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(CNNC) to cooperate across the civil
nuclear sector, both in China and the UK.
The agreement will see CNNC and
AMEC work together to secure global
opportunities in new build, nuclear power
plant operational support and lifetime
extension and decommissioning and
waste management.
Contact: Frank Stokes, telephone:
Software Solutions
ETAP
®
a provider of software
solutions for the design, analysis,
optimization, and real-time operation
of electrical power systems, today
announced the release of a report by
the ETAP Nuclear Utilities User Group
(NUUG), summarizing the collaborative
efforts among industry experts to
accurately analyze the effects of open-
phase faults in electrical networks that
result in improved safety and resilience
of nuclear facilities worldwide.
This collaboration and the resulting
innovation was recognized by the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
in a public meeting held in Washington,
D.C., as ETAP power system analysis
software capability directly aligns
with the guidance by NRC’s technical
document on open-phase fault condition.
Both the Institute of Nuclear Power
Operations (INPO) and the World
Association of Nuclear Operators
(WANO) also recognized the importance
of this effort and praised the leadership of
the ETAP NUUG.
Contact: telephone: (949) 900-1000,
email:
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ESBWR
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s
(GEH) Economic Simplified Boiling
Water Reactor (ESBWR) design
certification has been approved by the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC).
The commission’s action acknowledges
the finding by NRC staff that the ESBWR
design meets all safety and regulatory
requirements. Per the NRC’s previously
published schedule, the final ESBWR
design certification rule is expected to be
published in the Federal Register by the end
of September 2014.
Two license applications referencing
ESBWR technology are currently
pending with the NRC. In 2008, DTE
Energy selected ESBWR technology for
a proposed nuclear power plant, Fermi 3,
with the NRC license expected in 2015.
Dominion Virginia Power has
selected ESBWR technology for its North
Anna Unit 3 Nuclear Power Plant project,
with an NRC license expected in 2016.
In addition to these domestic
projects, the Nuclear Power Corporation
of India Ltd. has selected a site in the
Kovvada region in the state of Andhra
Pradesh for the eventual construction of
multiple ESBWRs. Design certification
also paves the way for the ESBWR to be
built in other locations around the globe.
Key global commercial projects include:
Finland, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden,
Vietnam and others.
Contact: Jon Allen, telephone: (910)
PRISMTechnology
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
(GEH)
and Iberdrola Generación Nuclear S.A.
announced an agreement to cooperate
towards advancing GEH’s PRISM
technology as a credible long-term
solution for the disposition of the UK’s
plutonium stockpile.
The Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the companies allows
the proposal for UK deployment of
PRISM – which could potentially dispose
the UK’s Plutonium stockpile swiftly and
economically, whilst creating significant
investment in UK jobs and skills – to be
further advanced.
The MOU builds on long-standing
partnerships between Iberdrola and GEH
(and its predecessor GE Nuclear) in the
development and deployment of nuclear
projects including the Cofrentes and
