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A semi-annual report on L-3 MAPPS
Power Systems and Simulation activities
Issue 38 | June 2014
Susquehanna Unit 1
Largest BWR in the
United States to benefit
from L-3 MAPPS simulator
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IN THIS ISSUE
COMPANY NEWS.......................................................... 2
Rangesh Kasturi to lead L-3 MAPPS
L-3 MAPPS in Space
INFO EXCHANGE........................................................... 4
2014 Owners Circle™ Conference (New Orleans)
NEW BUSINESS............................................................ 5
Daya Bay Simulator I/O Replacement
Susquehanna Simulator Upgrade
SPECIAL REPORT.......................................................... 8
INL Human Systems Simulation Lab
TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS................................... 10
Simulating Hydraulic Systems
CUSTOMER PROFILE................................................. 12
NA-SA’s Eduardo Arizmendi
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS.............................................. 14
TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS................................... 16
Severe Accident Simulation
COMPANY NEWS....................................................... 20
Quality Awareness Campaign
INFO EXCHANGE........................................................ 21
Recent Events
Upcoming Events
LIGHTER SIDE............................................................ 23
Part of the responsibility PPL has in operating power plants is to be a good
neighbor in the communities where they are located. The PPL Environmental
Preserves provide a clear demonstration of PPL’s commitment to the
environment. The 1,200-acre Susquehanna Riverlands Environmental
Preserve attracts much wildlife, including the great blue heron.
L-3 Electronic Systems Group announced the appointment
of Rangesh Kasturi as acting president of L-3 MAPPS
effective 21 May 2014. Mr. Kasturi will report to Mike
Wallace, president of the L-3 Power & Propulsion Systems
sector.
Mr. Kasturi brings 30 years of industry experience to this role,
with L-3 and its legacy companies, encompassing systems
engineering, project engineering, proposal management,
strategic planning and business development. Prior to this
appointment, Rangesh served as L-3 MAPPS’ vice president
of marketing & sales for its global Marine Systems and
Simulation business and as a member of the L-3 MAPPS
senior leadership team.
Mr. Kasturi has made significant contributions to the
development and growth of L-3 MAPPS and was instrumental
in establishing L-3 MAPPS’ businesses in the United Kingdom,
India and the United States. Mr. Kasturi’s experience,
knowledge and leadership will further L-3 MAPPS operational
performance and international growth strategy.
simnews readers have long been aware of L-3 MAPPS’
leadership role in the production of high-fidelity power
plant simulators. In previous issues of simnews we have
also reported on simulation expertise in the naval sector
(Issue 28 [January 2009] and Issue 37 [January 2014]).
But did you know that L-3 MAPPS simulation technology
and expertise reaches space itself? In this article,
we outline our Space Systems and Simulation (SS&S)
background and experience.
In the space industry, L-3 MAPPS has become an active
participant in the International Space Station program.
Our contribution to this program includes an astronaut
training facility for the space station robot arm and space
qualified electronic hardware to control the video switching
and routing for the space station cameras. International
astronauts have been training on the L-3 MAPPS-built
simulator since 1997, and have given rave reviews of the
training facility.
Mr. Kasturi earned his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
degree from Bangalore University.
Source: Canadian Space Agency
companynews
Rangesh Kasturi
appointed
Acting President
of L-3 MAPPS
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette participates in a training
session in the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations and Training
Simulator (MOTS) at the headquarters of the Agency in Saint-Hubert.
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companynews
L-3 MAPPS was also contracted to design and develop the
video electronics unit (VEU) for the International Space
Station program. This system, which is now floating in
space, provides the control functions of the Space Station
Cameras.
Photorealistic rendering of the Space Station generated by the L-3
MAPPS simulator
Several research projects in the areas of satellite and space
vehicle simulation have been carried out by L-3 MAPPS for
both the Canadian and European Space Agencies.
L-3 MAPPS’ SS&S business began in the late 1970s with
the award of the first contract from SPAR Aerospace
to develop the Space Shuttle Robot Arm (Canadarm)
simulation facility. This facility was used to evaluate the
control system and to train astronauts on the use of the
Canadarm. CAE was also contracted to supply the display
control system for the Canadarm.
L-3 MAPPS has been a long-standing partner on many
CSA initiatives, including the International Space Station
program, technology development programs and others. We
are proud to contribute to the ongoing mission of the CSA in
the development and application of space knowledge for the
benefit of Canadians and humanity. L-3 MAPPS continues to
support and maintain the MOTS facility in Saint-Hubert.
In the 1980s, the SS&S business continued with
involvement in the NASA Space Shuttle Program and the
Canadian Space Program. In the 1980s, the company was
contracted to develop the robotics engineering simulator
facility to support the Space Station Program.
In the 1990s, a contract was awarded by the Canadian
Space Agency (CSA) to design and develop the training
facility for the Space Station Robotic Arms (Canadarm2
and Dextre). This facility was first commissioned in 1997
and ever since has been upgraded and maintained by L-3
MAPPS. This facility is also referred to as MOTS (Mobile
Servicing System Operations and Training Simulator).
MOTS is used for training international astronauts and
cosmonauts prior to their mission to the space station and
for Mobile Servicing System operations development and
verification. So far more than 100 astronauts have trained
on this facility, which is located in Saint-Hubert, Quebec,
Canada–just some 30 minutes away from L-3 MAPPS’
Montreal headquarters.
On 30 April 2013, Canada introduced a new polymer $5 note which
features the Canadarm2 and Dextre robots deployed on the International
Space Station. The Canadarm2 and Dextre images on the back of the
note were generated by L-3 MAPPS’ MOTS simulator.
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infoexchange
The most recent edition of L-3 MAPPS’ Owners
Circle™ Conference was held in New Orleans,
Louisiana (nicknamed the Big Easy) on 23-24 January
2014. In addition to participation by North American
users of L-3 MAPPS’ simulators, we were pleased to host
users from Sweden, Switzerland and UK as well.
On day one, the business meeting included the review of
previous Owners Circle™ Conference (OCC) action items, a
review of the major activities in L-3 MAPPS Power Systems
and Simulation (PS&S) for the last year, a focus on the latest
updates to the PS&S organization and Orchid® technology
updates. During the review of the Orchid® technology
updates, our customers got a “sneak peek” at the upcoming
enhancements to the Orchid® simulation suite. Following
the first meeting day, we all
met for a networking dinner at
Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville
in New Orleans’ French Market.
Excellent musical entertainment
was provided by Truman Holland
and The Back Porch Review.
The band, with Southern roots,
regaled the Owners Circle™
team with blues, roots rock,
country, bluegrass and New
Orleans funk.
Day two continued with the business meeting and
discussions. The morning session included a presentation
on virtual panel-based simulators highlighting the various
solutions offered by L-3 MAPPS. This presentation was
followed by a presentation covering four (4) overlapping
projects completed by L-3 MAPPS last year for Florida Power
& Light in relation to the St. Lucie Plant simulator. After the
mid-morning break, detailed presentations on L-3 MAPPS’
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project management
and customer service
processes were covered,
highlighting the rigorous
project management
process followed on L-3
MAPPS projects. After lunch,
L-3 MAPPS customers were
introduced to another division of
L-3 Communications, L-3 Security & Detection Systems,
specialized on critical infrastructure protection solutions,
including personnel screening
devices like the ones often
seen at airport security
checkpoints. Later in the
afternoon, a live tool review
was performed focusing on
recent Orchid® Modeling
Environment updates.
L-3 MAPPS would like to
thank all the OCC participants
who joined the meeting as well as the L-3 MAPPS support team
from Canada and the USA.
If you are a user of L-3 MAPPS simulation products and wish to
join us for future Owners Circle™ conferences or if you would like
to be a co-host, please contact us at [email protected].
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“Having already upgraded the platform and plant models on the
Daya Bay simulator, we are especially pleased that GNPJVC will
further benefit from our compact I/O solution,” said Michael
Chatlani, vice president of marketing & sales for L-3 MAPPS Power
Systems and Simulation. “L-3 MAPPS introduced compact I/O
systems for power plant simulator projects more than five years
ago, and we have garnered tremendous market acceptance for
this capability ever since.”
“L-3 MAPPS has been a reliable supplier to GNPJVC and the China
General Nuclear group since 1999,” said Li Jinguang, head of
simulator maintenance at Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations
and Management Co. “The compact I/O system replacement
offered by L-3 will ensure that the Daya Bay simulator’s I/O
hardware will support our all-important operator training program
for the balance of the station’s service life.”
The legacy I/O system was supplied by Thomson-CSF in 1992
and has served GNPJVC well over the years. It will be replaced
by L-3 MAPPS using low power consumption compact controllers
and I/O modules from Beckhoff Automation that are managed
by L-3’s Orchid® Input Output software. In all, more than 13,000
I/O channels will be replaced. L-3 MAPPS will also replace select
simulator control room panel instruments with custom-designed
equivalents, namely the synchroscope, the rod position indicators
and the sound generator.
Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co., Ltd. was formed in
1985. It was responsible for the construction of and owns the
Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station, the first largescale commercial nuclear power plant built in China with foreign
investment, equipment and technology. The station, made
up of two AREVA pressurized water reactor units of 984 MWe
each, is operated by Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and
Management Co., Ltd. The two units commenced commercial
operation on 1 February and 6 May 1994, respectively. Daya Bay
produces approximately 14 billion kWh of electricity per year, of
which 70 percent is delivered to Hong Kong SAR.
Guangdong Daya Bay 1 Quick Facts
Utility:
Reactor Supplier:
Reactor Type:
Capacity:
Date of Operation:
Location:
Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co., Ltd.
AREVA
PWR
984 MWe
February 1994
Da Keng, Guangdong, China
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newbusiness
L-3 MAPPS signed a contract with Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co., Ltd. (GNPJVC) to replace the input/output (I/O) system on the Daya
Bay Nuclear Power Station full scope simulator’s main control room panels and related remote shutdown panels. The project is underway and the
replacement I/O system is slated to be in service in the fourth quarter of 2014.
newbusiness
L-3 MAPPS has added PPL Susquehanna LLC as a new customer for its leading-edge power plant simulation capabilities. Using its robust Orchid®
simulation environment, L-3 MAPPS will replace the computing environment and plant models for the Susquehanna Unit 1 full scope simulator.
Work is underway and the upgraded simulator is targeted to be in service by the third quarter of 2016.
“The selection process
for this major upgrade
effort was very rigorous
and we are honored that
PPL chose our premium
Orchid® solution,” said
Michael Chatlani, vice
president of marketing
& sales for L-3 MAPPS.
“We are committed to
working closely with PPL
throughout the execution
phase to deliver a bestin-class simulator that will
meet PPL’s requirements
well into the future.”
best-developed simulator
configuration management
system to get to the next
level of operator training
excellence. L-3 MAPPS
demonstrated its technical
depth and understanding
of PPL’s simulator needs,
which resulted in this
award.
The new Susquehanna
Unit 1 simulator will use
L-3’s state-of-the-ar t
graphical simulation PC/
Core project team members exchange NHL team caps at the Susquehanna Windows-based tools
Simulator Upgrade Kick-off Meeting. From left to right: Chris Farsaci for the plant models
PPL was seeking the (Project Manager, PPL), Bernhard Weiss (Director, Engineering & Program and instructor station.
most robust simulation Management, L-3 MAPPS), Ed Carter (Simulator Supervisor, PPL), Corey The entire Unit 1 power
e nv i ro n m e n t ,
m o s t Goff (Manager, Nuclear Training, PPL), Claude Vincent (Project Engineer, L-3 plant will be simulated in
the Orchid® simulation
credible plant models and MAPPS) and Karim Naccache (Program Manager, L-3 MAPPS).
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newbusiness
Part of the PPL Susquehanna and L-3 MAPPS team came together in Montreal on 16 May 2014
environment, including L-3’s Comet Plus™ reactor model,
ANTHEM™ steam supply system model, balance of plant systems,
electrical systems and I&C systems.
The simulator will also be equipped with new 2-D and 3-D
animated, interactive visualizations of the reactor vessel,
containment building and spent fuel pool to provide operators
with a real-time understanding of the plant’s behavior during
normal and abnormal operations and during severe accidents.
The 2-D graphics will be enabled with L-3’s Orchid® Control
System, and 3-D visuals will be powered by Bridgeworks© from
TriLink Systems.
PPL Susquehanna LLC is a subsidiary of PPL Generation LLC,
which is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation. PPL Susquehanna owns
90 percent of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES)
and operates it. Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc., based
in Harrisburg, Pa., owns 10 percent. SSES, located in Salem
Township, Luzerne County, Pa., is made up of two General Electric
boiling water reactors capable of generating more than 2,600
megawatts. Unit 1 began commercial operation in June 1983 and
Unit 2 in February 1985.
Bridgeworks is a trademark of Bridgeborn, Inc.
Susquehanna 1 Quick Facts
Utility:
Reactor Supplier:
Reactor Type:
Capacity:
Date of Operation:
Location:
PPL Susquehanna LLC
General Electric
BWR
1,315 MWe
June 1983
Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Source: PPL Corporation
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specialreport
The Human Systems Simulation Lab (HSSL) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is equipped with an Orchid® Touch Interface simulator
supplied by L-3 MAPPS. This story was written by Shannon Palus for INL Communications & Governmental Affairs and posted in INL’s
newsroom on 13 August 2013. With INL’s permission, we are pleased to bring the story to simnews readers.
Some 10 shrill alarms were going off at once. The gauges
indicated that the pressure in the pipes was still rising. In
what looked and sounded like a nuclear plant control room, it
appeared that there had been a steam generator tube rupture.
Roger Lew and Thomas Ulrich — a pair of neuroscience graduate
students at the University of Idaho — found themselves in
charge of solving the problem.
Besides, the scene played out not in a real nuclear control room,
but in the newly-erected Human Systems Simulation Lab (HSSL)
at Idaho National Laboratory, supported by the U.S. Department
of Energy Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program.
The HSSL is a good facsimile of a real nuclear control room: The
features of a real-life control room are loaded onto the HSSL’s
45 large touch-screen panels, which are arranged vertically
around the room. A computer on the other side of the room can
simulate anything and everything that can go wrong.
This serves as a lab for Ulrich and Lew, as they do their summer
research with the Human Factors group at INL — a team of
researchers who study the intersections between minds and
machines. Human factors, as a field, is applied to technology
used by millions every day — iPhones, Facebook messenger,
the turn signal lights in your car. These things are attractive
and intuitive to the human mind by design. Human factors
psychologists at INL are doing research that would make
nuclear control rooms more attractive and intuitive, too. Along
the way, they want to ensure that new technologies are at least
as safe as older technologies.
INL researchers studying the intersections between minds and machines
are developing new digital control room displays that may be more
intuitive for operators. The team tests their ideas in the new Human
Systems Simulation Laboratory, a virtual nuclear control room.
Their focus ping-ponged from one dial-and-gaugefilled panel to another as a supervisor rattled
off protocol from the middle of the room.
Within minutes, the situation was under
control. There would be no harmful
leakage of radioactive water that day
— not that they had anything to worry
about since the scenario was merely a
simulation of an extremely rare event.
An Orchid® Touch Interface-based
simulator supplied by L-3 MAPPS
supports INL’s Human Systems
Simulation Laboratory.
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And now is a good moment do to so: Nuclear control rooms,
along with their designs, have been around for more than 50
years. As wire insulation breaks down, and as alarm lights crack,
they need to be replaced — and safety demands that things
work smoothly.
The HSSL offers an interesting, perhaps obvious, solution:
rather than just replace parts as they fail, find a way to design
better parts. More sensible layouts. Alarms that make identifying
problems easier. A system fit for the digital world. And designs
should be based on the science behind the way people think.
“The Human Systems Simulation Lab provides a test bed for
nuclear reactor control room modifications that enables testing
technologies that cannot practically be tested in our commercial
reactor fleet,” explains Kathy McCarthy, director of the Technical
Integration Office for the LWRS Program. “This is an important
part of the modernization activities supported by the (program).”
If all goes well, the research supporting their digital display
designs will be made available to anyone interested in designing
a nuclear control room.
And with time, Lew’s digital display and Ulrich’s alarm prototypes
will become part of the brains of control room operators, who
have to know their surroundings at work as well as the backs of
their own hands.
Human factors researchers Ron Boring, left, and Vivek Agarwal test
displays in the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory.
Ron Boring, principal investigator for the Pilot Project on
Control Room Modernization, cites a need for fundamental
psychological research on how people behave in control rooms.
He and his interns are here to, as Lew explains, “take advantage
of human perception to make things better.”
To get inside the heads of control room operators, Ulrich and
Lew spent days sifting through training manuals. They practiced
the protocol for responding to a steam generator tube rupture,
and other scenarios, over and over.
They examine traditional control-room setups to dream up
improvements that take advantage of the human brain’s
natural tendencies.
For example, Lew is working on a digital Chemical Volume
Control System panel. The display flips between a grid of water
pressure readings and a visual diagram of the status of the
valves. The design “co-locates” several readings that were
previously at different places in the room. The new design
could give operators an easy way to get an overview of a
situation without requiring attention to ping-pong around the
room so much.
Ulrich recently helped create an indicator display that is
grey-colored when all is going well so that it fades into the
background. When something goes awry, the indicator turns an
eye-catching red.
INL summer interns Thomas Ulrich, left, and Roger Lew are
neuroscience graduate students at the University of Idaho.
Asked if they would rather be working on something slicker
and sexier, like Apple products, Lew and Ulrich say “no.”
“It’s nice to work on things that you know will be
meaningful,” says Lew. “I like the complexity of all
of this.”
Ulrich adds: “You get to see cool stuff that
most people never think about.”
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The team will test new designs with actual operators to see if
the upgrades are really improvements. There are cameras hung
from the ceiling that can be used to observe operators and even
track eye movements and reaction times.
technicaldevelopments
L-3 MAPPS continuously invests in the Orchid® toolset
that is used to create, validate, run and maintain our highfidelity power plant simulators. This article highlights a
few of the improvements implemented in Orchid® Modeling
Environment that have made hydraulic systems modeling easier
for all users. Improvements to transport and radiation species
included in the hydraulic models are also discussed.
Object Usage Documentation
L-3 MAPPS has a robust team of hydraulic modelers that have been
modeling hydraulic systems in Orchid® Modeling Environment for a
long time. This stability is good for a business but it may result in the
creation of tribal knowledge; having designed and developed many
hydraulic systems with very experienced personnel over the years, L-3
MAPPS felt that this information and “know-how” needed to be captured
and be readily available for all engineers, customers and subcontractors.
This is how the “object usage” documents were born. Object usage
documents are available electronically as part of the common hydraulic
component objects and depict key aspects of the design and development
of hydraulic systems. Topics discussed within these documents include:
an explanation of the connect points, connections of objects within the
hydraulic network and other objects, object calibration, simulation and
calibration hints, standard assumptions used when plant data is not
available and graphic examples illustrating the usage of the objects within
a hydraulic model. The object usage documents serve as effective guides
for new users when they develop hydraulic models in Orchid® Modeling
Environment. They can be found within the Orchid® Modeling Environment
project workspace and are linked through the object documentation.
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Additional Transport Species
Although calibrators have been available for some time
within Orchid® Modeling Environment (see the story in the
Technical Developments section of Issue 31 of simnews),
L-3 MAPPS engineers identified a need to enter all of the
information for similar types of objects using one convenient
method: a method in which all of the important parameters
Additional transport species have been included within
the hydraulic models. Species such as Argon (Ar), Carbon
Monoxide (CO), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Nitric Oxide (NO),
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Methane (CH4),
Ethane (C2H6) and Propane (C3H8) have been included.
Numerous plant component objects have been updated to
allow the transport
of these species
by including the
components
within the object
connect points and
within the code.
Furthermore, the
hydraulic code
generator files have
been improved
to allow for the
transport of the
additional species
as well as to provide a correct temperature calculation,
whereby the mixture temperature is calculated based on
the component fractions and the specific heat attributed to
each component. In addition, the option exists to transport
the species through the network by a perfect-mixing solution
or by using a slug flow effect for any section of the hydraulic
network.
per type of object can be displayed, entered and calibrated
simultaneously. A good example of this is a means to enter all
sensor ranges concurrently. As such, “calibration tables” have
been created at the components/objects level in the hydraulic
libraries. After having entered the required component data/
information, the calibrator output constants can be calculated
for all objects of the same type with one simple click of a
button through the calibration tables. The calibration tables
are also available in runtime; they enable the user to create
initialization files if different parameters have changed, and
they can also be used for further validation, as the information
they contain can be exported and validation reports can be
generated. Orchid® Modeling Environment offers the capability
to introduce calibration tables within every object of every
component library.
Auto-Indexing
The auto-indexing feature has been included in order to
facilitate the entering of indices and to automatically name
the nodes and pipes within the two-phase non-equilibrium
(ANTHEM™), containment and equilibrium hydraulic networks.
Indexing of the nodes and pipes is used in all hydraulic
modeling as it is required by the code generators. The autoindexing feature
provides indices
to the nodes and
pipes and renames
these objects
automatically
as they are
instantiated and
connected on the
schematics. It also
allows the user
to re-establish a
preferred index sequence if necessary. If modifications are
required within the model where the nodalization is affected,
the user can select the object sequence and the nodes can
be re-indexed based on the selected order. Previously, indices
needed to be set manually; this was time consuming and
error prone. Now the indices are populated automatically as
the schematics are created.
Additional Radiation Species and Decay
As a special project requirement for the Diablo Canyon
operator training simulator, a total of 36 radiation species
were included in the hydraulic model. Species such as
Iodine-131 (131I),
Iodine-133 (133I),
Iodine-135 (135I),
Xenon-133 (133Xe),
Xenon-135 (135Xe),
Caesium-133 (133Cs)
and Caesium-135
(135Cs) have been
incorporated within
the hydraulic
libraries; the 36
radioisotopes
have been included in objects and within the hydraulic code
generator subroutines. The model has been improved to
transport all 36 radioisotopes and further, to decay the parent
species into daughter species. For example, considering the
following decay formula:
it is expected that 133I decays into 133Xe, thus the model is
now capable not only of transporting but also decaying the
radioisotopes according to given decay formulas for the
specified 36 radiation species.
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technicaldevelopments
Calibrators and Calibration Tables
customer
Just last year, Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. (NA-SA) was the proud recipient of an L-3 MAPPS full scope simulator for the Central Nuclear
Embalse on the southern shore of a reservoir on the Rio Tercero, near the city of Embalse in Córdoba Province, Argentina. The simulator was put
into service on 22 March 2013. Embalse is a single unit CANDU* pressurized heavy water reactor with a net output of 600 MWe. In this issue of
simnews, we speak with Eduardo Arizmendi, Electromechanical Construction Department Head, to get an update.
simnews: Embalse plant is located in a very beautiful region of
Córdoba. Please share with our international readers a little bit
about the region.
E. Arizmendi: Córdoba Province is in the center of Argentina and
is the second most populous province in the country. The region is
indeed beautiful in my opinion because of the three major mountain
ranges known as the Sierras de Córdoba. The Embalse plant is on
the southern shore of a reservoir on the Rio Tercero. We are blessed
to be in a stunning area with mountains and the reservoir nearby.
simnews: It is an interesting fact that Embalse plant does more
than supply electricity.
E. Arizmendi: That is correct. Embalse also produces the cobalt-60
radioisotope, which is used for cancer therapy and industrial
applications.
simnews: NA-SA has been operating the Embalse plant since 1984.
Where were NA-SA operators trained before the arrival of the plantspecific full scope simulator?
E. Arizmendi: During the period 1988-1989, the Embalse operating
group was trained at the simulators located in Bruce Training Center
in Ontario, Canada. From 1990 to 2012, the Embalse operating
group was trained yearly at the Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station
in Quebec, Canada. This station has a similar nuclear island design
but with some differences in balance of plant systems. The full
scope simulator that we have been trained on at Gentilly was also
developed by L-3 MAPPS.
simnews: What motivated NA-SA to secure its own plant-specific
full scope simulator?
E. Arizmendi: The most important reason was to have our
own plant-specific full scope simulator available for
the Embalse crew all year round. We are now able
to take advantage of it at any time in order to
develop our own new scenarios and have
new plant configurations and equipment
tested by Plant Engineering personnel.
In addition, with our own full scope
simulator we are able to have
more hours for training. An
in-house simulator also
reduces training costs,
since it is no longer
necessary to send
personnel abroad.
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customer
simnews: While the simulator was being developed at L-3 MAPPS’
facility in Montreal, what were the main challenges and how were
they overcome?
E. Arizmendi: The biggest challenge was to ensure that all the
documents we provided to L-3 MAPPS properly reflected the actual
situation of the plant and that we clearly explained the different
scenarios or behaviors of the station to L-3 MAPPS personnel.
We needed the cooperation and efforts of different personnel
from Embalse in order to overcome these challenges and produce
information that was reliable to work with.
Another challenge was to support the initial pre-factory acceptance
testing and factory acceptance testing phases by extending the
operators’ work at L-3 MAPPS’ facilities by one month. Building a
successful team was a key factor in satisfactory completion of the
factory and on-site acceptance testing.
simnews: What’s next? What are NA-SA’s plans to further enhance
the simulator?
E. Arizmendi: The plan is to update the full scope simulator to reflect
the station after completion of the ongoing plant life extension
project. This, of course, is to ensure that we have a tool to train the
operations personnel that fully reflects the new state of Embalse
NPP. We will also use the simulator for engineering testing of design
changes for new equipment to be installed on the plant.
*CANDU is an acronym for CANada Deuterium Uranium. The CANDU
system is a design that uses deuterium oxide (heavy water) as the
moderator and coolant, and natural uranium as fuel. CANDU, Enhanced
CANDU 6 and EC6 are registered trademarks of Atomic Energy of Canada
Limited, exclusively licensed to Candu Energy Inc.
simnews: The simulator models for the plant were fully developed
with L-3 MAPPS’ Orchid® simulation environment. What has been
your experience in working with this environment so far?
E. Arizmendi: The Orchid® environment is user-friendly and the staff
using it are very happy with it. The plant systems that are simulated
in Orchid® include the reactor, nuclear steam supply systems,
balance of plant systems, electrical systems and I&C systems.
For us, using the Orchid® environment has clear advantages in
terms of software flexibility in comparison with older generations
of simulators.
simnews: The simulator also features fully emulated dual Digital
Control Computers. What advantages does this yield for NA-SA?
E. Arizmendi: We are hopeful that this will be a great tool
for plant software modifications, engineering changes,
etc. that can be fully tested on the simulator prior to
introducing them on the plant.
simnews: How would you characterize the
working relationship between NA-SA and L-3
MAPPS?
E. Arizmendi: The relationship is friendly
and cooperative. The teamwork was
exceptional and the teams were
committed to delivering the best
product on time and on budget.
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SIMULATOR-BASED BEYOND DESIGN BASIS
ACCIDENTS TRAINING: THE LING AO PHASE II CASE REVIEW
The Fukushima-Daiichi accident has prompted utilities to examine the role of severe accidents in their training program, including
on their real-time operator training simulators to ensure operators are better trained to cope with severe accidents. Some utilities
will enhance their operator training programs in order to ensure that current and future plant operators have sufficient skills and
knowledge to be able to properly deal with severe accident scenarios. In this paper, L-3 MAPPS reviews the work it has performed on
China’s Ling Ao Phase II full scope operator training simulator to accommodate Beyond Design Basis Accidents (BDBAs).
Generally, most of the existing full scope operator training simulators
are not equipped to provide any kind of severe accident training due to
their limited capability to simulate BDBA. Moreover, these simulators
have simplified Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) models and have inadequate
electrical model capability to be able to support training on degraded
battery conditions during a Station Black Out (SBO).
L-3 MAPPS has selected the Modular Accident Analysis Program*
(MAAP) as the severe accident model of choice and has integrated it on
several operator training simulators, the most recent implementation
being on the Ling Ao Phase II training simulator.
Modular Accident Analysis Program (MAAP)
Following the accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2), the nuclear
power industry developed the MAAP code as part of the Industry’s
Degraded Core Rulemaking (IDCOR) program. Eventually
ownership of this code was
transferred to EPRI.
The code
was subsequently enhanced, leading to the current versions of the
MAAP5 code.
MAAP is a stand-alone code, specifically designed for severe
accident simulation. The objective of the MAAP program is to provide
an effective methodology for analyzing the plant effects of a wide
range of postulated severe accidents. These include any transients
leading to the loss of reactor cooling and fuel damage, including
cladding oxidation and hydrogen generation, melting, vessel failure,
containment failure and fission product release.
MAAP is designed for the efficient simulation of extremely long-term
transients, given that a typical severe accident scenario lasts 10 hours
or more. It is designed as a fast-running computer code that simulates
the response of light water and heavy water moderated NPPs for both
current and Advanced Light Water Reactor (ALWR) designs. There are
several parallel versions of MAAP for BWRs, PWRs, CANDU designs,
FUGEN design and the Russian VVER design.
MAAP has been used by the nuclear industry throughout the world for
more than two decades as an engineering tool to support Probabilistic
Risk Assessment/Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PRA/PSA) and
severe accident analysis, including actions taken as part of
the Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMG).
Over the years, MAAP has been benchmarked
against TMI-2 and various separate effects
tests such as CORA, Phebus FPT0
and FPT1, SFD test 1-4, QUENCH
tests, LOFT-FP, and MELCOR.
Moreover, a strict quality
assurance process
is in place and
managed by EPRI
that governs
the release
process.
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L-3 MAPPS’ first Severe Accident Simulation (SAS) deployment on a
real-time operator training simulator was in 2000 on the Krško full
scope simulator (FSS) for Slovenia’s Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško
(NEK). MAAP4 was integrated using its models for the Nuclear Steam
Supply System (NSSS), including the reactor vessel and coolant loops,
the pressurizer and relief tank, steam generators, main steam header
and the reactor core and containment. All MAAP4 subroutines run
alongside the L-3 MAPPS ROSE® [predecessor to Orchid® Modeling
Environment] models as part of our standard simulator executive.
Synchronization is automatically handled through the existing
dispatcher and no special communication software is required. The
BDBA-related Initial Conditions (ICs) are seamlessly integrated into L-3
MAPPS’ instructor station software. Since 2000, this implementation
has been part of NEK’s training program, which provides BDBAs
simulation for emergency drills.
In 2005, AREVA selected L-3 MAPPS to deliver a FSS for the Olkiluoto
3 (OL3) EPR plant. The scope includes integration of AREVA’s specific
version of MAAP4. L-3 MAPPS has adapted and integrated MAAP4.07ANP3 with the OL3 FSS and the integrated configuration will ultimately
be delivered to AREVA’s customer, Finland’s TVO. The OL3 FSS is
built with Orchid®, L-3 MAPPS’ latest simulation environment. The
integration of MAAP was performed using the same proven technology
employed on the Krško FSS with additional enhancements. All the
interfaces were separated into input and output types and the
architecture of the interfaces was redesigned to allow for automatic
switching from L-3 MAPPS’ models to MAAP4. In addition, the MAAP
interface objects in Orchid® Modeling Environment employ visual
dynamics which facilitate viewing of the states and parameters being
exchanged between MAAP and Orchid®.
In April 2013, L-3 MAPPS was contracted by China General Nuclear
(CGN) to provide a SAS upgrade to supplement the training capabilities
of the original LA2 FSS. The CGN subsidiary China Guangdong Nuclear
Power Operations Co. (CNOC), working closely with L-3 MAPPS,
accepted the SAS upgrade for use in training in December 2013.
The FSS can simulate the full progression of severe accidents and
their various phenomena, such as those that occurred at TMI-2 and
Fukushima Daiichi, including reactor core melting, reactor pressure
vessel failure, containment failure, melting of the fuel racks and spent
fuel and release of radioactive materials to the environment.
The simulator is being used to train senior operators, leaders of the
emergency response team and its support personnel for severe
accident scenarios. It is also being used for emergency drills, research
on mitigation measures and verification for SAMGs.
Implementation of MAAP5 on the Ling Ao Phase
II Simulator
MAAP5 was specifically designed for severe accident analysis in a
stand-alone, offline, faster than real-time environment. In addition,
it does not have built-in interfaces for third party codes. As a result,
bidirectional process, logic and instrumentation interface schemes
were developed and implemented by L-3 MAPPS to manage interface
variables and handle all necessary unit conversions between MAAP5
and L-3 MAPPS’ models and permit switching from normal simulation
mode to BDBA mode.
FSS Executive
Dispatcher
ROSE® and
non-ROSE®
CDB
ROSE®, non-ROSE®
Modules
DCS Emulation
MAAP5
Shadow CDB
MAAP5
Interface Modules
MAAP5
Sychronization Module
and Time Step Control
3-D Visualization
MAAP5 Common
Blocks
MAAP5 Modules
Instructor Station
Server
MAAP5 Driver
L-3 MAPPS (simplified) scheme for coupling MAAP5 with the Ling Ao Phase II FSS
Severe Accident Simulation on the Ling Ao Phase
II Simulator
The Ling Ao Phase II (LA2) NPP was the world’s first CPR1000 plant
(a Chinese standard design featuring a 1,080-megawatt [MWe] threeloop PWR). The first of its two units was put into commercial operation
in September 2010. The FSS supplied by L-3 MAPPS in cooperation
with AREVA and Siemens was the world’s first CPR1000 FSS. The FSS
was put into service in August 2009.
The simulation scope for the delivery of the LA2 SAS using MAAP5
includes the MAAP5 point kinetics model for the reactor core, reactor
vessel with three coolant loops, pressurizer and relief tank, steam
generators and main steam header and containment models. Also
included is a SFP model capable of modeling severe accidents
including fuel uncovery, spent fuel heat-up and degradation and
zirconium oxidation and fires and hydrogen combustion events.
The MAAP5 Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) and feedwater
systems were not employed. Instead, all of the existing L-3 MAPPS
simulator models for the ECCS and feedwater systems were retained
and interfaced with the MAAP5 models.
All malfunctions or “events” available in MAAP5 can be activated from
the instructor station.
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Severe Accident Simulation Experience
All MAAP5 common block variables are duplicated in the L-3 MAPPS
Common Database (CDB) and communication between the MAAP5
“shadow” CDB and MAAP5 is achieved via purpose-built module.
Similarly, synchronization of MAAP5 with the rest of the FSS is achieved
using another purpose-built module in L-3 MAPPS’ dispatcher.
2-D/3-D Visualization
Purpose-built visualizations of the NSSS, containment and SFP are
provided to enhance training and learning by coupling dynamic,
interactive 2-D and 3-D graphics with the simulation.
With the use of the 3-D graphics, users have the capability to
visualize major NSSS components (steam generators, reactor vessel,
loops, pumps) where relative spatial orientation and geometry or
internal structures are important and where a significant gradient
in process values can occur.
2-D view for offsite dose calculations
Performance Results/Validation
The simulator was validated extensively for numerous SAS scenarios
against benchmark test results obtained from stand-alone MAAP5
tests. Some examples included guillotine and 4” Cold Leg LOCA without
ECCS, SBO with loss of turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater, SFP inventory
loss, reactor vessel bottom leak without Safety Injection, Steam
Generator Tube Rupture coinciding with main steam line break as
well as various degrees of severe accidents leading to core melt and/
or reactor vessel failure combined with containment failure (leakage)
malfunctions resulting in radiological release. The SAS implementation
on the FSS was very comparable to the reference benchmark test after
accounting for the higher fidelity models on the FSS for the nuclear
island and conventional island systems.
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Interactive 3-D view of the NSSS with the containment removed
2-D visualizations of the NSSS analogous to operational displays
representing a simplified version of a plant P&ID were also employed
to demonstrate process flow paths and system interfaces.
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Debris & Metal in Lower Plenum (SAS)
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Rx Cav/Corium/Err Concrete Mass at Bottom (SAS)
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Dynamic 2-D view of the NSSS (Large Break LOCA)
In addition, a 2-D display was provided for off-site dose calculations
resulting from vessel, containment breach, and other radioactive
releases into the environment. The dose displays are overlaid onto
a map of the area surrounding the NPP based on radial regions that
exist at various distances away from the site.
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Molten Mass [Kg]
technicaldevelopments
The SAS architecture employs two instances of MAAP5 running in
parallel as external executables, one for the core/NSSS/containment
and a second for the SFP model.
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10 min
20 min
30 min
Start from initial condition of 100% Full Power
Small break LOCA in the primary loop → Execute DOS accident procedure
Reactor Trip and Loss of LHSI (Low Head Safety Injection) → Execute procedure ECP2
Large break in primary loop
Loss of HHSI (High Head Safety Injection)
35 min
40 min
45 min
48 min
65 min
Delta Tsat < -200 deg C → Execute procedure ECP4
T RIC MAX (Maximum Temperature for Incore Thermocouples) > 650 deg C → Follow SAMG
Introduce a Containment penetration failure
T RIC thermocouples failure
Core collapse (Core melt)
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Corium material falls down to RPV lower plenum
Loss of Containment Spray System (EAS)
80 min
RPV lower plenum failure
The sequence demonstrated to the NNSA to display the capabilities of the
LA2 FSS in BDBA conditions
Station Blackout (SBO) - Primary Water Mass
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Following the demonstration, the NNSA recognized the value of the
BBDA-enabled FSS, and requested CNOC to expand upon the current
uses to include more comprehensive severe accident drills. CNOC
expects to accomplish this by the end of 2014 with the objective of
taking full advantage of the BDBA-enabled LA2 FSS for emergency
exercises and improvements obtained from the further development
of the SAS scenarios.
Molten Material In Core (SAS)
Debris & Metal in Lower Plenum (SAS)
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Rx Cav/ Corium / Errod Concrete Mass at Boom (SAS)
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Training Uses for the Ling Ao Phase II Severe
Accident Simulation
The successful completion of the SAS implementation on the FSS
has helped strengthen CNOC’s ability to cope with potential severe
accident scenarios and increase the power plant safety levels. It also
further enhances CGN’s safety profile with the National Nuclear Safety
Administration (NNSA), the nuclear industry and the public.
The first training on the BDBA-enabled FSS was a TMI-2 accident
sequence for the shift supervisors, safety engineers and other
personnel that was launched on 17 December 2013.
On 27 March 2014, a 90-minute demonstration was provided to the
NNSA to display the capabilities of the LA2 FSS in BDBA conditions.
Details of the sequence and the two branch scenarios that were
successfully demonstrated are presented below.
*MAAP is an Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) software program that performs
severe accident analysis for nuclear power plants, including assessments of core
damage and radiological transport. A valid license to MAAP from EPRI for customer’s
use of MAAP is required prior to a customer being able to use MAAP with Licensee’s
simulator products.
There are many benefits that arise from L-3 MAPPS’ implementation
of MAAP for SAS simulator training applications. There are very few
changes or adaptations that are required to integrate MAAP with the
simulator. Minimizing the changes to MAAP facilitates fidelity matching
between the simulator and offline versions of MAAP, providing
confidence in the simulator implementation. It also allows for easy
inclusion of future MAAP releases on the simulator.
The LA2 SAS validation test results compare very favorably to the
benchmark test data. Coupling the high fidelity of plant- specific
nuclear and conventional island models and control system from the
FSS with MAAP permits more realistic BDBA behavior in comparison
to responses from the stand-alone MAAP model. This, together with
simulator-driven, purpose-built 2-D and 3-D visualization, provides an
additional means for knowledge transfer.
The success of the MAAP5 implementation on the LA2 FSS means that
the LA2 FSS will continue to be used for emergency drills, research
on BDBA mitigation measures and verification and enhancement of
the existing SAMGs.
EPRI (www.epri.com) conducts research and development relating to the generation,
delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. An independent nonprofit
organization, EPRI brings together its scientists and engineers as well as experts from
academia and industry to help address challenges in electricity, including reliability,
efficiency, health, safety and the environment. EPRI does not endorse any third-party
products or services. Interested vendors may contact EPRI for a license to MAAP.
June 2014 | simnews | 19
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companynews
The L-3 MAPPS Quality Department launched a Quality Awareness
Campaign during the month of November 2013 in order to enhance
quality awareness and reinforce the company’s quality-based culture.
The campaign consisted of five key initiatives:
Launching a companywide communication of L-3 MAPPS’
Quality Policy and Objectives using posters emphasizing
quality
Posting “Quality Quotes of the Week”
Promoting free memberships in American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Offering employees training courses and resources related
to quality
Establishing a “Suggestion Box” encouraging employees to
share their process/product improvement ideas
Posters
Posters with L-3 MAPPS’ Quality Policy and
Objectives were created and displayed
in visible locations throughout the
company. At the same time, employees
were asked to review their roles and
responsibilities in Quality and better
familiarize themselves with the
company’s overall commitment to
maintaining an effective Quality
Management System.
The employees were informed of the free American Society for
Quality (ASQ) membership available to them through the L-3
Corporate enterprise membership. They were encouraged to
join the ASQ, so they could freely access additional quality and
educational tools and resources.
Training
The L-3 MAPPS Quality Indoctrination Training, which is
offered to new employees upon joining L-3 MAPPS, was
modified to render it usable as a refresher quality training
course for all employees. The Quality Department is
working closely with the Human Resources Department and
functional management to schedule this course periodically
based on the needs and interests of the employees. In
addition, L-3 MAPPS’ employees were informed about
the comprehensive list of Quality training courses that
are offered to them free of charge through the corporate
intranet quality web site.
Suggestion Box
A mechanism in the form of an electronic Suggestion Box had
been established on the L-3 MAPPS intranet earlier in 2013 in
order to involve employees in proposing process and product
improvement ideas. As part of the campaign, employees were
reminded about the Suggestion Box and were encouraged to
propose any improvement initiatives.
During the creation of the
Quality poster, a campaign
logo (Quality Checkmark)
was introduced for all newly
developed material.
Feedback on the campaign and level of employee participation
has been very positive:
A number of new quality quotes have been proposed and the
Quote of the Week
The campaign also included the introduction of the Quality Quote
of the Week. With the employees’ involvement, a list of famous
and well-known quality quotes and slogans was produced. The
list was then reviewed internally and a number of quotes were
selected for the “Quote of the Week” publication. The “Quotes
of the Week” are displayed on L-3 MAPPS intranet and on
MAPPStv and appear on a rotational basis. All employees were
encouraged to participate by forwarding their quality quotes to
the Quality Department.
Quality is never an accident; it is always the
result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent
direction and skillful execution; it represents the
wise choice of many alternatives.
William A. Fostera
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ASQ Membership
rotating list continues to grow
A number of employees outside of the Quality Department
have joined the ASQ
Many inquiries regarding the free quality training courses
have been made and some courses from the Corporate
Quality Training Portal have already been taken
New improvement ideas were proposed by employees
through the Suggestion Box.
L-3 MAPPS has been delivering quality products to the marine
sector for more than three decades, to the space sector for nearly
four decades and to the power generation industry for more than
four decades. This Quality awareness campaign reinforced L-3
MAPPS’ continuous improvement culture especially in reference
to our products and services, and was successful in reinforcing
our overall Quality commitment to our customers.
Since the last issue of simnews was published, L-3 MAPPS has been out
and about at various conferences and tradeshows demonstrating
its extensive Power Systems and Simulation know-how and
technologies. A round-up of the most recent events follows.
PowerPlantSim 2014
L-3 MAPPS was
pleased to sponsor The
Society for Modeling &
Simulation International’s
International Conference
on Simulation Technology
for Power Plants
(PowerPlantSim 2014) in
the always-vibrant city of
New Orleans, Louisiana. The
event took place on 20-23
January 2014 and L-3 MAPPS delivered five presentations:
•Diablo Canyon Simulator Upgrade: The Results (with PG&EDiablo Canyon)
•The Fermi EDG Simulator:
Extending the Benefits of
the Full Scope Simulator
(with DTE Energy-Fermi)
•MAAP5 Severe Accident
Simulation on the Ling
Ao Phase II Full Scope
Simulator
•Simulator Source
Management: The L-3 MAPPS
Way
•Naval Automation & Simulation: It’s Similar to What We Do
in Power Plant Simulation
Nuclear Industry Congress Africa 2014
L-3 MAPPS was pleased to speak at SZ&W Group’s Nuclear
Industry Congress Africa 2014, which took place in the beautiful
city of Cape Town in South Africa. In addition to outlining L-3
MAPPS’ simulator projects for Koeberg Nuclear Power Station,
L-3 shared its Nuclear New Build (NNB) simulator experiences
via a presentation entitled “Why We Need NPP Simulators and
Their Role in New Builds.”
2nd Annual Asia
Nuclear Business
Platform
L-3 MAPPS participated in
the second edition of the
Asian Nuclear Business
Platform conference
focused on NNB in Asia. The
conference was attended
by more than 150 key
nuclear stakeholders in Asia and the international community.
L-3 MAPPS had the opportunity to share its NNB simulator
experience with a presentation titled “The Plant’s Operator
Training Simulator Plays an Important Role for New Builds.”
2014 CNA Conference & Trade Show
L-3 MAPPS was on hand again at the Canadian Nuclear
Association’s annual conference
in Ottawa, Ontario
on 26-28 February
2014. The conference
covered many
important facets
related to the Canadian
nuclear industry,
and the Honorable
Bob Chiarelli, Ontario
Minister of Energy, also
delivered a presentation
on the role of nuclear in
Ontario.
Nuclear Industry China 2014
On 15-18 April 2014, L-3 MAPPS was represented by Peter
Dawson, former L-3 MAPPS president, at the 13th China
International Nuclear Industry
Exhibition (Nuclear Industry
China 2014). L-3 MAPPS was
part of a trade delegation
in Beijing to further develop
China-Canada business in
the field of nuclear power
generation. The mission was
organized by the Organization
of Canadian Nuclear
Industries (OCI).
European Nuclear Conference 2014
L-3 MAPPS participated at
ENC 2014 in Marseille,
France on 11-14 May 2014.
L-3 MAPPS has simulated
numerous French reactor
types for customers
both in France and
internationally, and
the main thrust of our
effort in Marseille
was to showcase our
40+ years of experience in
simulating nuclear power plants and to
introduce our latest technologies.
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Infoexchange
Recent Events
infoexchange
OCI-OPG Supplier Day 2014
L-3 MAPPS once again supported the
Organization of Canadian Nuclear
Industries (OCI) exhibition for
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
on 21 May 2014 in Ajax, Ontario.
This event brings together
manufacturers, engineers,
procurement staff and other
industry leaders to network
and interact with OPG
personnel.
Nuclear Training & Simulation
Forum China 2014
NRG Events held its second annual nuclear power plant
simulation-focused event in Shenzhen,
China, “Nuclear Training
& Simulation Forum
China” on 28-30 May
2014. L-3 MAPPS was
pleased to be the event’s
gold sponsor, and our
own Michael Chatlani,
vice president, marketing
& sales, served as the
chairman. L-3 MAPPS
presented “Benefitting from
EPRI’s Modular Accident
Analysis Program on the Ling
Ao Phase II Full Scope Simulator” and “A Turnkey Input/Output
System Replacement on the Daya Bay Full Scope Simulator”
at the forum.
The following ar
e upcoming conf
erences,
exhibitions and
seminars where
you can
expect to meet wi
th L-3 MAPPS Po
wer
Systems and Sim
ulation.
10-13 August 2014
24-28 August 2014
22-23 September 2014
24-26 September 2014
6-8 November 2014
2014 USA Executive Summit
L-3 MAPPS was pleased
to be a sponsor of the
2014 Utilities Service
Alliance (USA) Nuclear
Generator and Supplier
Executive Summit, which
took place in Carlsbad,
California on 4-6 June
2014. USA is a notfor-profit cooperative
set up to facilitate
collaboration among
its seven member
utilities.
25-28 January 2015
29-30 January 2015
1-4 February 2015
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Event
Utility Working Conference and Vendor
Technology Expo
Location
Amelia Island, Florida, USA
Organizer
American Nuclear Society
Participate
http://www.ans.org/meetings/m_143
Event
19th Pacific Basin Nuclear
Conference
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Organizer
Canadian Nuclear Society
Participate
http://pbnc2014.org/
Event
2014 Owners Circle™ Conference
Location
Budapest, Hungary
Organizer
L-3 MAPPS
Participate
By invitation; for L-3 MAPPS product
owners/users
Event
European Nuclear Power Plant
Simulation 2014
Location
Budapest, Hungary
Organizer
NRG Events
Participate
www.nrg-events.com/
Event
India Nuclear Energy 2014
Location
Mumbai, India
Organizer
UBM India Pvt. Ltd
Participate
www.indianuclearenergy.net
Event
PowerPlantSim’15
Location
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Organizer
The Society for Modeling & Simulation
International
Participate
scs.org/powerplant
Event
2015 Owners Circle™ Conference
Location
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Organizer
L-3 MAPPS
Participate
By invitation; for L-3 MAPPS product
owners/users
Event
Conference on Nuclear Training and
Education (CONTE 2015)
Location
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Organizer
American Nuclear Society
Participate
www.ans.org/meetings/m_190
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simnews would like to thank this
issue’s contributors:
Sean Bradley
Eduardo Arizmendi (NA-SA)
Michael Chatlani
Xavier Cyril
Vincent Gagnon
Assad Hodhod
Yin Choy Lim
Karim Naccache
Shannon Palus (for INL)
Evangelia Papadopoulos
Sean Poole
André Rochon
Luigi Vindigni
Bernhard Weiss
Gregory Zakaib
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