Je vous avais annoncé la connexion au réseau de Taischan 1 le 6 juin ...Et si l on en croit les proverbes ,les gens heureux n ont pas d histoires .....Sauf que conernant les activités nucléaires chinoises il ne faut guère esperer une transprence ...
Mon ami princetonien Mr PEPPER en profite pour m interroger : "Mais alors comment vas tu faire , OLIVIER , pour nous donner des nouvelles fraiches ...Dis poses tu encore de relations à l EDF ou à l IRSN , comme à l 'époque de FUKUSHIMA ????"
-" Hélas non ! Donc je suis forcé de passer par les satellites espions de la CIA comme d habitude ! C est ton pays qui est toujours le mieux renseigné !
-" Et alors qu'est ce qu ils nous apprennent nos espions OLIVIER ???
_" Avec l EPR ,ne t 'étonnes pas ! Des soucis comme d habitude !
-" Tombe dans les détails ! Allez ! raconte moi
-" Je te propose de lire du chinois et de l américain COPIER COLLER partiel ( fact wire news agency )
"Troubled Taishan nuclear plant secretly comes online despite defects"
June 18, 2
" - Unit 1 of the much delayed Taishan nuclear power plant in Guangdong province has secretly started up earlier this month, despite new problems identified by China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) just one week earlier.
IIt also comes less than six months after an investigation by FactWire revealed cracks in important components of the same reactor, including a defective reactor vessel head that is set to remain in use for seven years.
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However, in a report published just a week earlier, the NNSA had identified six major issues in Taishan unit 1 following a safety inspection in late May. It further said that the operator, Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture, must rectify the problems before starting up the reactor
According to the report, the problems included equipment malfunction such as failure of reactor monitoring systems, and human error in responding to false alarms.
The Chinese regulator called for ‘increased training for operating staff in order to minimise human error’, but did not mention how much time was supposedly required to resolve the issues.
It is also unclear whether the company has already rectified the problems.
satellite image taken on 10 June shows that the warm water discharge in the plant’s 3.4km water channel is clearerThe reactors at Taishan uses seawater as coolant, which is then pumped back into the sea. A than normal seawater.
Another satellite image taken on 17 June also shows the plant discharging water, which created a 250-metre long wave in the channel. Both images suggest that the cooling system was in operation.
China was the third country to build the new-generation French-designed EPRs, after Finland and France - both of which are facing construction setbacks.
Meanwhile at Taishan, when the NNSA issued a fuel loading permit for unit 1 in April, it only required CGN to develop a testing method for its reactor vessel head ‘as soon as possible’.
‘If developments fail or test results are unfavourable, the cover shall not be used by the end of April 2025,’ the permit reads.
Earlier in January, the NNSA published another inspection report which listed 20 areas for improvement at Taishan, including ‘unclear roles and responsibilities’ concerning fuel loading.
The report also pointed out that some pipelines required frequent repairs due to welding defects, for which the operator was only instructed to perform standard inspections and testing.
Other problems identified in the report included wrong signage in the plant, lock failure in high radioactive areas, random reboots of the digital reactor monitoring system and incomplete training for nuclear fuel operatorIn December, FactWire revealed that a deaerator in Taishan unit 1 cracked during testing and must be replaced, as well as high carbon concentrations in upper head of a steam generator that had make them more prone to cracks. At the time CGN only admitted that there were ‘partial defects’ in the welding of the deaerator.
CGN did not respond to FactWire’s enquiries regarding the start-up of Taishan unit 1"
a suivre .
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