Programs
Integrated Systems Test (IST) Facility
Critical Heat Flux (CHF) Testing
Hot Flow Test Loop (HFTL)
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IST Objectives
• Integrated system performance
• Steam generator and component performance
• Evaluation model development support
• Licensing support
• Insights
Control and protection systems development
Design enhancements
Simulator development
Operating procedures and training development
• Demonstration to potential customers
A broad spectrum of objectives identified
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IST Features
Scaling
• Full Height
• Full Pressure and Temperature
• Power, Area and Volume
Scaled
• Real Time Operation
• Trace Heating
Systems Simulated
• Integral Reactor Coolant
• Steam and Feedwater
• Reactor Coolant inventory and
purification
• Emergency Core Cooling
• Component Cooling Water
• Protection and Control
Integral reactor and important systems carefully designed
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Current IST Status
• Unit operated up to 120% thermal power
• Solved a number of power escalation technical
problems
Pressurizer pressure control
Main feed water system performance
Main Steam condenser control
Steam generator – heat sink coupling
• Instrumentation validity established
• Completed low power steam generator tests for
information
• Installed ECCS mods to replicate mPower
• Completed natural circulation, reactor trip and natural
circulation cool down testing
• Overheating transient testing in progress
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TVA / Clinch River
• November 20, 2012 – B&W and TVA announce contract to prepare and support NRC review of CPA for B&W mPower™ SMR at TVA's Clinch River Site in Oak Ridge, TN
Formalizes first steps toward anticipated B&W mPower deployment at Clinch River, as contemplated in TVA's May 2011 Letter of Intent to B&W for the project
Represents first definitive milestone in DOE’s recently initiated SMR Licensing Technical Support Program for commercial demonstration of SMRs by 2022
DOE selected B&W mPower in November 2012 as recipient of Program's competitively bid cost-share funding grant
• Work at the Clinch River site is well under way
• Contract defines respective responsibilities and work scopes for TVA and B&W to:
Conduct Clinch River Site geological characterization
Develop a Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, and
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for deploying up to four mPower SMR reactors
• TVA currently expects to submit CPA to NRC in 2015 Subsurface Investigation
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First Unit Deployment Integrated Part 50/52 Lead Plant Deployment Schedule
Key Cooperative Agreement Milestones
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Conclusion
• Generation mPower brings together the alliance of B&W and Bechtel to
design and construct turnkey mPower SMR plants
• The B&W mPower modular reactor plant has a unique integral reactor
design and passive safety system
• Design and licensing activities are well underway. DCD submittal 3Q 2014
• A comprehensive technology validation program is in process
• Clinch River Site characterization underway
• In active discussions with several customers for international deployment
of mPower plants