Modultechnik — Zielsetzung, Aufbau, Konsequenzen und Erprobung

Modular technique: objectives, layout, test facility. In spent fuel reprocessing plants the hot process cells cannot be entered by the personnel without intensive decontamination of the cells and the equipment. In the German reprocessing plant the FEMO technique (i. e. remote handling modular design) is used to achieve high plant availability and to reduce the radiation burden of the personal. The characteristics of the FEMO technique are two canyon cells in which the process equipment is installed in standardized racks arranged on both sides of each cell. The unit of process equipment and rack is designated as the module. This article reports the objectives of the modular technique, the resulting layout, and the test facility program to confirm this maintenance concept.