THE NOKO TEST FACILITY

1.1. History

In 1993 it was decided by the Ministry for Research and Technology, SIEMENS, the German Utilities and the Forschungszentrum Jiilich to build a test facility to study the effectiveness of the SWR 1000 emergency condensers; the facility was built in only 18 months.

From 1996-1998 the facility was used for a project within the 4th FP of the EU "European BWR R&D-Cluster for Innovative Passive Safety Systems"; seven partners participated. In 1997, in addition, seven partners of a EU-Concerted Action "BWRCA" took part in this project.