Defective nuclear industry components

[there4eyeM]

Areva, the manufacturer of components for nuclear reactors world wide has admitted to 'anomalies' in reports of quality involving major parts used throughout the industry. These include the very most important elements of these highly dangerous industrial plants. Investigations are under way to see if misrepresentation of figures was intentional/criminal.

(reported this morning on French radio)

link added; hope you can read French.

Possibles falsifications chez Areva : "Il y a un vrai dysfonctionnement dans la chaîne de contrôle" (Expert en nucléaire)

 

[elektra]

Bullshit.

Not one Arena component has caused a forced outage.

Nuclear power is proven safe.

Where is your link?

I just worked for Arena, a great company.

 

[there4eyeM]

Nuclear power is proven unproven and dangerous.

Profit motivated cheating complicated things even more. The consequences of failure are catastrophic, the security questions unanswerable, the waste and decommissioning a nightmare, the costs to the public. Great example of 'capitalism'.

 

[elektra]

Nuclear power is proven unproven and dangerous.

That is a lie.

 

[elektra]

Can't link your OP, then it is simple lies.

 

[elektra]

French? Like I said, all you got is lies.

But if we could include a bit of truth we see this as not much of a concern at all;

Nuclear:Possible exemptions of under pressure nuclear equipments - Amazing technology updates

The EPR nuclear reactor in Flamanville could benefit from an exemption to the regulation, according to a new decree concerning nuclear pressure equipment (ESPN).
“This order will apply to all nuclear pressure equipment device so obviously the EPR”, told AFP Cadet Sylvie Mercier, Director at the IRSN (Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety ). But the new law has not been done “to address the case of the tank of the EPR,” she says.

A decree of 30 December 2015 concerning the nuclear pressure equipment and January 3, 2016 published in the Official Journal allows exceptions to the 2005 regulations if the equipment has adequate security guarantees.

 

[there4eyeM]

This poster will answer other, civil posts.

 

[elektra]

Ha, ha, a report of an old story where areva identified problems. No defective componets were installed in any nuclear power plant.

 

[elektra]

This poster will answer other, civil posts.

Because you can not defend a lie. You made a statement based on ideology and can not defend yourself.

I challenged you and you failed.

 

[elektra]

But beings how your source is in French I can see why you do not understand the nature of the facts.

 

[elektra]

Any credible author of an OP would at least make an attempt at quoting and linking a story. This OP began without links until challenged and when challenged dug up something in French. So I have used my Chrome Browser translate function to have some fun with the failed OP.

Boy, this is not even about facts, the story is based on a Hypothesis reported in another paper.
Soupçons de falsifications chez Areva : "Il y a un vrai dysfonctionnement dans la chaîne de contrôle" (expert en nucléaire)

After the revelations of the newspaper Les Echos

the Yves Marignac nuclear expert was surprised Tuesday on France Info that this hypothesis "does not come to be discussed publicly today

 

[elektra]

And, the article is an Editorial!

Soupçons de falsifications chez Areva : "Il y a un vrai dysfonctionnement dans la chaîne de contrôle" (expert en nucléaire)

by Editorial France Info

 

[elektra]

And a simple search turns up the true story, the manufacture, Areva, found an indication of a possible defect in a manufactured component, and thus reported this to the agency in which the Areva procedure requires Areva to report a "non-conformance", to.

Areva reported this over a year ago, wow, what a responsible, ethical, corporation, to discover a possible defect and report on itself. I wonder if the "Destructive" testing is completed, and if the fix will simply be to cut out the defect and re-weld the component?

French nuclear sector: Flamanville EPR is facing new problems

Areva has warned the ASN, the French nuclear watchdog, that there were a fault in the steel used in some areas of the lid and the bottom of the tank of the Flamanville EPR.

 

[elektra]

And, if one has a knowledge of Nuclear Power, one can successfully search for the answers. It is sad that people with no knowledge post such alarmist rants.

1200 samples? That seems like a very large number of samples. But, it is the conservative approach. Areva is very much, acting in an ethical manner to ensure success of this new generation reactor under construction. I guess they think their careers depend on decisions founded in science and engineering.


http://archyworldys.com/new-tests-for-the-tank-of-the-epr/

1200 samples for analysis
These adaptations test program leading to double the number of samples that will be analyzed. In total, 1200 samples will be collected material, to reinforce the representative character of three forgings tested for both the carbon content and mechanical properties required.

The test program will continue until the end of 2016, when the final report will be submitted to ASN.

 

[flacaltenn]

This is how the review process is SUPPOSE to work. Doesn't even seem to indicate defective parts were built.

And NONE have been installed. It's an argument about the TESTING process and the documentation of that process..

Areva Reviewing Quality Control at Creusot Forge


Areva, has said it is conducting analysis of the production process for forged parts of the Flamanville 3 reactor pressure vessel (a project it is developing for state utility Électricité de France, or EDF), and is reviewing similar analyses previously conducted on other forgings, according to the terms of French regulations on nuclear pressure equipment.

The regulator also noted that production sequences similar to what was used for the Flamanville 3 reactor were involved for five other EPR vessels, planned or being built.

Areva emphasized that the laboratory review does not indicate a problem for the manufactured components, but rather a malfunction of its quality inspection methods that requires reinterpreting results or repeating certain tests. “The assessments performed since have demonstrated that the results are in compliance with requirements, due in particular to the redundancy of the testing and inspections,” Areva stated.

“These assessments have confirmed thus far the intrinsic quality of the forgings and the safety of components,” it continued. “This verification continues and will take several months. None of the components concerned by the inaccuracy of this inspection tool are installed in nuclear power plants in operation.”

It's not a scandal.. It's engineering..

 

[elektra]

Good engineering at that.

 

[bripat9643]

Nuclear power is proven unproven and dangerous.

Profit motivated cheating complicated things even more. The consequences of failure are catastrophic, the security questions unanswerable, the waste and decommissioning a nightmare, the costs to the public. Great example of 'capitalism'.

You're just another idiot who thinks private companies become rich by producing crappy products.

Nuclear power is the safest form of power.

Energy Source Mortality Rate (deaths/trillionkWhr)

Coal – global average . . . . . 100,000 (50% global electricity)
Coal – China. . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,000 (75% China’s electricity)
Coal – U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 (44% U.S. electricity)
Oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,000 (36% of energy, 8% of electricity)
Natural Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,000 (20% global electricity)
Biofuel/Biomass. . . . . . . . . . .24,000 (21% global energy)
Solar (rooftop). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 (< 1% global electricity)
Wind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150 (~ 1% global electricity)
Hydro – global average. . . . . .1,400 (15% global electricity)
Hydro – U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 (7% U.S. electricity)
Nuclear – global average. . . . . . . 90 (17% global electricity w/Chern&Fukush)
Nuclear – U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.01 (19% U.S. electricity)

 

[Markle]

Nuclear power is proven unproven and dangerous.

Profit motivated cheating complicated things even more. The consequences of failure are catastrophic, the security questions unanswerable, the waste and decommissioning a nightmare, the costs to the public. Great example of 'capitalism'.

Why would you post such an outright lie about nuclear power?

 

[Markle]

Areva, the manufacturer of components for nuclear reactors world wide has admitted to 'anomalies' in reports of quality involving major parts used throughout the industry. These include the very most important elements of these highly dangerous industrial plants. Investigations are under way to see if misrepresentation of figures was intentional/criminal.

(reported this morning on French radio)

link added; hope you can read French.

Possibles falsifications chez Areva : "Il y a un vrai dysfonctionnement dans la chaîne de contrôle" (Expert en nucléaire)

Possible falsifications at Areva: "There is a real malfunction in the control chain" (Expert in Nuclear)