atw 2018-05v6
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<strong>atw</strong> Vol. 63 (<strong>2018</strong>) | Issue 5 ı May<br />
340<br />
Emsland<br />
REPORT<br />
Operating sequence in 2017<br />
Electrical output in %<br />
100<br />
90<br />
80<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
January February March April May June July August September October November December<br />
Apart from the overall maintenance outage in May and June and the<br />
refuelling outage by the end of the year 2016 the Emsland nuclear<br />
power plant had been operating uninterrupted and mainly at full<br />
load during the review period 2017. Producing a gross power<br />
generation of 11,323,704 MWh with a capacity factor of 93.13 %<br />
the power plant achieved again a very good operating result.<br />
Planned shutdowns<br />
29 th refuelling and overall maintenance inspection:<br />
Bye the end of 2016 the KKE did a second refuelling outage ending at<br />
7 January 2017. Main task was the replacement of 16 fuel elements.<br />
30 rd Refuelling and overall maintenance outage:<br />
100 The annual outage was scheduled for the period 13 May 1 June. The<br />
outage took 18.5 days from breaker to breaker. In addition to the<br />
replacement 80<br />
of 24 fuel elements the following major maintenance<br />
and inspection activities were carried out:<br />
• 60 Inspection of core and reactor pressure vessel internals.<br />
• Inspection of a reactor coolant pump.<br />
•<br />
40<br />
Inspection of pressurizer valves.<br />
• Eddy current testing of steam-generator tubes.<br />
20<br />
• Pressure test on different coolers and tanks.<br />
• Inspection of a main condensate pump.<br />
0<br />
• Maintenance works on different transformers.<br />
• Different automatic non-destructive examinations.<br />
Unplanned shutdowns and reactor/turbine trip<br />
None.<br />
Power reductions above 10 % and longer than for 24 h<br />
Stretch-out operation from 16 April to 13 May.<br />
National Peer Review<br />
Risk assessment.<br />
WANO Review/Technical Support Mission<br />
WANO Follow-up.<br />
Delivery of fuel elements<br />
• 24 Uranium-fuel elements.<br />
Waste management status<br />
5 CASTOR © cask loading were carried out during the review period<br />
2017. At the end of the year 43 loaded casks were stored in the local<br />
interim storage facility.<br />
Positionierung:<br />
Bezug, links, unten<br />
X = 20,475 Y = 95,25 B = 173,5 H = 38,2<br />
VGB: HKS6K 30 %<br />
<strong>atw</strong>: 100 60 0 0<br />
Report<br />
Operating results 2017 – Part I*