Qualification program of the ASTRID SFR project: Definition, Methodology and associated Risk Evaluation & Management

Gilles Rodriguez (1) , Jean-François Dirat (2) , Amaël Traina (3) , Mickaël Christofari (3)

1 DER - Département Etude des Réacteurs
2 FRAMATOME-ANP
3 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)

The Preconceptual Design phase of the ASTRID French Sodium Fast Reactor project had the objective to integrate innovative options to meet the requirements of the 4 th generation reactors and to comply with the related specifications. It was followed by the conceptual phase studies (AVP2 phase 2013-2015) where some technical options are left opened with an advanced option and a backup alternative. In the same time of the AVP2 phase studies, the qualification program related to ASTRID project was initiated. It consists in collecting the exhaustive list of R&D needs and technological demonstration tests to be fulfilled on representative mockup prior to component implementation in the prototype. The ASTRID Qualification Program (AQP) objectives are to collect needs expressed by all Engineering companies involved in ASTRID, and then to organize the answer to this expression of needs. This significant work of needs compilation has been divided in several tasks, according to the ASTRID project decomposition in the Product Breakdown Structure (PBS). Compilation of needs was jointly performed by engineering company, R&D responsible and coordinated by the ASTRID Qualification project responsible. It was associated with an evaluation of the maturity level of the technical options thanks to a Technological Readiness Level grid (TRL ranking table), an identification of major risks, and an evaluation of the R&D potentiality and associated facility platform. The methodology applied for the ASTRID Qualification Program (AQP) is presented. It is explained what methodology was used associated to the TRL process, and how is managed the associated risk analysis evaluation: evaluation of major risks, definition of a risk portfolio and a corresponding Action Plan for risk reduction (synthetized under the RE&M acronym: Risk Evaluation & Management). This methodology is a mean used to facilitate ASTRID risk-informed decision making, technology qualification and management of engineering development, orientation in R&D priorities. Some examples of the ASTRID Qualification Program are finally presented. These examples will highlight how some significant technological options are consistent with the R&D and qualification program, carried out on related technological platforms.

Domaines: Génie chimique

Gilles Rodriguez, Jean-François Dirat, Amaël Traina, Mickaël Christofari. Qualification program of the ASTRID SFR project: Definition, Methodology and associated Risk Evaluation & Management. ICAPP 2015, May 2015, NICE, France. pp.15093. ⟨cea-02570832⟩