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NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, March-April 2015
Industry...
New Energy...
Every six months each plant receives
either a mid-cycle or annual assessment
letter along with an NRC inspection plan.
The full release can be found at www.
nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/
news/2015/15-013.pdf
Contact: David McIntyre, telephone:
(301) 415-8200, email: opa.resource@
nrc.gov.
Corporation
Fuel Testing
AREVA Inc.
has successfully
concluded fuel fabrication and testing
services for the nuclear energy technology
company TerraPower
®
. Founded in 2006
by a group of investors, including Bill
Gates, TerraPower is developing a 600
MWe nuclear reactor prototype.
AREVA performed these testing
services at its Richland, Wash., facility,
where the company manufactures nuclear
fuel for more than 30 reactors worldwide.
Contact: Curtis Roberts, telephone:
Nuclear Fuel Storage
AREVA
has signed an agreement
with Waste Control Specialists LLC
(WCS) to assist with their license
application and environmental report
for the construction of an interim used
nuclear fuel storage facility.
WCS filed a letter of intent on
February 6, 2015, with the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) stating
their intention to seek a license to operate
an offsite Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation at their 14,000-acre facility in
Andrews, Texas.
Contact: Curtis Roberts, telephone:
Nuclear Safety
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
(GEH)
signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the Vietnam Agency for
Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS)
that is aimed at enhancing the agency’s
understanding of boiling water reactor
technology. Under the MOU, GEH will
promote the training and development of
qualified human resources in the field of
nuclear safety analysis.
GEH Senior Vice President and
Chief Commercial Officer David Durham
joined Vuong Huu Tan, Director General
of VARANS for the signing ceremony
today at the Ministry of Science and
Technology in Hanoi.
Vietnam is planning to build more
than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear
generating capacity by 2030. As the
provider of the world’s safest reactor
technology designs, GEH believes it is
ideally positioned to help Vietnam meet
its rapidly growing energy demands.
Contact: Jon Allen, telephone: (910)
Acquisition
Zachry Nuclear Engineering,
Inc
. (ZNE) has acquired Computer
Simulation & Analysis, Inc. (CSA),
a diversified engineering consulting
company specializing in nuclear safety
and operational transient analysis,
power plant simulation and computer
software development for engineering
applications. CSA, based in Idaho Falls,
Idaho, also provides general support in
nuclear safety licensing issues. Principal
clients include electric utilities, nuclear
power plant designers and developers,
and research organizations.
Founded in 1988, CSA is staffed
by mechanical and nuclear engineers
and computer scientists with extensive
experience in nuclear reactor core and
associated systems analysis. The company
was recognized by the U.S. Small
Business Administration with a Tibbetts
Award for its innovative and technical
accomplishments and participation in
the Small Business Innovation Research
Program.
CSA will operate within the
numerical applications division of ZNE.
The acquisition will allow ZNE to more
fully meet the needs of customers in the
nuclear industry, and will provide CSA’s
clients with access to a broad base of
resources via Zachry Group.
Contact: A.J. Rodriguez, telephone:
Novovoronezh 7
Russian architect-engineer Atom-
EnergoProekt (AEP) has started work to
install the reactor pressure vessel of the
second unit of the Russian Novovoronezh
II nuclear power plant. The unit is also
known as Novovoronezh 7.
AEP said on February 20, 2015 that
installation of the 330-tonne RPV is
carried out in two stages. In the first, the
RPV was raised with a DEMAG crane
to the transport portal at a height of 26.3
metres (86.3 feet). DEMAG cranes are
made by Cleveland, Ohio-headquartered
Terex MHPS Corp.
In the second phase, which is
scheduled for early March 2015, the
RPV will be installed with the help of a
polar crane that is currently undergoing
a registration procedure after having
completed tests two weeks ago. The
360-tonne crane is located under the
containment dome on a trolley that moves
360° on a circular rail over the reactor
shaft.
Novovoronezh II is the leadproject for
the deployment of the AES-2006 design
incorporating a Gidropress-designed
pressurized water reactor, an evolutionary
development from the VVER-1000.
Construction of Novovoronezh II units
1 and 2, also known as Novovoronezh
units 6 and 7, began in June 2008 and
July 2009, respectively. The original
Novovoronezh site nearby already hosts
three operating reactors and two that are
being decommissioned.
Unit 7 is expected tobe commissioned
in 2017.
Credit:
World Nuclear News
, website:
