DEMONSTRATION WORKS UNDER THE USE OF ENERGY OPERATIONS WITH REACTOR TYPE VVER

Abstract

Article is devoted to the process of decommissioning nuclear power plant with reactor by type VVER. Now the world wide experience of carrying out these works, as the design life of most reactors have not reached, and those that came out – was extended. The process involves decontaminating the facility to reduce residual radioactivity, dismantling the structures, removing contaminated materials to appropriate disposal facilities, storing used nuclear fuel until it can be removed from the site for disposal or consolidated storage, and releasing the property for other uses. Any nuclear power plant needs to be decommissioned, so this topic has relevance, considering the lack of sufficient experience. Given the method of optimization of demolition works upon decommissioning. On the basis of this method created the program described in the article that calculates possible options for dismantling. The result is a lighting value of each of the options and their description. The options include such characteristics as: the number of employees, their qualifications, the necessary time to complete the work. The example of the calculation of the dismantling of the emergency cooling subsystems. The result is both qualitative and quantitative. The author focuses on the importance of the optimization of dismantling it for the purpose of saving financial resources. Also the program which was created by author of this article could have practice using because there aren’t enough tools which can help during decommissioning. The nuclear energy industry has proven that it has the technology, resources and expertise to successfully decommission commercial nuclear reactors.