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Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2012
New Energy
Czech Republic
On July 3, 2012,
Č
EZ
opened bids
for the public contract for completing the
Temelín Nuclear Power Plant in the pres-
ence of the bidders- Areva, a consortium
of the Westinghouse Electric Company,
LLC andWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC
Č
R, and a consortium of ŠKODA JS, At-
omstroyexport, and Gidropress. A team
of experts will thoroughly examine, eval-
uate, and discuss the bids with the bidders
in order to achieve their optimization.
During the evaluation process, the
technical specifications of the plans and
design documentation will be analyzed
together with the security and license
aspects thereof; another fifty percent of
the criteria value will be the financial part
of the bid, i.e. the price and commercial
terms and conditions, such as the terms
of warranty and payment. All of the
company’s requirements for the subject
matter of the public contract, i.e., the
supply of two complete units for the
Temelín Nuclear Power Plant on a turn-
key basis, including sets of fuel rods for
nine years of operation, were specified in
the document.
Contact: Marek Svitak, telephone:
ESBWR
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
(GEH)
continues to work with Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to
bring the ESBWR to India.
GEHhas been engaged in commercial
discussions with NPCIL since signing a
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
in 2009. Significant progress has been
made and another major milestone, an
early works agreement, is expected to be
completed soon.
Site preparation for the ESBWR
units is underway near Kovvada in the
state of Andhra Pradesh.
Contact: ChristopherWhite, telephone:
International Deals
Nigeria signed a cooperation accord
with Russia towards the construction of
its first nuclear power plant on June 7,
2012 at the AtomExpo event in Moscow.
Bangladesh and South Africa also agreed
to extend their nuclear cooperation with
Russia.
Rosatom
chief, Sergei Kiriyenko
signed a memorandum of understanding
with the chairman of the Nigerian
Atomic Energy Commission, Franklin
Erepamo Osaisai. Its terms will see the
two countries “prepare a comprehensive
program of building nuclear power plants
in Nigeria,” including the development
of infrastructure and a framework and
system of regulation for nuclear and
radiation safety.
It was noted that one of the most
important areas for cooperation was to
establish the proper educational structure
for Nigerian professional skills in nuclear
physics and energy. The country is seen
as one of the most serious and promising
to be exploring the future use of nuclear
energy. In 2010 Nigeria said it aimed to
have 1000 MWe of nuclear generation
in place by 2019 with another 4000
MWe online by 2030. Increasing power
production is a major priority in order
to end the unreliability of power supply
that millions of people suffer, while
adding non-fossil generation also would
allow Nigeria to capitalise on exports of
liquified natural gas.
Another country that has been
cooperating with Russia on its road to
employing nuclear power is Bangladesh
and Kiriyenko also used AtomExpo as
the public event to announce two new
memorandums with that country. One
concerned the setting-up of a public
information centre in Bangladesh which
it is hoped will raise the profile of nuclear
work in civil society and among young
people; the other was a mutual agreement
on nuclear training that included sending
a ‘pilot group’ of Bangladeshi students
to Russian institutions. Signing both of
these for Bangladesh was the minister for
science and technology, Yafesh Osman.
Another country in discussions with
Russia about its nuclear future is South
Africa, which is developing plans for a
build programme of about 9.6 GWe of
new nuclear capacity starting from 2024.
Contact: Sergey Novikov, telephone:
7 499 949 44 12, fax: 7 499 949 27 22,
email:
.
Russia
The government of the Sverdlovsk
region of Russia has approved the
construction of the country’s first BN-
1200 fast reactor at the Beloyarsk nuclear
power plant.
The government said that the planned
1200 MWe unit will produce around
9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity
annually and help avoid the emission of
“millions of tonnes” of carbon dioxide.
In addition, it would completely remove
the region’s need to import fossil fuels.
With a 60-year operating life, the reactor
is expected to have an annual capacity
factor of at least 90%.
The technical design of the BN-1200
is scheduled for completion by 2013,
while the manufacture of equipment
will start in 2014. Construction of the
Beloyarsk unit is set to begin in 2015.
According to the Sverdlovsk
Department of Energy and Housing, the
BN-1200 reactor would be built to replace
the existing smaller BN-600 reactor at unit
3 of the Beloyarsk plant. That unit, which
began operating in 1981, is scheduled to
be decommissioned by 2020. A BN-800
reactor is currently under construction
as the fourth unit at Beloyarsk, which is
expected to enter commercial operation
in 2015.
Contact: Sergey Novikov,
Rosatom
,
telephone: 7 499 949 44 12, fax: 7 499
949 27 22, email:
.
Ohi Restart
The Japanese government has
announced it will be able to scale back
energy saving targets in some areas thanks
to the restart of Kansai Electric's Ohi 3.
The 1180 MWe unit reached full
capacity on July 9, 2012, becoming the
first Japanese reactor to restart following
suspension for periodic inspection since
the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear accident. Its sister unit, Ohi 4, is
expected to follow later in July, 2012.
Source: World Nuclear News.
