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NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, September-October 2014
New Energy
Barakah 3
The
Emirates Nuclear Energy
Corporation
(ENEC) has achieved yet
another milestone in the development and
construction of the UAE’s first nuclear
energy plant by pouring the safety
concrete for the Reactor Containment
Building for Barakah Unit 3.
This milestone follows the receipt
of the Construction License from the
Federal Authority of Nuclear Regulation
(FANR). More than 1,954 cubic-yards of
concrete were poured during a Concrete
Pouring ceremony attended by senior
ENEC and KEPCO officials.
This is the first safety concrete
to be poured at Unit 3 and is the first
stage in building the third reactor for
the UAE’s nuclear program. Preparation
projects have been carried out over a
12-month period to arrive at the stage
where the concrete could be poured.
This extensive preparation has included
excavation works, concrete to provide a
base, waterproofing and reinforcing steel
installation.
The safety concrete is the placement
of the safety related concrete that forms
part of the lower basement structure
of the reactor containment building.
Concrete placements will be a regular and
ongoing process after the first placement
is completed.
Construction will now continue
by concrete being completed in height
increasing stages until the Reactor
Containment Building wall will be
installed. Construction of the reactor
containment building will be completed
over the next three years and Unit 3 is on
track to enter commercial operations by
2019.
Following an 18 month rigorous
review by the UAE Federal Authority for
Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and a team
of international nuclear energy experts,
the regulator granted ENEC approval last
week to commence construction of units
3 and 4.
Unit 1 is already more than 57%
complete and due to connect to the grid
in 2017. Construction of Unit 2 is also
well underway and this unit is scheduled
to enter commercial operation in 2018.
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Rostov NPP
Izhorskiye Zavody
, part of
OMZ Group, successfully completed
hydrostatic testing of VVER-1000 reactor
vessel produced for the fourth power unit
of Rostov Nuclear Power Plant in Russia.
Hydrostatic test results were
reviewed by a commission consisting
of representatives of NIAEP (main
contractor for plant construction project),
Rostov NPP, OKB Gidropress, FSUE VO
Safety and Izhorskiye Zavody specialists.
In compliance with Programme and
Methodology for Hydrostatic Testing the
procedure was carried out on a special
stand. Internal vessel pressure was set at
a maximum of 24.5 MPa during the test.
Hydrostatic tests verified the
durability of main metal components and
seams of the reactor vessel.
Izhosrkiye Zavody specialists are
currently preparing for control assembly
of the reactor vessel and its internal
components, which is one of the last
stages of production process before the
reactor is delivered to the customer.
In 2013 Izhorskiye Zavody delivered
equipment for third power unit to Rostov
NPP. Izhorskiye Zavody is currently
completing production of reactor
equipment for the power unit 4, including
reactor vessel with internal components
and upper unit lid, as well as supporting
and retaining rings and accumulators.
Contact: telephone: (812) 322-88,
email:
Cernavoda 3 and 4
SocietateaNationalaNuclearelectrica
S.A
. (“SNN”), Romania, announces
the completion of the first phase of the
investors selection procedure in view of
the continuation of the Project Cernavoda
NPP Units 3 and 4 (“The Project”),
procedure provided in the Strategy for the
continuation of the Project, approved by
the General Meeting of Shareholders on
August 22, 2014.
As per the instructions regarding
the investors qualification process, up to
September 8th, 2014, 16:00 hours, the
deadline of the first phase, SNN received
the
Qualification
Documentation
submitted by China General Nuclear
Power Corporation.
Following the analysis performed by
the Negotiation Commission, the Board of
Directors of SNN and the Interministerial
Commission, the company China General
Nuclear Power Corporation was declared
a Qualified Investor.
Green River
Westinghouse Electric Company
and Blue Castle Holdings recently
announced the signing of a memorandum
of understanding to pursue the
development of a two-unit AP1000
®
nuclear power plant at the Green River
site in Utah.
Under the agreement, the companies
will work together to develop a scope
of activities for enabling the Blue
Castle Project under a definitive
agreement, including marketing, nuclear
safety licensing, permitting, design,
engineering, procurement, construction,
installation, commissioning, startup,
testing, nuclear fuel, refueling, operation
and maintenance of the two-unit plant.
“This agreement continues the
trend in the selection of AP1000 plant
technology for new nuclear energy
projects around the world,” said Jeff
Benjamin, Westinghouse senior vice
president, Nuclear Power Plants. “The
safety and constructability of our
advanced passive design, combined
with the preparation and early siting
work completed by Blue Castle, give
customers assurance of licensability and
project delivery that is unmatched by
other alternatives.”
“The Blue Castle Project is
now moving to the next phase of its
development by pursuing Westinghouse’s
AP1000 reactor technology for the Green
River site. The executed MOU continues
to implement the Blue Castle stepwise
approach to risk reduction and favorable
economics for utilities and ratepayers,”
saidAaron Tilton, Blue Castle CEO. “The
Blue Castle Project success is rooted in
the support we have received from the
public, state and local governments to
deploy clean, predictable, long-term
nuclear electricity generation.”
More than 2,500 jobs are expected
to be created for construction of the
two units and about 1,000 permanent,
full-time employees will work at the
