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New Products,
Services &
Contracts
New Products
Bridge-Free Tooling
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s
Stinger tool provides BWR power plants
the ability to clean and perform in-vessel
visual inspections during critical path
activities. Using the RPV flange or shroud
flange as a guide, the Stinger performs
inspections without the installation of a
track or rail system.
Developed with input from our
customers, this remotely operated
system reduces critical path impact and
radiation exposure for workers. Through
advanced camera and remote positioning
technology, it allows examiners to clean
and examine In-Vessel Visual Inspection
(IVVI) components from the annulus
floor to the RPV flange without tool
removal or reconfiguration.
Remote operation of the Stinger also
allows for non-interrupted fuel movement.
Inspections may be performed in parallel
with fuel movement and other critical
path activities. Stinger can also inspect
the open slot area below steam dam when
a 360 degree platform is used, thereby
minimizing overall critical path time.
Allowing workers to operate the Stinger
remotely ensures reduced radiation
exposure, helping plants meet As LowAs
Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) goals.
Contact: website: www.ge-energy.
com/nuclear.
Services
Plant Maintenance
Nuclear power plant maintenance
carries stringent requirements. The
Merrick Group, Inc. offers the
personnel and equipment to meet these
requirements and create greater plant
efficiency throughout the maintenance
cycle. Two decades of successful nuclear
power plant maintenance and dedication
to the commitment of upholding industry
standards has led to their record of
success.
Merrick’s has comprehensive nuclear
plant maintenance, cleaning and service
program for all facets of the nuclear
industry, including outages and on-line
maintenance. These include cooling
tower maintenance, underground piping,
heat exchanger cleaning, inspections,
coating applications, condenser cleaning
and tube plugging.
Through years of experience,Merrick
have become aware of and practice strict
ALARA principles.
Contact: telephone: (570) 455-0600,
fax: (570) 455-5787.
Contracts
Nuclear Fuel
AREVA has signed a contract
with the Korean KAERI/DAEWOO
consortium to supply fuel elements for
the JRTR (Jordan Research and Training
Reactor) currently being built in Jordan.
The agreement concerns the supply
of nuclear fuel for the first reactor core
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