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NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, March-April 2015
New Products
& Contracts
New Products
Emergency Pumps
Following the Fukushima nuclear
disaster in 2011, safety regulations
at many nuclear plants have been
considerably tightened, this has led to an
increased demand for fire fighting pump
systems. These systems must comply
with extremely strict requirements and
regulations. Working closely together
with the Belgian distributor Rental
Pumps,
BBA Pumps
has recently
completed one of the most demanding
projects in its history – the delivery of
nine mobile disaster relief pumping
systems. These pumps are supplied to
provide an extra level of safety in a large
nuclear power plant.
The high pressure pump units are not
only meant to fight fire – their main goal
is to prevent a meltdown in a worst case
scenario. In the event of a total black out,
the pumps will be deployed to pump cooling
water into the primary circuit of the reactor
as a last resort. They can even be used to
supply a boric acid solution in order to shut
down the nuclear reaction completely.
Contact: website:
Seismic Qualification
The
BIRNS
Quantum™, a high bay
LED floodlight for use inside nuclear
containment, has received a range of
new seismic qualification certifications,
making the UL-listed lighting system
approved to meet the project requirements
for Westinghouse’s AP1000 Plant safety-
related equipment. The powerful light
provides extended illumination with a
109,000 hour lamp life and 21,383 lumen
output and offers the advantage of a low
210W power draw.
The
BIRNS Quantum
was tested
by Applied Technical Services to
meet the technical specifications APP-
GW-G1-002, Revision 2, and EQ-MR-1-
APP, Rev. 2 prepared by Westinghouse.
The demanding specification references
the following seismic standards: IEEE-
344-1987,
IEEE Recommended Practice
for Seismic Qualification of Class 1E
Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating
Stations
, and U.S. NRC Regulatory
Guides 1.89,
Environmental Qualification
of Certain Electric Equipment Important
to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants
,
and Regulatory Guide 1.100,
Seismic
Qualification of Electric and Mechanical
Equipment for Nuclear Power Plants
.
The seismic qualification included
the light being subjected to tri-axial ac-
celeration shake table testing comprised
of five OBE (one-half SSE) tests and one
SSE test, with a maximum of 11.26 G in
the horizontal east-west axis, 10.41 in
the horizontal north-south axis, and 9.39
in the vertical axis, over a range of fre-
quencies (2 to 12.50 Hz). The required
response spectrum (RRS) enveloped the
AP1000 Certified Seismic Design Re-
sponse Spectra (CSDRS) and Hard Rock
High Frequency (HRHF) Ground Motion
Response Spectra. The final test report
was independently reviewed and ana-
lyzed by Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
Contact: Amy Brown, telephone:
Contracts
Nuclear Fuel
NuScale Power has signed a contract
with
AREVA Inc.
for nuclear fuel design
and related testing services. Under this
contract, AREVA will adapt its proven
HTPTM pressurized water reactor
fuel design to be used in the Design
Certification Application of NuScale’s
50MWe small modular nuclear reactor
(SMR).
AREVA will provide a diverse range
of nuclear fuel testing and analysis,
including services associated with critical
heat flux, steam generator and control
rod guide tube structure, flow-induced
vibration, and control rod assembly drop
alignment.
Contact: Curtis Roberts, telephone:
Operations &
Maintenance
Fluor Corporation
was awarded
a five-year operations and maintenance
contract by Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E) to serve as the
integrated services supplier for the two-
unit Diablo Canyon Power Plant in Avila
Beach, California.
Under the five-year contract, Fluor
will be responsible for site services,
facility maintenance, strategic and
station projects, engineering services and
outage services at the Diablo Canyon
facility. The two combined units produce
approximately 2,300 megawatts of power.
Since 2010, Fluor has provided
mechanical, electrical and civil support
during non-outage and outage periods at
Diablo Canyon Power Plant as part of an
operations and maintenance contract.
Contact: Brian Mershon, telephone:
Enriched Uranium
On March 3, 2015,
TVEL Fuel
Company
signed another contract with
the Indian Department of Atomic Energy
for the supply of enriched uranium fuel
pellets.
A series of shipments is planned
to be made in 2015 to the Nuclear Fuel
Center in Hyderabad, a fuel assembly
production site for the Tarapur Atomic
Power Station. Russia has been supplying
nuclear fuel components for the Indian
boiling water reactor since 2000. The
Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) is
under IAEA safeguards.
The fuel pellets are produced by
Elemash, which has long been a reliable
partner with TAPS.
As part of cooperation with the
Indian Department of Atomic Energy,
TVEL also supplies its nuclear fuel for
the first and second power units of the
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant under
a life-cycle contract. In addition, the
Russian-Indian cooperation extends to
shipments of nuclear fuel components as
TVEL supplies natural enriched uranium
dioxide pellets for the Rajasthan Atomic
Power Station (PHWR reactor).
Following 2014, new contracts
between TVEL and its foreign partners
exceeded USD 3.0 billion, with the 10-
year order portfolio maintained at over
USD 10.0 billion. In 2014, TVEL signed
fuel supply contracts with nuclear power
stations in Hungary, Slovakia and Finland,
and research reactors in the Netherlands,
Czech Republic, and Uzbekistan.
Contact:
Alexander
Uzhanov,
telephone” (495) 988-82-82, email:
