| PLANT LIFE CYCLE
Process development
- laboratory & pilot plant
construction
- feed material selection & qualification
- process selection & validation
Design & licensing
- license preparation of application
- plant design (layout, production & process
equipment, safety and safeguarding)
Construction
- detailed design
- procurement
- erection of unactive testing
Start up and operation
- active testing & commissioning
- feed & process qualification
- ramping up & efficiency enhancement
- major changes
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BN OFFER
Plant operation
- feed material testing & qualification
- active testing of process equipment
- process parameter selection
- operational data (including scrap, waste and
safety)
- operator training
- assistance to commissioning
Engineering
- plant design & review
- calculations (criticality, thermal, …)
- consulting (safety & operability review)
- assistance for procurement
- supply of process equipment
- technology transfer
- MOX fuel modelling & irradiation support
Team operation/engineering
- problem solving (major changes)
- feasibility studies
- MOX fuel enhancements
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BN CREDENTIALS
Some facts & figures
- 35 year MOX fuel plant operation experience
- worldwide leading MIMAS process development
(*)
- 35 metric tons Pu processed into 630 tons MOX
- assistance to MELOX for design, licensing
& commissioning
- participation to major projects, such as: MFFF
(US), J-MOX (Japan), ...
Some innovative genuine
processes
- MIMAS enhancements (high BU’s)
- inert matrix fuels
- dry processes (scrap recycling, pellet
grinding)
- production of non-contaminated rods
- pellet & rod scanning
- original FR fuel fabrication process
- HTR Triso fuel fabrication of irradiation
experience
- glove box in-situ dismantling box
(*) with Cogema |