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Nuclear Plant Journal, January-February 2019 NuclearPlantJournal.com 15 of filler metal required, the need for post- weld machining and the waste generated from both. The process can be applied to a variety of metals, including carbon and stainless steel, nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, and more. Worker ergonomics and fatigue are minimized, and quality and repeatability are greatly improved using this process. Once qualified for a given application, there is high lot-to-lot consistency with low levels of inclusions, discontinuities or other imperfections in the weld deposits. Contact: Donna Ruff, Westinghouse Electric Company, email: ruffdl@ westinghouse.com. Services Nadcap Accreditation Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) has expanded its scope of Nadcap accreditation with the addition of Z2 Low Stress Grinding and Polishing for fatigue specimen preparation. LTI’s fracture mechanics lab performs High-Cycle Fatigue, Low-Cycle Fatigue, Fatigue Crack Growth and Fracture Toughness Testing services. The in-house machine shop prepares specimens required for these tests and other mechanical testing services. LTI is an independent, family- owned materials testing and metrology laboratory in business since 1984. The laboratory specializes in metal testing, but also analyzes powdered metals, polymers, composites and ceramics. Contact: SharonBentzley, Laboratory Testing Inc., telephone: (215) 716-7398, email: sbentzley@labtesting.com . Fuel Handling Westinghouse Electric Company LLC offers fuel handling equipment training tailored in schedule and content to meet customer needs at Shoreview, Minnesota, facility training center classroomandhands-on labor at customer’s site. Multiple courses are offered generally in areas of: Equipment Operations and Fault Identification; Maintenance, Setup and Inspection; Software Fundamentals and Troubleshooting. Training can include PLC Fundamentals; PLC Logic Constant Updating; Electrical Drive Setup and Troubleshooting; Mechanical System Adjustments; System and Component Level Troubleshooting. Contact: Jim Sechrist, Westinghouse Electric Company, telephone: (412) 374- 4706, email: sechrijp@westinghouse.com or Xavi Pallares, Westinghouse Electric Company, telephone: 34 97 717 28 11, email: pallarx@westinghouse.com . Contracts Akkuyu NPP Assystem, France, has signed a new contract with AKKUYU NÜKLEER, the project company in charge of the development of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, founded by Rosatom, Russia. Akkuyu NPP project is being developed under BOO – Build-Own- Operate model. AKKUYU NÜKLEER, owned by Rosatom Russian State Atomic Corporation, implements the project including the NPP design development, construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning. The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project stems from the Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) signed between Russia and Turkey in May 2010. The first NPP in Turkey, Akkuyu NPP will have four power units with Generation 3+ VVER 1200 reactors and 4.8 GW total capacity. Currently, the Russian party provides 100% financing of the project. In accordance with the IGA, up to 49% in AKKUYU NÜKLEER can be sold to other investors. InApril 2018, TurkishAtomic Energy Authority granted the Construction License to AKKUYU NÜKLEER to build the NPP Unit 1, and the company started for the full-fledge construction works on the nuclear component Unit 1 of the future NPP. The contract between Assystem and AKKUYU NÜKLEER will run for a six- year period. Its purpose is the supervision of the construction of facilities important to the nuclear safety of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Assystem will provide site inspection on all structures, systems and components important to such safety during construction and installation works ensuring it respects the nuclear safety regulation defined by the local authority TAEK. Contact: Anne-Charlotte Dagorn, Assystem, telephone: (33 (0) 6 83 03 70 29, email: acdagorn@assystem.com . Controls Upgrades Baker Hughes , a GE company (BHGE), announced it has been awarded the first part of a contract for six turbine control upgrades at Bruce Power, the largest operating nuclear power facility in the world.* The contract includes industry-leading Mark VIe turbine controls as well as BHGE’s Bently Nevada condition monitoring technology, Security ST cybersecurity protection suite and turbine simulator software. The announcement marks the largest controls contract awarded since BHGE was formed in 2017. With more than 47 terawatt hours of electricity produced annually, Bruce Power’s immense size, complexity and importance to the Ontario region require control systems that lead the industry in availability, reliability, and predictability. As of today, Bruce Power’s control systems are being upgraded to full digital analytic capability to enable greater efficiency of the plant for the next several decades of operation. Over time, new control upgrade packages will help to extend the life of Bruce Power by an estimated 40 years. BHGE’s extensive expertise in the nuclear industry, OEM-agnostic retrofit experience, mechanical hydraulic knowledge and commitment to work with Bruce Power’s community development plan played important roles in BHGE successfully securing the contract. The triple modular redundant design of BHGE’s turbine control and overspeed trip system will permit Bruce Power to enhance operability and reliability targets. By harnessing data from the Mark Vie controls and Bently Nevada 3500 condition monitoring systems, Bruce Power will be able to leverage predictive analytics via System 1 software and help drive greater efficiencies for the plant’s operations. Contact: Thomas Millas, Baker Hughes, telephone: (910) 515-7873, email: Thomas.millas@ge.com . Fuel Supply Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) and Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced that GNF ENUSA Nuclear Fuel S.A. (GENUSA), a joint venture between ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas (Continued on page 16)