ANNEX I-J
SPENT FUEL ENCAPSULATION INSTALLATIONS
Administrative details:
(a) | date (date on which the BTC was completed); |
(b) | version (unique number for reference); |
(c) | responsible officer (name and contact details). |
IDENTIFICATION OF THE INSTALLATION
1. | Name of the installation (indicate usual abbreviation, if applicable). indicate MBA code (once attributed). |
2. | Location, postal and e-mail address (functional mailbox when available) and telephone number. |
3. | Owner (legally responsible body or individual) with contact details. |
4. | Operator (legally responsible body or individual) with contact details. |
5. | Description (main features only). |
6. | Purpose and type of the installation. |
7. | Present status (e.g. design phase, under construction, in operation, closed down and/or under decommissioning). |
8. | Pre-operation information Design and construction schedule dates, estimated commissioning and operation starting dates. Requested and/or approved licence dates (e.g. decision of principle, construction and expected operation licence request dates). Information on expected date of receipts of the nuclear material. Installation design drawings to be communicated as soon as these are available. |
9. | Normal operating mode (shift system adopted, approximate dates of operating periods in year, etc.). |
10. | Area layout (map showing the installation, boundaries, buildings, roads, rivers, railways, etc.). |
11. | Layout of the installation including floor and section drawings: identification of main areas (structural containment, fences and access routes); routes followed by nuclear material, disposal canisters and spent fuel casks; nuclear material and disposal canister storage areas; waste storage area; each main processing area and process laboratory; test and experiment area, analytical laboratories, if applicable. |
12. | Safeguards responsible, also for nuclear material accountancy, with e-mail address (functional mailbox when available) and telephone number. |
General installation data
13. | Description of the process and locations indicating: all process stages; all receipt, shipment, process and storage areas. |
14. | Process description including process flow sheet. |
15. | Design capacity. |
16. | Anticipated annual throughput and inventory of storage and process areas. |
17. | Main items of equipment used in the installation including surveillance and measurement equipment, also for testing and experimental purpose. |
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE INSTALLATION INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NUCLEAR MATERIAL USE AND HANDLING
Description and flow of nuclear material
18. | Nuclear material description: main types of nuclear material, and accounting units to be handled in the installation; physical (mechanical) form, cladding, and overall dimensions of spent fuel assemblies; physical (mechanical) form, overall dimensions, and capacity of disposal canisters; physical form and overall dimensions and capacity of other types of containers and packaging; means of batch and item identification, batch size, flow rate, and campaign period; range of initial weights of heavy metal and initial enrichments of fuel assemblies; range of spent fuel burn-ups, cooling times, and Pu contents of fuel assemblies; range of radiation levels in nuclear material storage and process areas (dose rates); range of radiation levels and heat levels at exterior of transport and disposal containers (dose rates and temperatures). |
19. | Other nuclear material in the installation besides spent fuel (type, form, quantity, and location). |
20. | Flow of nuclear material: schematic flow sheet and drawings; flow and inventory measurement points, accountability areas, inventory locations; frequency of receipt and shipment. |
21. | Nuclear material flow quantities for each nuclear material handling area, including range and maximum quantities of nuclear material: receipt and shipment areas; process area (i.e. handling cell); storage area; other locations. |
22. | Design range of inventories of nuclear material in each storage and process area. |
Handling of nuclear material
23. | Description of container, canister and packaging in which nuclear material is transported (including size, design, internal basket design, material used, capacity, closure etc.) Refer to drawings when available. |
24. | Description of each nuclear material storage and process area. |
25. | Shielding in different process, storage and transfer areas. |
26. | Methods and means of handling and transport of nuclear material and of transport containers in process and storage areas. |
27. | Transportation routes followed by nuclear material, containers and canisters with reference to installation layout. |
28. | Maintenance and decontamination: normal plant maintenance; plant and equipment decontamination. |
Protection and safety rules
29. | Specific rules for the physical access to the nuclear material for inspector information. |
30. | Specific radiological protection and health and safety rules for inspector compliance. |
NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTANCY AND CONTROL
31. | The NMAC system shall be described under the following headings: General Description of the accountancy system used to record and report accountancy data, including method of recording accountancy data and establishing material balance; Main inventory changes Description of typical inventory changes e.g. receipts (including method of dealing with accounting corrections, the checks and measurements used to confirm spent fuel items), rebatching, shipments of disposal canisters and other nuclear material (including waste), including a description of how these changes are determined. Corresponding operational records and source data (e.g. receiving and shipping forms) shall be identified; Physical inventory Description of procedures, method of operator’s inventory taking, scheduled frequency, estimated distribution of nuclear material, accessibility and verification method; Operational and accounting records (including internal transfer forms, method of adjustment or correction, control measures and responsibility for records). Description of how these records are maintained, including when an adjustment or correction is needed, place where the records can be consulted, retention time and language; Particular accounting provisions Description of particular provisions, e.g. for the designation of batch IDs and methods for preventing, detecting and timely fixing of accounting discrepancies. |
32. | Provisions related to existing or foreseen containment and surveillance measures (general description in reference to floor plan and installation layout enabling to install seals, cameras, lasers, remote data transmission, etc.). |
33. | For each measurement point of the material balance area, provide the following information, when applicable: description of location, type, identification; anticipated types of inventory changes and possibility to use this measurement point for physical inventory taking; physical and chemical form of nuclear material; nuclear material containers; sampling procedures and equipment used; measurement methods and equipment used including radiation measurement in handling cell; source and level of accuracy; technique and frequency of calibration of equipment used; method of converting source data to batch data; means of batch identification; anticipated batch flow per year; anticipated number of inventory batches; anticipated number of items per flow; type, composition and quantity of nuclear material per batch, total weight of each element of nuclear material, the isotopic composition when appropriate and form of nuclear material. |
POST-OPERATION INFORMATION
34. | Decommissioning schedule dates (end of operation and of decommissioning dates). |
35. | Decommissioning plan, which shall include the following: key events of the decommissioning plan; removal and recovery of nuclear material. Provide a plan containing estimates of how, where and when nuclear material will be recovered and/or removed (e.g. loose material consolidated into items, removal of items, recovery/removal of material from decontamination activities, and recovery/removal of nuclear material in waste) and how it will be accounted for; removing or rendering inoperable of equipment essential for the functioning of the installation, for handling or storing nuclear material. |
OTHER INFORMATION RELEVANT FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS
36. | Other optional information that the operator considers relevant to safeguarding the installation. |