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NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2015
New Products,
Services &
Contracts
New Products
Color Inspection
Camera
Remote Ocean Systems’
PTZ-R
Color Camera utilizes patented solid
state technology to deliver exceptional
color clarity and resolution for more
informative and better inspections in high
radiation environments.
The PTZ-R System includes the
un-shielded color camera with 360°
pan and 155° tilt capability, a dual LED
lighting array, independently controlled
and an optional 3:1 optical zoom lens. In
addition to the camera, the system also
includes a video processor unit, a camera
control unit plus all connecting cables.
According to ROS the PTZ-R is
watertight to 100 meters with a life
expectancy up to 15 times longer than
current systems in use.
A recent PTZ-R Field Test video is
available at:
Contact: Remote Ocean Systems,
telephone: (858) 565-8500.
Services
Nuclear Accreditation
Nasmyth Group
, a global supplier
of precision engineering products
and services, announced that one of
its subsidiary companies, Nasmyth
Metallics Bulwell, has secured the fit for
Nuclear accreditation from AMRC and
MAS Manufacturing Advisory Authority
following a successful audit.
Bringing together the collective
expertise, resources and technology of 12
customer-orientated businesses, Nasmyth
Group offers an industry-leading
range of precision machining, welding
and assembly, and metal treatment
services. Positioned at the very forefront
of technically advanced precision
engineering, the Group is able to meet
the rapidly evolving needs of the nuclear
energy industries.
Contact: telephone: 44 844 822
1658.
Contracts
Nuclear Robotics
Amec Foster Wheeler
announced
that it has been awarded a seven-year
contract by Fusion For Energy (F4E),
for the development and delivery of the
Neutral Beam Cell Remote Handling
System on the ITER fusion reactor at
Cadarache in the South of France.
The framework contract, worth up to
£70 million ($77 million) over the seven
years, is the largest nuclear robotics
contract so far awarded by F4E to a UK
company. It highlights Amec Foster
Wheeler’s world-leading expertise in
this field and underlines the company’s
relationship with F4E as a key player in
the development of nuclear fusion on a
commercial scale.
The Remote Handling system in
the Neutral Beam Cell is crucial to the
success of ITER, the multi-billion pound
project that aims to demonstrate the
technical feasibility of nuclear fusion as
a future power source.
Contact: Lauren Gallagher, Amec
Foster Wheeler, telephone: (602) 757-
3211, email:
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Outage Services
AREVA
has been awarded a
three-year, multimillion dollar contract
to perform outage and maintenance
activities for five nuclear power facilities
throughout the United States.
Beginning in 2016, AREVA will
provide integrated outage services for
two boiling water and six pressurized
water reactors. This contract includes
inspection and maintenance services
for the reactor vessel, vessel internals
and steam generators, as well as reactor
coolant pump motor refurbishments.
This contract represents another
success for AREVA’s “Forward Alliance”
program, which enables customers to
combine a variety of advanced products
and services into an integrated plan to
meet their unique requirements.
Contact: Curtis Roberts, AREVA,
Manage & Operate
Fluor Corporation
announced that
the Government of Canada has selected
Fluor—part of the Canadian National
Energy Alliance (CNEA) consortium—
as the preferred bidder to manage and
operate Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
(CNL), currently a subsidiary of
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
(AECL). CNEA also includes CH2M,
EnergySolutions and SNC-Lavalin. The
Canadian National Energy Alliance will
operate Canada’s nuclear research and
development laboratories, as well as have
responsibility for the decommissioning
and radioactive waste management of
legacy materials accumulated during
more than 60 years of activity across 10
locations in Canada, including the Chalk
River and Whiteshell facilities.
The Government of Canada and
CNEA will work to finalize contracts
in the coming months allowing CNEA
to assume ownership of CNL and
begin management and operation of the
laboratories.
Contact: Brian Mershon, Fluor
Corporation, telephone: (469) 398-7621.
Fuel Reloads
Entergy has extended a contract with
Global Nuclear Fuel
(GNF) to fuel the
utility’s fleet of boiling water reactors
through 2021.
The agreement is for eight fuel
reloads — two at each of Entergy’s
boiling water reactors: FitzPatrick, Grand
Gulf, Pilgrim and River Bend. The total
value of the contract extension is more
than $100 million.
In 2008 Entergy became the first
utility to install reloads of the GNF2 fuel
PTZ-R Color Camera.
