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Maintenance Technology

Training Facility in the Maintenance Training Center (Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works)
Training Facility in the Maintenance Training Center (Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works)

Mitsubishi keeps a close eye on every facility, component, device, and subcomponent after delivery of the plant, for the benefit of customers, based on extensive experience and sound technology. Mitsubishi continues to enhance the safety, reliability, and economy of nuclear plants by introducing improvements at every level.

Examination/Inspection Technology

Mitsubishi continues to develop and improve diagnostic and inspection technologies and equipment, based on the extensive experiences accumulated in more than 30 years by inspecting the major facilities within nuclear power plants. Mitsubishi is developing several advanced inspection technologies such as; the development and application of remote-operable, intelligent robot systems to reduce radiation exposure of workers; the development of high-speed inspection systems to shorten periodical inspections; the application of high-speed data processing systems employing the latest computer technology; and the development of high-precision inspection equipment for improved component integrity evaluation.

Intelligent ECT System

Steam Generator Tube Inspection System
Fully automatic,high-speed inspection system with intelligent ETC prove.
The intelligent ECT system is used for the inspection of heat transfer tubes of the steam generator, major equipment of the PWR plant. Higher precision inspection capability is realized with the same inspection speed(400 mm/s) as conventional high-speed inspection system. The advanced analysis system is also developed that can conduct 100 percent total height inspection for heat transfer tubes, which enabled fast and precise analysis of large volume inspection data. Currently, the majority of domestic PWR plants adopt this inspection system. Furthermore, PWR plants in the US and Taiwan have began to adopt the system.

Technology on Degradation,Repair,and Replacement

Mitsubishi is developing and deploying technologies to repair or replace components that have or anticipated to have degraded by aging, or to mitigate degradation by minimizing the wear.MHI backs the development of these technologies with its comprehensive technical capabilities in the design of remote operation equipment and electro-mechanics, as well as its expertise in basic technologies such as welding and machining.

Reduction of Residual Stresses by Shot-Peening
Repairing/Replacing and Welding/Machining Technology

Technology on Degradation,Repair,and Replacement

World's first All-in-one-piece replacement work of PWR reactor internals was completed. A new extraction method was adopted that can remove the reactor internals without splitting and cutting.
MHI completed world's first all-in-one-piece replacement work of the upper and lower reactor internals in Ikata Unit 1(566 MW) of Shikoku Electric Power Company. The replacement with reactor internals of the latest design was executed to accommodate the increased number of control rods needed for adopting high burn-up fuel, and to perform preventive maintenance in order to prevent damage of baffle former bolts fitting the baffle plate in the reactor internals. Damaging incident of the kind caused by stress corrosion cracking(SCC) was reported overseas. The development of a new replacement process that extract the existing reactor internals from the reactor vessel without splitting and cutting in the air enabled the replacement to be achieved with shorter period(five months) and with significantly reduced radiation exposure of workers.

Business contact: Nuclear Energy Systems Nuclear Energy Systems Administration Department Planning Group +81-3-6716-4812

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