Nuclear

Organised as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC, with member countries throughout Europe, this next-generation research facility is being built through the collective global effort of hundreds of scientists and engineers. Together, they have developed and specified a technical design of the facility, including the accelerator, the target station, and instrument concepts.

Lloyd’s Register (Sweden) has worked with ESS since 2011 when the design phase of this highly significant project began.

As part of the framework agreement we have with ESS, our scope covers technical areas, including Environment, Safety, Health and System Engineering. This covers areas such as Requirements Engineering (analysing, specifying and structuring requirements), working with hazard analyses, HAZOP, fault methods and reliability studies, as well as Safety
Integrity Level assessment and verification.

This scope enables ESS to draw upon our general knowledge of analysis methods as well as expert competences in specialist areas such as deterministic safety analysis, probabilistic safety analysis, hazard and risk analysis, fire safety, radiation safety, radiation protection and radiation waste treatment.

The project is a highly ambitious undertaking that relies on a broad range of expertise. The timeframe is relatively short and budget is limited. Without the right support at the right time, ESS could face delays in the licensing schedule – which would have major consequences for the project delivery.

Working alongside ESS, on-site we have conducted various hazard and risk analysis assignments on the accelerator, instruments, active waste building and the target station, including radiation shielding calculations and seismic hazard analysis. We have authored and reviewed Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and supported ESS with licensing, in compliance with Swedish regulations and requirements.

You can download this case study here, complete with a full list of projects completed so far as part of this scope.

Photo: European Spallation Source