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and
programmes,
including
providing nuclear leadership training
for our members.
4. Instill superior standards among new
industry entrants and maintain them
for end-of-life, life extensions and
decommissioning.
Although not representing an
additional cost to members,
Compass
does outline new areas of activity for
WANO, which are in the process of being
scoped out by the London and Hong Kong
Offices and the four Regional Centres.
Contact: Claire Newell, WANO,
telephone: 44 20 7495 9242, email:
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Corporation
PWR Fuel
AREVA Inc.
has completed the
first delivery to an American utility of
GAIA lead test assemblies (LTAs), its
next-generation pressurized water reactor
(PWR) fuel design.
“This delivery is an important step
in the deployment in the U.S. market
of GAIA, an innovative solution that
provides an answer to some of the
operational and economic challenges
faced by our customers,” said Ron Land,
senior vice president of AREVA Inc.’s
Fuel Business Line. “This is a major
success for AREVA’s research and
development teams.”
AREVA’s GAIA fuel is the result of a
global research and development project
to meet the ever-increasing demands of
utilities in terms of safety, reliability and
robustness. Advancements include better
thermal performance, intrinsic tolerance
to earthquakes and enhanced mechanical
behavior.
Contact: Curtis Roberts, AREVA,
Inc., telephone: (202) 374-8766, email:
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Dry Shielded Canister
AREVA TN
, a division of AREVA,
recently expanded its portfolio of used
nuclear fuel storage and transport
solutions with the new NUHOMS
®
32PTH2 dry shielded canister (DSC) and
the MP197HB transport cask.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) final rule regarding
approved spent fuel storage casks
(Amendment 3 to the Certificate of
Compliance 1029) went into effect
on Feb. 23, 2015, paving the way for
AREVA TN’s NUHOMS
®
32PTH2
system introduction to the U.S. market.
This system features a newly developed
transportable canister designed to safely
accommodate up to 32 intact – or 16
damaged – pressurized water used fuel
assemblies, including high burnup fuel
assemblies. Once loaded with used
fuel, this canister can be stored in the
company’s Standardized NUHOMS
®
Advanced Horizontal Storage Module,
which features the industry’s highest
level of seismic resistance.
AREVA TN also recently introduced
the MP197HB transport cask to the U.S.
market. This is the first and only transport
cask that is licensed in the country to
transport high burnup used fuel for offsite
storage.
Contact: Curtis Roberts, AREVA
TN, telephone: (202) 374-8766, email:
NewWebsite
Crane Nuclear
, a provider of
valves and services for domestic and
international nuclear power plants, has
launched a new, improved website www.
cranenuclear.com.
The new website enhances the user
experience by providing direct access
to technical menus, specifications,
documents, and catalogs featuring
Crane’s extensive range of valves and
diagnostic services for the nuclear
industry. A dynamic innovations section
and live press-room will ensure that
customers remain up to date with Crane’s
latest advancements in nuclear valve
technology, services and testing systems.
The website features include:
Comprehensive Product Catalog:
Newly designed Product Selection
Guide offers extensive technical
specifications across the entire Crane
Nuclear valve product portfolio.
Available
Training
Schedule:
Crane Nuclear provides nuclear
valve training courses to facilitate
personnel proficiency, maximize
operations and minimize downtime.
Technical Paper TP410 Link: The
reference book You’ve come to
depend on and trust! Now with web-
based calculators!
Contact: Molly Dugan, Crane
Nuclear, telephone: 01 513 745 6021,
email:
Outage Services
Michigan-based DTE Energy has
awarded outage services work to
GE
Power & Water
through GE Hitachi
Nuclear Energy (GEH) and GE Power
Generation Services (PGS) for the
utility’s Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant.
GEH will provide a host of outage
and inspection services related to the
boiling water nuclear reactor at the Fermi
2 plant in Newport, Michigan, while PGS
will provide inspection and maintenance
services to the main generator and six
turbine valves. The services will be
provided during an outage in fall 2015.
In addition to providing critical
maintenance services to its existing unit,
GEH also has partnered with DTE Energy
in the new plant’s space. In April 2015,
the utility received approval from the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
for a license to construct and operate a
GEH Economic Simplified Boiling Water
Reactor (ESBWR) on the Fermi 2 plant
site. Issuance of the license concluded
a six-year process that examined the
technical, safety and environmental
aspects of the potential 1,500-MW
unit. The license marked the first for an
ESBWR and came on the heels of the
reactor’s NRC certification in 2014.
Contact: Jon Allen, GE Hitachi
Nuclear, telephone: (910) 819-2581,
email:
Severe Accident
Simulator
L-3 MAPPS
announced that it
has reached an agreement with STP
Nuclear Operating Company to upgrade
the South Texas Project full scope and
classroom simulators to L-3 MAPPS’
latest Orchid
®
simulation platform and to
equip the simulators with severe accident
