HOT CELLS EUROPE 2011

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1 DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS POST IRRADIATION EXAMINATION HOT CELLS FOR McMASTER UNIVERSITY HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA HOT CELLS EUROPE 2011 Dr. John Luxat, McMaster University Valerie Walker, Merrick & Company May 24, 2011 Engineering Architecture Design-Build Surveying GeoSpatial Solutions

2 PRESENTATION AGENDA INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS BACKGROUND LOCATION SCOPE OF SPECIMENS ACCEPTED AND EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED DESCRIPTION OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DISCUSSION OF SOME KEY CHALLENGES AND DECISIONS PREXXXX 2

3 BACKGROUND CENTRE FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR SYSTEMS RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE BEING ESTABLISHED AT McMASTER FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS PIE FACILITY (FOCUS OF THIS PRESENTATION) ATOMISTIC LEVEL MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION (SEM/FIB, TEM, 3-D ATOM PROBE) ALLOY DEVELOPMENT + SCW MATERIALS TESTING NUCLEAR SAFETY THERMALHYDRAULICS TESTING FACILITY PREXXXX 3

4 ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES McMASTER UNIVERSITY, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, IS THE OWNER/OPERATOR ESTABLISHES THE FACILITY LOCATION JOINTLY ESTABLISHES THE FUNCTIONAL & OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS REVIEWS AND APPROVES DESIGN MERRICK & COMPANY, AURORA, COLORADO, UNITED STATES, IS THE ARCHITECT/ENGINEER ATKINSON ENGINEERING INC., HAMILTON, ONTARIO, WAS A/E PARTNER JOINTLY ESTABLISHES THE FUNCTIONAL & OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS PREPARES THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN COMPILES THE COST ESTIMATE AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE PREXXXX 4

5 FAMILIAR TUG-OF-WAR SPACE FUNCTION COST SUCCESSFUL DESIGN HAS TO FIT INTO THE INTERSECTION OF AVAILABLE SPACE, REQUIRED FUNCTIONS, AND ACCEPTABLE COSTS PREXXXX 5

6 DESIGN STEPS LOCATION ALTERNATIVES SELECTED LOCATION CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PRELIMINARY & FINAL DESIGN DESIGN CRITERIA FUNCTIONAL & OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS COST ESTIMATING CONSTUCTION TESTING START-UP SPECIMENS EXAMINATIONS FUNDING OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE PREXXXX 6

7 LOCATION SELECTION McMASTER UNIVERSITY LOCATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS SELECTED LOCATION SELECTION: ROOM 105 Tandem Accelerator Building ALTERNATIVES GREENFIELD ON CAMPUS GREENFIELD OFF CAMPUS WITHIN EXISTING FACILITY BASIS OF ANALYSIS WITHIN EXISTING REACTOR LICENSE AMENDMENT OF EXISTING LICENSE NEW PERMITTING AND LICENSING COST OF SITE ACQUISITION OR MODIFICATION PREXXXX 7

8 RELATIVE LOCATIONS OF RESEARCH REACTOR & TANDEM ACCELERATOR BUILDING TANDEM ACCELERATOR BUILDING RESEARCH REACTOR PREXXXX 8

9 ROOM 105 TANDEM ACCELERATOR BUILDING ROOM 105 EAST-WEST 65 FEET (1981 cm) NORTH SOUTH 24 FEET (732 CM) PREXXXX 9

10 SELECTION OF FACILITY CAPABILITIES McMASTER UNIVERISTY & MERRICK DESIGN CRITERIA FUNCTIONAL & OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS SELECTION BASES USER INTEREST ROOM COST SPECIMEN DESIGN BASIS PRE-SIZED SECTIONS OF CANDU REACTOR PRESSURE TUBES ON-SITE SPECIMEN PREPARATION NO FUEL SPECIMENS OPTIONS CANDU FUEL & COMPONENTS LWR FUEL & COMPONENTS EXAMINATIONS OPTIONS MICROSCOPY MECHANICAL TESTING WET CHEMISTRY FISSION GAS NALYSIS PROFILOMETRY RADIOGRAPHY ETC. EXAMINATION DESIGN BASIS MACRO MECHANICAL PROPERTIES HARDNESS, BRITTLENESS, TENSILE STRENGTH MICROSCOPY LIGHT SCANNING ELECTRON TRANSMISSION ELECTRON 3-D ATOM PROBE PREXXXX 10

11 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN LOCATION ALTERNATIVES SELECTED LOCATION CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DESIGN CRITERIA FUNCITONAL & OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIMENS EXAMINATIONS PREXXXX 11

12 COST ESTIMATE COST ESTIMATE IS BASED ON CONCEPTUAL DESIGN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN COST ESTIMATING PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION ONTARIO MINISTRY FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION OTHERS GIFTS TO McMASTER (e.g., TEM) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION OF SERVICES FUNDING PREXXXX 12

13 PRESENT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LOCATION ALTERNATIVES SELECTED LOCATION WE ARE HERE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PRELIMINARY & FINAL DESIGN DESIGN CRITERIA FUNCITONAL & OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS CONSTUCTION TESTING START-UP SPECIMENS EXAMINATIONS FUNDING OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE PREXXXX 13

14 ISOMETRIC VIEW LOOKING NORTH WASTE MANAGEMENT CELL SAMPLE PREPARATION CELL SUPPORT CELL MECHANICAL TESTING CELL LIGHT MICROSCOPY CELL SAMPLE TRANSFER GLOVEBOX LOW ACTIVITY WASTE COLLECTION All Cells Include: Sample Waste Management Preparation Cell Sample Light Mechanical Support Shielding Microscopy Transfer Cell Windows Testing Glovebox Cell Cell Samples Receiving, Packaged Prepared Shipping, and Characterized for Light or Electron Microscopy Through Connected Light Tensile Temporary and Wall Stereo to Manipulators/Robotic Support Non-routine Microscopes Machining Cell Tests Two Arm Zones 208 Nano Robotic Litre Polishing Indenter Arm, Push Manipulators, Through Wheels Lighting Pneumatic DTA Possibly (Differential Maintenance Transfer Thermal and/or Bagging Analysis) Low Drum Profile Loading Cranes System No Flasks Liquid Sputter Received Processes Coating Work Shielded TGA Future Tables (Thermo Mission Pig Gravimetric Support via Fork Truck Analysis) Through Transfer Port Pneumatic Rabbit to SEM or Power Unpacked with Robotic Arm Transfer to Light Microscopy In-Cell Moved Cameras to Machining Zone Through Partition Lifting Machining Capability (cut off saw, band saw, 3-way Smitty ) HEPA Filtration Adjustable Cell to Cell Delta P Transfer Between Cells PREXXXX 14 MOVABLE TEMPORARY SHIELDING

15 ISOMETRIC VIEW LOOKING SOUTH PNEUMATIC RABBIT SAMPLE TRANSFER SYSTEM EMERGENCY EXIT Electron Microscope Annex Access Control Houses SEM/TEM East Side Via Portal Monitor Portable Shield Wall/Ball & Tong Manipulator Emergency Egress on South Small Shielded Glovebox Sample Receipt Sample Storage Mechanical/Electrical ROBOTIC ARM PREXXXX 15

16 REAR OF CELLS FROM ISOLATION ROOM Isolation Operations/Maintenance Zone Philosophy Continuously In cell (> 0.1 Spans msv/hr) Back of PIE Cells Potential Major Equipment Shielded Repair remote Space Operations decontamination and Maintenance and remove *RECEIPT/SHIPPING/MACHINING CELL LIGHT FIXTURES ARE HOT-SIDE REPLACEMENT PREXXXX 16

17 DESIGN CHALLENGES LINEAR ARRANGEMENT DESIRED NOT ACHIEVABLE WITHOUT LOSS OF A CELL OR EQUIPMENT TRANSFER INSIDE CORNER DEAD ZONE NOT VISIBLE THRU WINDOWS OR ACCESSABLE BY MANIPULATORS NECESSARY TO FIT THE CELLS INTO ROOM 105 LIMITED AND ROUTINE OPERATIONS USE OF CAMERAS AND ROBOTIC ARM DEDICATED HOT REPAIR AREA NOT ACHIEVABLE IN CELL DECON AND TEMPORARY ENCLOSURES IN ISOLATION ROOM EXTRA MANIPULATOR SPARES OFFSITE REPAIR AND SERVICE AVAILABLE REQUIRE FUNCTIONALITY ACHIEVED PREXXXX 17

18 END OBJECTIVE MET A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY WITH CAPABILITY FOR: IRRADIATED REACTOR COMPONENT PIE ATOMISTIC LEVEL MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION RESEARCH 3-ATOM PROBE SEM/FIB (IRRADIATED AND UNIRRADIATED) TEM (IRRADIATED AND UNIRRADIATED) ADVANCED REACTOR MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT PREXXXX 18

19 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! PREXXXX 19