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and execution of all radiological
maintenance and inspection activities to
reduce operational downtime.
RSCS has extensive experience in
developing comprehensive professional
improvement programs and plans to
implement a continuous improvement
program for their technicians to ensure
that clients are supported by highly
qualified and experienced individuals.
Committed to fostering the next
generation of nuclear technicians, they
envision working with operating plants
to establish apprenticeship programs to
build up staff experience. Additionally, as
a provider of radiological services to other
industry sectors outside of the commercial
nuclear arena, opportunities exist for
key performers to obtain additional
employment at industrial, medical and
environmental worksites, furthering their
professional development.
Contact: Michelle Valdivia Ayala,
telephone: (305) 374-4404, email:
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Contracts
Mitigation Equipment
AVANTech Inc
has received its
first order for its Boric Acid Tank (BAT)
mobile mitigation equipment in response
for the Fukushima Update requirements.
As a part of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s
(NEI’s) FLEX Strategy, AVANTech will
design and manufacture the portable
equipment that provides means of
obtaining borated water to maintain or
restore key safety functions for reactors in
the event of emergency. The AVANTech
BAT is a 15 foot trailer containing a
1000 gallon poly boric acid mixing tank
with internal heaters and linked to a skid
mounted valve/ pump/control system for
rapid deployment.
FLEX is a strategy developed by the
NEI to implement the NRC’s Fukushima
task force recommendations quickly and
effectively. FLEX addresses the main
safety challenges at Fukushima—the loss
of cooling capability and electrical power
resulting from a severe natural event—to
make US nuclear facilities even safer.
The strategy is “flexible” in that it relies
on portable equipment to protect against
even the most unlikely events — events
that go beyond the plant’s design basis.
AVANTech,
Inc.
provides
comprehensive radioactive and industrial
water treatment solutions. They have
extensive experience in engineering
process systems enabling them to
create integrated solutions that can
dramatically improve operations in
industrial, commercial and nuclear power
applications. AVANTech also developed
and manufactured a unique patent-
pending water treatment system that is
currently in operation with the disaster
recovery efforts at TEPCO’s Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
Contact: Gary Benda, telephone:
(803) 317-1116, email: Gbenda@
AVANTechinc.com.
SMR Technology
Fluor Corporation
announced
that NuScale Power, in which Fluor is
the majority investor, officially signed
a contract agreement with the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) for funding
that will support the development,
licensing and commercialization of the
company’s nuclear small modular reactor
(SMR) technology.
The DOE would provide up to $217
million in matching funds over five
years to help the Oregon-based nuclear
power company develop its SMR design,
which is set to revolutionize the next
generation of nuclear power plants. The
reactor technology can deliver the energy
diversity needed to replace aging coal
plants, to power growing populations and
to reduce emissions, all while proving to
be a safer, more flexible and cost-effective
nuclear power solution.
Kicking off the five-year public-
private partnership with DOE, this month
NuScale will open an operation and
engineering center in Charlotte, N.C. and
plans to hire 70 employees at the new
office.
Backed by DOE and Fluor, NuScale
aims to submit its design certification
application in the second half of 2016
with expected certification in 2020 if
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s
schedule is maintained. Over the last
five years, NuScale has been engaged
extensively with the NRC regarding the
SMR technology and will continue to
work closely to ensure the success of the
project.
Contact: Brian Mershon, telephone:
(864) 281-6484, email: brian.mershon@
fluor.com.
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