Project schedule and budget At the end of the EUROTRANS project, in which MYRRHA is serving as the basis, in March 2010, the conceptual design of the machine and of its different components will be available. During the period 2009-2013, the following tasks will be accomplished in parallel: the detailed engineering design, including 2009-2011, part of this design work will be performed through the FP7-project, Central Design Team (CDT) for MYRRHA; drafting of the technical specifications of the different lots, the publication of the call for tenders, the comparison of the technical and financial proposals from the contractors and finally the awarding of the manufacturing contracts (2012-2013); development and testing of key innovative components (for the accelerator and for the reactor); licensing and permitting activities, namely the writing of a Preliminary Safety Assessment Report (PSAR), the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report and the Preliminary Dismantling Plan (PDP). The objective being to obtain the permit for construction at the end of 2013. The construction period of the components and the civil engineering work is to be accomplished in a three-year period (2014-2016) followed by a one year assembling together of the different components in 2017. The commissioning at progressive levels of power will accomplished in two year period (2018-2019) with the final objective to be in full power operation in 2020. Figure 4: Project schedule MYRRHA as a flexible fast spectrum irradiation facility able to operate in subcritical and critical modes is intended to be started around 2020 at full power. In the design and licensing of MYRRHA both modes of operation are foreseen from the beginning. A minimum of two years preparatory period is considered for the progressive commissioning of the facility which will include both operation modes. To obtain an answer on the viability of the ADS concept in an international context as soon as possible and thereby to allow evaluating the realism of subcritical burners in a double strata fuel cycle approach, it was opted to start in MYRRHA with the demonstration of ADS and hence the full power coupling
Project schedule and budget At the end of the EUROTRANS project, in which MYRRHA is serving as the basis, in March 2010, the conceptual design of the machine and of its different components will be available. During the period 2009-2013, the following tasks will be accomplished in parallel: the detailed engineering design, including 2009-2011, part of this design work will be performed through the FP7-project, Central Design Team (CDT) for MYRRHA; drafting of the technical specifications of the different lots, the publication of the call for tenders, the comparison of the technical and financial proposals from the contractors and finally the awarding of the manufacturing contracts (2012-2013); development and testing of key innovative components (for the accelerator and for the reactor); licensing and permitting activities, namely the writing of a Preliminary Safety Assessment Report (PSAR), the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report and the Preliminary Dismantling Plan (PDP). The objective being to obtain the permit for construction at the end of 2013. The construction period of the components and the civil engineering work is to be accomplished in a three-year period (2014-2016) followed by a one year assembling together of the different components in 2017. The commissioning at progressive levels of power will accomplished in two year period (2018-2019) with the final objective to be in full power operation in 2020. Figure 4: Project schedule MYRRHA as a flexible fast spectrum irradiation facility able to operate in subcritical and critical modes is intended to be started around 2020 at full power. In the design and licensing of MYRRHA both modes of operation are foreseen from the beginning. A minimum of two years preparatory period is considered for the progressive commissioning of the facility which will include both operation modes. To obtain an answer on the viability of the ADS concept in an international context as soon as possible and thereby to allow evaluating the realism of subcritical burners in a double strata fuel cycle approach, it was opted to start in MYRRHA with the demonstration of ADS and hence the full power coupling
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