S.N. Nuclearelectrica S.A. (SNN) have awarded the contract for ‘Consulting and
Engineering Services, Supervision and Monitoring of the Contractor in the
implementation of the Cernavoda NPP Tritium Removal Project (CTRF)’ to the
Association ICSI (Institutul
National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Tehnologii Criogenice şi Izotopice) and Kinectrics (Kinectrics Nuclear
Romania). The Association will work with Kinectrics Inc., I.S.Tech, CNP
SA and an environmental consultant to provide the full range of support and
oversight services to the project.The
expected duration of the contract is 78 months and involves the Association
working as an integrated team with CNE Cernavoda to manage the appointment of
an Engineering Procurement Construction Commissioning (EPCC) Contractor and the
subsequent project execution for CTRF. ICSI and Kinectrics will provide
project, technical, and safety management of the project and construction and
commissioning oversight services over the project lifetime for CNE
Cernavoda. Additionally, Kinectrics Inc. will be responsible for
providing the nuclear safety and licensing documentation in support of the
regulatory authorisations while ICSI will be responsible for obtaining the
environmental authorisations for the project. I.S.Tech and CNP SA will
provide specialist support for process engineering and commissioning services.
The Project
Management Team will be located at CNE Cernavoda and will utilise support staff
based in Bucharest, Rm.Valcea,Timișoara and Toronto. This is a multimillion Euro contract.
Background
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Cernavoda
operates two CANDU-6 reactors which use heavy water as a primary coolant and as
a moderator. CTRF will be a new facility constructed on the CNE Cernavoda
site and, when operational, will process tritiated heavy water from CNE
Cernavoda Units 1 and 2 and separate the tritium which will be stored for
future use. Cleaned heavy water will be returned to the operational units
for continued use as coolant and moderator. The benefits of CTRF
will be a reduction in tritium releases from the site, reductions in potential
radiation risk to operators and reductions in operating costs by reduction in
tritium concentrations. The CTRF will be a unique design encompassing all
current safety and environmental protective measures though based on known, proven
technology. The expected lifetime of CTRF is 40 years.