Basis of Reactor Building Reinforced with Design Optimization Technologies
▲ Optimization Technologies used for the Foundation Reinforcement of a Nuclear Reactor
Korea’s nuclear technology has met the final technological requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code.
According to the Korean Electric Association on the 13th, the technology for building a ‘reinforced foundation of nuclear reactor buildings,’ which was under development by Korea Power Engineering and the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Central Research Institute, has passed the requirements of the ASME Code and are ready to be released?
A relation to Korea Power Engineering announced that “the American technical standards written in the ASME code fundamentally act as the main criteria for the international nuclear power plant construction community. It was crucial that our technology for building ‘reinforced foundations of nuclear reactor buildings’ pass the requirements of the ASME in order for the Code Case to be used as our format, and for the successful export of our APR1400 Nuclear Power Plant.”
When the standards of the code are applied to new nuclear power plantations, not only are there more efficient construction procedures, but also, around 5 billion won worth of economic savings per power plant.
According to the Electricity Association, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation, last year, the Korean “Splice technology” met the regulations of the ASME code and was internationally standardized. It was another case that showed the prominence of Korea’s technology in the international nuclear power technology field.
Meanwhile, the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation is currently working with the Korea Concrete Institute in order to produce technology that will enable nuclear power plants to be reinforced with 20% less of the current amount of reinforcement steel that is used at the moment, while being safer and more secure.
In the future, the nuclear power technology will aim to meet the requirements of KEPIC, the Korea Electric Power Industry Code, the ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the ACI, American Concrete Institute.
Source: todayenergy
