Nuclear Research Centres and Research Reactors references :
Under implementation since 2019
Owners Engineer Services for the Design and Construction of the Bolivian Research Center (Bolivia)
Client: ABEN
Owner’s Engineer Support Services
In 2017, the Agencia Boliviana de Energia Nuclear (ABEN) has signed a turn-key contract (EPC) with JSC GSPI (Rosatom Group) for the design and construction of a research center in El-Alto. The center will include a cyclotron, a multipurpose irradiation facility and a research reactor. NucAdvisor is providing Owner’s Engineering services to ABEN during the design and construction phases of the project. The OE services include:
- Nuclear Research and Technology Center design review;
- The implementation of an effective project management organization, including tools;
- The implementation and follow-up of an efficient and reliable Quality Management of the Project, covering all parties;
- Risk management;
- Monitoring and follow-up on the Contractor procurement procedures;
- Construction and manufacturing inspection onsite and offsite
Support in commissioning and final project handover
Under implementation since 2015
Owners Engineer Services for the Design and Construction of the PALLAS Research Reactor, Netherlands
Client: PALLAS
Owner’s Engineer Support Services
NucAdvisor together with Tractebel Engineering are delivering the Owner's Engineer services for the new PALLAS research reactor to be built at Petten (Netherlands), which aims to replace the existing High Flux Reactor (HFR) operated since 1961.
NucAdvisor’s support services in this project include:
- Preparation and review of reactor specifications,
- Preparation and review of contractual conditions for the international call for tenders for the PALLAS reactor;
- Support in bids evaluation and assessment;
- Safety/licensing studies regarding Dutch safety requirements specificities;
- Participation to design review;
- Support to project organization for interface management, value engineering development;
- Support in the definition of PALLAS Business case.
- Project management support
2012 to 2016
Owners Engineer Services: Design and construction of the Jordan Research and Training Reactor (JRTR), Jordan
Client: Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC)
Owner’s Engineer Support Services
In September 2012 JAEC signed a contract with NucAdvisor and its consortium as Owner’s Engineer to assist JAEC in the oversight of the Constructor. The activities of NucAdvisor included:
- Design review, project management, licensing support;
- Assistance in procurement, construction monitoring, equipment reception, installation, testing, and commissioning;
- Support in preparation of the JAEC staff, by on-the-job training and experience transfer, to be ready to operate the JRTR;
- Running of several independent neutronic and thermal hydraulic calculations on the JRTR core to validate the safety of the design.
Nuclear medicine references :
2017- 2019
Study on Sustainable and Resilient Supply of Medical Radioisotopes in the EU (SMER)
Client: European Commission
Strategic advisory
High added value specialized technical services
Complementary to the SAMIRA project, the SMER study focuses upon the downstream part of the Tc-99m supply chain: from the generators manufacturing up to the end-users.
NucAdvisor assessed the efficiency of existing reserves in the use of Tc-99m, and focused on how the different public health systems in the EU deal with diagnostic procedures based on the use of Tc-99m, and how the organization of health care and the reimbursing schemes may affect the efficient and economically sustainable use of Mo-99/Tc-99m generators.
04/2017 – 09/2018
European Study on Medical, Industrial and Research Applications of Nuclear and Radiation Technology & Study on Sustainable and Resilient Supply of Medical Radioisotopes (SAMIRA)
Client: European Commission
Strategic advisory
High added value specialized technical services
The objective of SAMIRA study was to provide the European Commission with up-to-date information on the non-power uses of nuclear and radiation technology in the EU.
NucAdvisor conducted a large survey especially the Medical Applications (medical nuclear imaging, medical radioisotopes, radiation therapy…) and their interdependence relation with Research Reactors. Final purpose was to prepare a coordinated strategic agenda for the European Union in order to secure the supply of the main radioisotopes in the EU. The study covered notably:
- Characterization of non-power application market for Medical, Industrial and Research Areas;
- Assessment of market evolution (new technologies, applications);
- Assessment of Investment needed to secure Radioisotopes supply in European Union
The public report can be found by following the link below:
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/6ae3e9cd-2e7a-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1/language-en?WT.mc_id=Searchresult&WT.ria_c=null&WT.ria_f=3608&WT.ria_ev=search
Decommissioning and Waste Management references :
2019
Strategic study on radioactive waste&management routes for different EU countries (Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, United-Kingdom)
Client : Large utility
Strategic advisory
High added value specialized technical services
The objective of the project was to assess the European market for a waste treatment process. The contract has been performed in three different steps:
1. Identification of the context of each country (current inventory, management routes, stakeholders, content of the national inventory, future inventories…);
2. Identification of the waste families that could be treated with the treatment process, and detailed description of the physical and chemical characteristics of these wastes;
3. Identification and assessment of different competing technologies and storage/disposal installations.
2019-2020
Audit of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) nuclear installations dismantling & decommissioning plan and recovery and conditioning plan for old waste
Client : Minister in charge of Energy via the Department of Energy and Climate (DGEC)
Strategic advisory
High added value specialized technical services
The main objective of this audit is to analyze robustness and degree of prudence of the gross charges and provisions concerning the decommissioning of the nuclear fleet in operation.
The objective of this audit was:
- to ensure the reliability of the operators' internal assessments on which the decommissioning funds are based;
- to ensure the consistency of the annual subsidy allocated to the CEA for D&D projects with a view to optimising public spending;
- to assess and control the methods used to manage residual technical uncertainties and project implementation contingencies;
2017-2018
Study on market for decommissioning nuclear facilities in the European Union
Client : European Commission
Strategic advisory
On behalf of the European Commission, NucAdvisor performed a study on the market for decommissioning nuclear facilities in the European Union. The purpose of the studywas to characterize in detail the functioning of the European nuclear decommissioning market, focusing on the following countries: France, Italy, Germany, Slovakia, United Kingdom, as well as on the specificities and differences with the international decommissioning sector (Japan, USA...).
The public report can be found by following the link below:
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2bf03904-ebf1-11e9-9c4e-01aa75ed71a1/language-en?WT.mc_id=Searchresult&WT.ria_c=37085&WT.ria_f=3608&WT.ria_ev=search
2018-2019
Benchmarking Analysis of Member States Approaches to Definition of National Inventories Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel
Client : European Commission
High added value specialized technical services
The large disparity of approaches for managing the radioactive waste and spent fuel inventories made the European Commission consider the implementation of a benchmarking study, in order to assess the adequacy of the methods used by Member States and identify the best practices to spread across European Union. On behalf of the European Commission, NucAdvisor conducted the study aiming at assessing whether the existing approaches are consistent and in line with the highest requirements and standards for the management of radioactive waste and spent fuel inventories in the EU.
The implementation of this study was done through a Member State exhaustive analysis (national documentation, questionnaires…), followed by a detailed benchmarking (more than 20 parameters assessed) of the current situation at the country and EU level, identifying approaches, limitations and best practices.
The public report can be found by following the link below:
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/e8d170a2-4016-11eb-b27b-01aa75ed71a1/language-en?WT.mc_id=Searchresult&WT.ria_c=37085&WT.ria_f=3608&WT.ria_ev=search
Small Modular Reactors references :
2020
Assessment of the global nuclear sector from the perspective of possible investment opportunities
Client: Confidential
Strategic advisory
High added value specialized technical services
NucAdvisor conducted a study for a client interested in investing in advanced reactor technologies. The study presented an overview of the global nuclear power sector focusing on advanced reactor technologies and specifically SMRs in order to provide a framework and baseline for further investigation of investment opportunities in the nuclear power sector worldwide. The methodology for the step-wise multi-criterial selection of the target design was developed and specific criteria established for each step.
The economics of nuclear power plants were assessed together with a comparison of the cost of generating electricity from nuclear power plants compared to other generation sources. The study also discussed the challenges nuclear generators are facing in deregulated electricity markets, the necessity to remunerate the contribution nuclear power makes to the electricity systems in terms of system reliability, dispatchability, ancillary services, as well as of the positive externalities, like abatement of CO2 emissions.
2011-2017
Consulting services for preliminary studies on SEANERGIE project (Former FLEXBLUE), underwater mobile nuclear power generators
Client: Naval Group (ex DCNS)
Strategic advisory
High added value specialized technical services
NucAdvisor was a key partner of Naval Group in the subsea SMR project, carrying out a number of strategic studies to support the overall Project Feasibility. SEANERGIE project (formerly called FLEXBLUE) is a concept of a small subsea nuclear power plant based on proven technologies combined in a new way. NucAdvisor supported Naval Group from the very beginning of the project, during the pre-feasibility, feasibility and basic design studies on subjects such as:
- Compliance of the project with the legal, technical and licensing requirements, project governance;
- Market studies and business modelling, international partnerships;
- Site studies, site selection, stakeholder involvement and social acceptance analyses;
- Overall plant system design, and Reactor design assessment, safety studies;
- Licensing;
- Support to staffing the project team;
- Assessment of reactor core performance;
- Studies on the interaction between the SMR module and the environment.
Safety, physical protection and non-proliferation references :
2020
Support services for LPRR Safety and Security aspects
Client: King Abdulaziz Center of Science and Technology (KACST)
High added value specialized technical services
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) is a Saudi Arabia government institution that supports and enhances scientific applied research. The Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) of KACST is nearing completion of a research reactor called Low Power Research Reactor (LPRR), constructed in Riyadh.
NucAdvisor supported the LPRR project team through consultancy services in order to define and assess malevolent acts which could result in exposure to, or dispersion of radioactive materials.
Furthermore, NucAdvisor conducted the review of Safety and Licensing documents on behalf of LPRR team, defining a set of recommendations for the licensing documentation, highlighting the main strengths and weaknesses of the design and operational characteristic of the reactor from the nuclear safety point of view.