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storage canisters and horizontal storage
modules (HSMs) to two U.S. utilities.
Under these contracts totaling more than
$20 million, AREVA TN will fabricate
and deliver canisters and HSMs to be
used for the safe storage of used nuclear
fuel.
The canisters and HSMs are
scheduled to be delivered starting in
2015. Utilizing its growing U.S. supply
chain, AREVA TN’s North Carolina-
based manufacturer Columbiana Hi Tech
LLC will provide the canisters for the
second contract.
The AREVA TN NUHOMS
®
canisters safely store used fuel assemblies
from both pressurized water reactors and
boiling water reactors. To date, AREVA
TN has sold 1,250 used nuclear fuel
systems worldwide, which includes
nearly 900 systems already in use in the
United States, confirming AREVA TN’s
leading position in the U.S. market.
Contact:
Dolline
Hatchett,
telephone: (704) 805-2616, email:
Steam Generator
The
Babcock & Wilcox Company
(B&W) announced that its subsidiary,
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy,
Inc., (B&W NE) was awarded a contract
from American Electric Power (AEP) to
provide steam generator services for the
Donald C. Cook (D.C. Cook) Nuclear
Plant just north of Bridgman, Michigan
The D.C. Cook Plant contains two units,
one of which is outfitted with Babcock &
Wilcox replacement recirculating steam
generators.
As part of this contract, B&W NE
will execute a comprehensive inspection
and cleaning campaign, which includes
eddy current testing, visual inspections
and water lancing. The inspections
and cleaning activities are conducted
periodically to monitor and maintain the
condition of the steam generators.
The D.C. Cook units are built to a
more compact design known as an ice
condenser plant, for which B&W NE’s
proprietary tooling and technology are
ideally suited to efficiently perform the
steam generator inspection and cleaning
operations in restricted spaces.
Contact: Jud Simmons, telephone:
Lifetime Enterprise
Agreement
Doosan Babcock
has signed a major
agreement with EDF Energy to support
the operations of the energy company’s
seven UK Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor
(AGR) nuclear power stations.
The Lifetime Enterprise Agreement
(LEA) means Doosan Babcock will
provide operational support and lifetime
extension services until the end of
generation at the stations. The agreement
will support EDF Energy in delivering
secure, reliable, low carbon power for the
UK. It will also provide employment for
up to 1,000 people.
The power stations at Dungeness
B, Hinkley Point B, Hunterston B,
Hartlepool, Heysham 1, Heysham 2 and
Torness together generate 7,550 MW
(megawatts). Under the LEA, Doosan
Babcock will not only support the
ongoing operation of the power stations
but will also deliver projects to support
life extension which will extend the
reactors’ operational lives.
The contract will call for up to 1,000
skilled employees at any one time with the
long timescale giving Doosan Babcock
the opportunity and confidence to plan to
meet the resourcing needs required into
the future. The agreement will come to
an end when the last of the seven power
stations ceases power generation.
EDF Energy’s award of the contract
to Doosan Babcock was the culmination
of two years of detailed planning
and builds on the latter’s established
experience in the maintenance, repair
and overhaul of nuclear reactors, as
well as reactor vessel-entry services and
capability in delivering high-end project,
engineering and technical services.
Contact: telephone: 44 1293 612
888, website:
Special Inspections &
Tests
Eletrobras-Eletronuclear S.A. has
awarded
Tecnatom
a multiple cycle
contract for the performance of Special
Inspections and Tests at groups 1 and 2 of
Angra nuclear power plant over the next
five years. For the performance of this
contract, Tecnatom will receive support
fromWestinghouse Electric and Iberdrola
Ingeniería y Construcción.
During the period 2014-2018, which
will include eight refueling outages,
Tecnatom will undertake the performance
of thenon-destructive tests and inspections
to be applied to the main components and
systems of the primary circuits of the two
groups of this Brazilian nuclear power
plant. Particularly significant among the
most important tasks to be performed are
the mechanized ultrasonic inspections of
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