Qinshan CANDU Project Construction Experiences and Lessons

2003 February
• To apply for “First Fuel Loading Permit of Nuclear Power Plant” the following documents
shall be submitted:
1. “Final Safety Analysis Report”
2. Approval of “Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Impact Report” (one month before first
fuel loading)
3. “Nuclear Power Plant Commissioning Program”
4. Certificate for the qualification of Nuclear Power Plant operating personnel (one month
before first fuel loading)
5. “Emergency Program of the Nuclear Power Plant Operating Company” (six months
before first fuel loading)
6. “Nuclear Power Plant Construction Progress Report” (six months before first fuel
loading)
7. “Nuclear Power Plant In-Service Inspection Program”
8. Pre-service inspection results (one month before first fuel loading)
9. “Nuclear Power Plant Commissioning Report before First Fuel Loading” (one month
before first fuel loading)
10. Certificate permitting the nuclear power plant to possess nuclear material (one month
before first fuel loading)
11. List of nuclear power plant operation procedures (one month before first fuel loading)
12. “Nuclear Power Plant Maintenance Program (six months before first fuel loading)
13. “Nuclear Power Plant Quality Assurance Program (commissioning period)
• To apply for the “Operation Permit of Nuclear Power Plant”, the following documents shall
be submitted:
1. “Final Safety Analysis Report” revised by the nuclear power plant
2. Approved “Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Impact Report”
3. “Nuclear Power Plant Commissioning and Test Run Report after Fuel Loading”
4. “Nuclear Power Plant Quality Assurance Program” (operation period)
• Issuing dates of Unit 1 Main Licenses/Permits
1. Qinshan Third Nuclear Power Plant Construction Permit: June 7, 1998
2. Qinshan Third Nuclear Power Plant First Fuel Loading Approval: July 18, 2002
3. Release for the control point of Unit 1 first criticality: September 17, 2002
4. Release for the control point of Unit 1 100% full power: December 17, 2002
3.2 Licensing Impact on Design
The CANDU design follows an evolutionary approach, in which design improvements have been
made progressively, based on feedback from operating experience and updated licensing
requirements. On the Qinshan CANDU Project, a number of design improvements have been
made to enhance the safety and performance of the plant and meet Chinese requirements.
The major design improvements include:
1) The Plant Display System (a major improvement to the Main Control Room) has been
provided for enhanced human factors engineering. It incorporates better critical safety
parameter displays, as well as a real time database, historical data and custom calculations.
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