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Simulation News of Western Services Corporation January 2016

Major Milestones

Barakah APR1400 Simulators Declared Ready for Training

In June 2015, both Barakah full scope simulators "Safety is and will remain our main priority and for large-scale models. Throughout the project,
were declared ready for reactor operator training. highly trained and prepared reactor operators are WSC provided support to KHNP and ENEC in
The two full scope Advanced Pressurized Water critcal to the safety of our plants," said Mohammed developing the TH and neutronics models for the
Reactor (APR1400) simulators, dubbed FSS1 and Al Hammadi, chief executve of ENEC. "Our state-of- reactor systems.
FSS2, were developed by Korea Hydro & Nuclear the-art simulators are designed to replicate real WSC Confguraton Management System, 3KEYSAFE,
Power (KHNP) and WSC for Korea Electric Power scenarios and processes that our reactor operators is tghtly integrated with 3KEYMASTER and was
Corporaton (KEPCO), who is the Prime Contractor will face every day. This form of training has been used to track all simulator data used and changes to
for delivering four Advanced Pressurized Water proven to be a reliable and successful training the data as it became available during the build of
Reactor (APR1400) nuclear power plants to the method." the Barakah Power Plants.
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporaton (ENEC).
To complement the Barakah Training Simulators,
The two simulators were successfully delivered to WSC developed and provided support and
the ENEC Barakah Simulator Training Center (STC); integraton of emulated distributed control systems
the frst simulator, FSS1, was delivered in the spring (DCS) mimicking what will be used in the Barakah
of 2014 and FSS2 achieved RFT in June 2015. FSS1 Units. These include:
was delivered prior to the applicable Barakah  Non-safety MMIS System Controls and HMI,
design data being available and as such, the which are based on Ovaton DCS and HMI
simulator was provided based on the Shin Kori Unit
3 design. Approximately a year later, FSS2 was  Safety Common Q Controls and HMI (based on
delivered, based on actual Barakah Unit 1 plant ProcSee HMI)
specifc data and also included an update to FSS1.  Toshiba TOSMAP Controls and HMI
The two simulators are identcal to the Unit 1 Main ENEC Barakah Simulator "FSS1" WSC also provided HMI emulaton for the CPCS
Control Room. Each simulator has a Large Display (Core Protecton Calculator), ALS (Alarm System),
Panel, which highlights the most important Deliverables and NAPS (Nuclear Applicatons).
parameters for quick operator reference, and fve WSC provided and/or supported typical simulator
operator statons from which Reactor Operators WSC provided our 3KEYMASTER simulaton tasks such as scoping, design, modeling, integraton,
can consult any system within the plant through environment and modeling tools along with FAT and Commissioning/SAT of the simulators. WSC
their Man-Machine Interface System (MMIS) as 3KEYRELAP5-RT and 3KEYSAFE. WSC developed all provided an intense training program covering the
shown in the FSS1 photo. Balance of Plant (BOP) models using the suite of 3KEYMASTER simulaton environment, Graphical
3KEYMASTER Modeling Tools.
The APR1400 simulators, which were developed Engineering Staton, Instructor Staton, Modeling
using WSC’s 3KEYMASTER simulaton sofware, are 3KEYRELAP5-RT, which integrates RELAP5-3D, the Tools, 3KEYSAFE, and months of hands on OJT.
among the most advanced simulators in the world best-estmate reactor thermal-hydraulic simulaton “WSC has been the simulaton sofware supplier to
due to the complexity of both the core modeling code with NESTLE, a three-dimensional two-energy KHNP for the APWR since 2003 and we are
and the Instrumentaton and Control systems. The group neutronics code. 3KEYRELAP5-RT provides an delighted to contnue that relatonship with the on-
simulators integrate multple specialized sofware intuitve, user-friendly, graphical user interface that tme delivery of the simulators to the Barakah STC“,
systems to reproduce the closest possible is loaded with features such as input deck error said John Smith, CEO of WSC.
responses of the real plant. checking, extensive help capabilites and support

Kemper County IGCC Delivered to Mississippi Power Company

WSC Ships Simulator for World’s largest IGCC lignite undergoes a chemical reacton creatng a
WSC delivered two full-scope, high-fdelity synthesis gas. The plant will be the largest, most
simulators to the Mississippi Power Company (MPC) ambitous one of its type in the world when it
Kemper County Energy Facility. Kemper County begins full commercial operaton in 2016.
facility is a 582-megawat electric power plant using Phase I of the simulator, the conventonal power
an integrated gasifcaton combined cycle (IGCC) island, was delivered by WSC in March of 2013, and
design called TRIG™ technology. It will use has been used for operator training on the 2x1
innovatve clean coal technology to deliver safe, natural gas fred combuston turbine combined
reliable electricity to Mississippi Power customers. cycle plant, which began supplying electricity in
TRIG™ technology uses lignite, which accounts for a August 2014. Phase II of the project, including coal would not be as successful going forward if the
large porton of the world's vast coal supply. There prep and handling, gasifcaton, chemical processes company didn’t authorize the development/
are more than 4 billion tons of lignite available in and clean-up plant, which is now delivered to site implementaton of an operatons training simulator.
Mississippi. The facility will convert inexpensive for operator training, was used extensively by I don’t think - I know - that there isn’t another
lignite to gas, sending it through a device called a Southern Company Services (SCS) for Simulaton simulator company that would have been able to
gasifer where, under a controlled environment, the Assisted Engineering (SAE), especially DCS I&C and take on this project and be successful. The work
HMI design optmizaton eforts. Over the last three that your team has accomplished with less than
years, SCS and MPC maintained a presence at WSC adequate informaton is commendable… I
that included I&C and HMI design engineers, system appreciate all of the hard work and dedicaton you
experts, and operatons staf in order to maximize and your team have displayed over the past 3 years,
the benefts of the high fdelity simulaton in plant and know that in the end it made Kemper beter.”
and controls design eforts, as well as operator The ultmate success of the project was due to the
familiarizaton with this unique plant. close cooperaton and teamwork between WSC, SCS
and MPC and would not have been possible without
In reference to the plant itself, Southern Company’s the key people who contributed so much to this
Bill Vikara, Lead Test Operator, said that: “Kemper project.

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