EU procurement of ITER RH packages

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EU procurement of ITER RH packages

• Carlo Damiani on behalf of the RH GroupF4E
  Barcelona Machine System Division

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Outline- Remote Handling Procurement Packages
(PP)- Overview of the various PP- CODAC
related aspects and issues
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Outline- Remote Handling Procurement Packages
(PP)- Overview of the various PP- CODAC
related aspects and issues
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Introduction 1 - ITER Procurement
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Outline- Remote Handling Procurement Packages
(PP)- Overview of the various PP- CODAC
related aspects and issues
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PP overview23P2 - In-vessel divertor RH
equipment
Present scope (details to be confirmed) - 1
Cassette Multi-functional Mover (CMM, consisting
of CMM tractor, end effectors and umbilical) 1
spare - 1 right-hand-side cassette toroidal
mover (CTM) and umbilical 1 spare - 1
left-hand-side cassette toroidal movers (CTM) and
umbilical 1 spare - 1 set of tools for cassette
cooling pipes 1 spare - 1 set of tools for
cassette locking system 1 spare - 2
Manipulator arms (MAM) 1 spare - other tooling,
dust cleaner, rescue devices?

• Status
• - Design of DIV-RH and interfaces (e.g. CTM MAM
  and umbilical) on going
• CMM prototype for tests in Divertor Test
  Platform 2 recently installed in DTP2

Next steps (see also planning section later) -
design, interface finalisation and pre-series
prototyping and testing - production
preparation - production and delivery to site
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PP Overview23P3 Transfer Cask System (50 EU)

• Present scope (under revision right now by IO in
  liaison with the DAs, EU-CN sharing to be
  finalised)
• 21 cask units (including rescue units) each
  composed of cask and in-cask equipment, pallet
  and Air Transfer System
• Spares (30 of supply spare parts)

Divertor cask

• Status
• - Design of ATS, casks and interfaces on going,
  preparation of prototyping and testing
• PP scope and sharing being reviewed
• Rescue devices investigated

• Next steps (see also planning section later)
• finalise review, discussion and agreement on
  scope/sharing
• design, interface finalisation and pre-series
  prototyping and testing
• production and delivery to site

Upper plug cask
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PP Overview23P3 Transfer Cask System - more

• Transfer cask studies have focused on
  trajectories studies and control system
  requirements recently rescue studies on a failed
  cask have been completed

From the picture below it can be seen that the
DIV RH and TCS have to work in a coordinated way,
by means of the two controllers and their
supervisor
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PP Overview23P4 In vessel viewing system

• Present scope (to be confirmed)
• 6 IVVS systems() each consisting of probe,
  deployer and housing (shared with Glow Discharge
  Cleaning System)
• Spares TBD (spare parts and/or 1 spare system)
• () only 3 were foreseen in the ITER Project
  Integration Document at start of operation

• Status
• Lab tests on proof-of-principle probe mock-up
• Requirements, interfaces (in particular space
  sharing with GDC) and PP content/sharing being
  reviewed

In-vessel viewing probe mock-up

• Next steps (see also planning section later)
• agreement on scope and requirements design,
  interface finalisation and pre-production
  prototyping and testing
• production preparation
• production and delivery to site

IVVS plan view (above) and section view (on the
right)
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PP Overview23P5 NBI Remote Handling

• Present scope (to be finalised)
• monorail crane serving the NB cell, equipped
  with specific lifting interfaces with the NB
  components (and compatible with DIA plugs)
• source/accelerator transport cradle
• MAM and tooling (including pipe tooling)
• ground-based vehicle?
• rescue devices?
• TBD spares

NB cell with monorail crane

• Status
• Conceptual design done
• Work on interfaces and integration to be
  continued
• PP being reviewed

? Crane and neutraliser

• Next steps (see also planning section later)
• scope finalisation design, interface
  finalisation (limited pre-production prototyping
  and testing TBD)
• production preparation
• production and delivery to site

NB rear maintenance
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PP Overview - General

• Each RH system (EU is in charge of 3 and ½ of
  them) is a different combination of various
  devices (moving machinery, crane, manipulator
  arms, tooling, umbilical, control system) that
  have to work in a coordinated way by means of its
  own control system
• To control each of these RH systems, in the RH
  control room the HMI (the work-cell) will be
  typically a combination of master arms, GUI with
  monitors showing the status of the devices
  (status, speed, position, pressure, safety
  margins, interlocks, etc.), the visual
  information (from on-board or fixed cameras) and
  from Virtual Reality (probably 3-D), and the
  operational instructions (sequence of elementary
  tasks to be performed for a given RH mission)
• We (F4E) have to understand/agree the way the
  overall RH control system is linked with the rest
  of CODAC (e.g. lift, ports, corridors, etc.)

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Outline- Remote Handling Procurement Packages
(PP)- Overview of the various PP- CODAC
related aspects and issues
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CODAC related aspects and issues - 1

• For the RH PP, IO will only issue FS (plus
  partial reference designs), supported by RD
  where needed (see footnote, taken from former
  ITER Project Integration Document PID)
• These FS must be complemented by the definition
  of a set of interface requirements the
  geometrical interfaces of the components to be
  handled, VV ports and ducts, hot cell, building,
  the interfaces with the ITER CODAC, etc. (the
  interface takes the level of to-be-handled
  component, e.g. DD for the divertor)
• The level of integration and consistency of the
  current ITER design is not yet at a stage that
  would allow proceeding with in-kind supplies of
  the EU RH PP (through the Procurement
  Arrangements)
• Because of this, a significant effort in terms
  of design, finalisation of the interfaces,
  prototyping and testing is still required

- All RH equipment for Class 1 and 2 operations
must be designed in detail prior to ITER
construction. - The feasibility of Class 1 tasks
shall be verified prior to ITER construction and
may involve the use of mock-ups. - The
feasibility of Class 2 tasks shall be verified
prior to ITER construction where deemed practical
and necessary and may involve the use of
mock-ups. - The procedure of maintenance of
Class 3 components shall be defined prior to ITER
construction.
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CODAC related aspects and issues - 2

• therefore our approach is to move to the final
  production of the PP after prototypes are
  designed, built and tested, in order to identify,
  finalise and experimentally verify both the RH
  strategy and those critical interfaces which
  represent the essential features of the design
  and of components maintainability
• another important ingredient of our RH strategy
  is the review and agreement with IO of the PP
  scope and responsibilities, because the content
  of the 2001 PP must be updated and completed,
  including CODAC interfaces
• the EU RH PP consists of a variety of movers,
  transport casks, crane, manipulator arms,
  tooling, covering several functions therefore we
  should move towards standardization of the design
  of RH devices from different PP but with similar
  functions this should be driven by IO and should
  include the control systems
• (most of) the RH PP will be used for components
  first installation
• a new (proposed ) element of the strategy is the
  use of RH facilities for IO team training
• a key issue is the radiation resistance of the
  RH components (but with dose rates spanning over
  four orders of magnitude!) this requires a
  systematic approach and a specific strategy to be
  elaborated

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An example of RH test facilitythe Divertor Test
Platform 2 (DTP2)
May 2008
January 2008
May 2008
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CODAC related aspects and issues - 3

• The RH procurement packages are not huge in
  financial terms (e.g. compared with items like
  the magnets) but require a lot of design and
  technical integration (with RAMI!), therefore we
  will probably have to charge the industrial
  suppliers with a role of architect
• Prototyping and testing of the various RH PP in
  specific facilities are essential in order to (1)
  validate the maintenance scheme and the
  interfaces, (2) develop the procedures to be used
  straight out during 1st assembly, (3) possibly
  train IO team for 1st assembly
• Technological items like force feedback
  manipulators, but not only, require a HMI already
  well developed since the beginning
• There are time constraints for the development
  of the RH control system work-cells in the RH
  control room
• Based on the points before, it is unlikely that
  the various RH systems will be procured naked,
  i.e. with very limited supervisory system
  capabilities (e.g. only control cubicle and touch
  screen and/or hand-held panels)
• We could end up instead in having each PP
  delivered with its own work-cell implemented by
  the industrial supplier/integrator. This is
  exactly what is being discussed with IO RH team
  at the moment
• This proposed approach puts issues in front of
  us in particular related to CODAC are
• - limit of the supply, standardisation, FAT/SAT
• - integration of the RH systems in the overall
  RH control system and in in CODAC
• - new developments, improvements, change of
  obsolete components

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• A complicated path in front of us