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JNFL announced that the company today submitted an overall test operation
plan for the reprocessing facility to the Director General of Nuclear
and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The plan was submitted at the request of the Director General of Nuclear
and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
1. Position of overall plan
This plan deals with the test operations to be conducted after
the chemical tests that will be carried out by JNFL, and describes JNFL's
implementation of test operations based on "Safety Regulations
on Test Operation Phase of Reprocessing Facility of JNFL--Basic Policy
to Check Test Operation Plan and How to Proceed with Official Inspection
before Commercial Operation (Nuclear Fuel Cycle Safety Subcommittee
of Nuclear Safety and Security Committee).
2. Major contents
(1) Purposes of test operation
- Confirmation of the functions and performance of
the reprocessing facility
- Early detection and correction of non-conformity
of equipment
In the process of achieving the purposes, the following matters will
also be achieved.
- To improve the engineering capability of operators
and maintenance personnel.
- To replenish the operation procedure manuals, etc.
(2) Test operation schedule and ideas to select test items
- The functions and performance that have to be checked
will be extracted in consideration of the purposes of the test operation,
and all of the safety check items will be checked without fail before
reaching each phase of necessary tests.
- The chemical tests: These tests are scheduled to
start in the middle of September 2002 and after.
- The uranium tests: These tests are scheduled to
start in June 2003 (the date is scheduled to be changed to October 2003)
and after.
- The overall tests (hereinafter referred to as "Active
Test"): They are scheduled to start in July 2004 and after.
1. Name of building
2. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
3. Start of uranium test
4. Start of Active Test
5. Completion
6. Pretreatment
7. Separation
8. Purification
9. Low-level liquid waste treatment
10. Analyzing
11. Uranium denitrification
12. Uranium/plutonium mixed denitrification
13. Low-level waste treatment
14. High-level waste vitrification
15. Construction work
16. Test equipment
17. Function and actuation test
18. Chemical tests
19. Uranium test
20. Active Test
21. Completion
22. Note: The working process may be subject to changes, depending on
the progress of work and tests.
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