Construction of the advanced boiling water reactor in Japan

Conference · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:248140

Natsume, Nobuo; Noda, Hiroshi ^[1]

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1. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Japan). Nuclear Power Plant Construction Dept.

The Advanced Boiling Reactor (ABWR) has been developed with international cooperation between Japan and the US as the generation of plants for the 1990s and beyond. It incorporates the best BWR technologies from the world in challengeable pursuit of improved safety and reliability, reduced construction and operating cost, reduced radiation exposure and radioactive waste. Tokyo Electric Power Company (MPCO) decided to apply the first ABWRs to unit No. 6 and 7 of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station (K-6 and 7). These units are scheduled to commence commercial operation in December 1996 and July 1997 respectively. Particular attention is given in this discussion to the construction period from rock inspection for the reactor building to commercial operation, which is to be achieved in only 52 months through innovative and challenging construction methods. To date, construction work is advancing ahead of the original schedule. This paper describes not only how to shorten the construction period by adoption of a variety of new technologies, such as all-weather construction method and large block module construction method, but also how to check and test the state of the art technologies during manufacturing and installation of new equipment for K-6 and 7.

• OSTI ID: 248140
• Report Number(s): CONF-960306--; ISBN 0-7918-1226-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTION
KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA-6 REACTOR
KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA-7 REACTOR
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR OPERATORS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT