>> Nuclear Fuel   PRINT THIS PAGE, GO BACK Fuel Handling services Belgium - Electrabel: organization and execution of fuel and core component handling and inspection operations (covering also MOX fuel and spent fuel), including the establishment of procedures and the training of operators at the Doel 1, 2, 3 and 4 NPPs; since 1973 - on-going Belgium - Electrabel: design of handling sequences for all Belgian NPPs; since 1987- on-going Taïwan - TPC: review of the fuel handling operations during plant outage at Maanshan NPP; 1991       Fuel Procurement Hungary - Paks NPP: audit of draft contracts for fuel supply by TVEL and BNFL for Paks NPP; 1999 - 2000 Slovak Republic - Slovenske Elektrarne: audit of contract proposals of fuel supply for Mochovce and Bohunice NPPs; 1995 Belgium - Electrabel: fuel fabrication contracting and follow-up of the fabrication of MOX fuel for the Doel 3 and Tihange 2 NPPs, including Pu batches allocation; since 1990 - on-going Belgium - Electrabel: procurement and fabrication follow-up of replacement control rods for the Doel 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Tihange 1 , 2 and 3 NPPs; since 1990 - on-going Belgium - Electrabel : fuel fabrication contracting and fabrication follow-up (first core and reloads) for the Doel 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Tihange 1, 2 and 3 NPPs including MOX fuel, enriched REPU fuel and gadolinium bearing fuel; since 1971 - on-going       Core Management Belgium – Electrabel : technical-economical optimization of the management of the planning of NPPs outages in Belgium ; since 2003 – on going Belgium - Electrabel: MOX core management for annual, 15 and 18 month cycles, transition from, and back to full UO2 core of the Doel 3 and Tihange 2 NPPs; since 1995 - on-going Belgium - Electrabel: reprocessed enriched or blended uranium fuel core management in annual cycle, and related transitions from, and back to natural enriched uranium for Doel 1 NPP; since 1995 - on-going Belgium - Electrabel: unique experience in gadolinium use and design, from 4 to 20 gadolinia rod per fuel assembly, from 8 to 10% enrichment, on depleted, natural or enriched uranium support, and up to 800 gadolinium rod per reload for Tihange 1,2,3 NPPs; since 1982 - on-going Belgium - Electrabel: introduction of third party fuel design into reactors of Tihange and Doel NPPs; since 1978 - on-going       Core monitoring and operation Russia – EC Tacis : adaptation of the CUBA software (computerized curves book) to the specificities of Kalinin NPP units 1&2 in the framework of the on-site assistance program ; 2002 – 2003 Belgium - Electrabel: installation of Archimede on the Tihange 1,2 and 3 NPPs to monitor and assist operation; date Slovakia - EC Phare: participation in a core monitoring project for Bohunice NPPs to provide expert advice, perform independent QA tests, and train plant staff to Western practices; in association with NRI, Skoda, Chemcomex, IFE and Vuje; 2000-2001     Startup physics tests Belgium - Electrabel: support to the 7 Belgian NPPs for the start-up physics tests; since 1985 - on-going Russia - EC Tacis: support to start-up physics tests in the framework of the on-site assistance program for Kalinin NPP; 1999 - on-going       Neutronic and critical analysis Switzerland – KKG : feasibility study about using a TN 24 G cash to store high burn-up MOX and UOX spent fuel ; 2005-on going France – CEA Cadarache : critically and radioprotection studies of the IU25 container ; 2005 Belgium - Electrabel: safety case for the storage of the discarded pressure vessel lid of the Tihange 1 NPP: radiological study of direct and skyshine radiation outside the building; 1999 Belgium - Electrabel: replacement of damaged boraflex by another neutron absorber in the pool of the Tihange 3 NPP; selection and optimization of the new absorber material with respect to cost, mass and criticality margins; 1999       Interim storage of spent fuel   France – EDF / CIDEN : Design study of casks handling equipment for irradiated nuclear fuel in the frame of the ICEDA project (spent fuel treatment facility) ; 2006 – 2007 Belgique – Electrabel : management and studies related to Doel 4 reracking ; 2004 – 2005 France – EDF / CIDEN : evaluation of the feasibility of a centralized spent fuel storage facility in pools and metallic casks ; 2003 – 2004       Fuel fabrication plant design Belgium - FBFC : conceptual study of the gadolinium rods fabrication facility; 1995-1997 Germany - KWU : engineering studies for the HANAU MOX fuel fabrication plant; 1987 - 1993 France - COGEMA : participation in the engineering of the MELOX mixed oxide fuel fabrication plant; 1987 - 1993