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NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, September-October 2014
New Products,
Services &
Contracts
New Products
Specialized Training
Options
Game-based, virtual reality options
support training for complex tasks,
evolutions and casualties to meet the
unique needs of management and
supervisory personnel during daily and
specialized operations or emergency
situations.
General Dynamics
offers
customized options that provide the
capabilities to develop complex system
models and immersive simulations.
General Dynamics’ human performance
technologies assist in the development of
metrics to assess the cost-effectiveness of
training, staff proficiency and knowledge
retention.
Contact:
Mark
Nesselrode,
telephone: (703) 995-8700.
Services
I&C
Mesa Associates, Inc.
’s Instrumen-
tation and Controls staff are knowledge-
able and experienced in analog and digi-
tal electronic process control systems,
programmable logic controllers, distrib-
uted process control, data acquisition
and monitoring, local panel and control
panel design, Supervisory Control and
Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and
human-machine interface systems. Mesa
has performed designs for batch and con-
tinuous process control systems.
In addition, Mesa has experience in
design of control systems for potentially
hazardous
environments,
utilizing
either explosion proof instrumentation
or intrinsically safe instrumentation,
or combinations thereof. Typical
deliverables for our designs include
Piping and Instrument System Diagrams
(P&IDs), Loop Diagrams, Schematic
Diagrams, Wiring Diagrams, Assembly
Drawings, Instrument Tabulations, and
Input/Output List.
Contact: telephone: (256) 258-2100.
Contracts
Outage & Fuel Services
AREVA
has signed a series of
contracts to provide nuclear fuel
fabrication, outage services and used
fuel management solutions to a major
U.S. nuclear utility. These contracts
represent an investment of more than
$100 million by the utility to optimize
the competitiveness of their power
generation operation while meeting the
ever-increasing safety requirements of
the nuclear industry. These contracts
span AREVA’s vast portfolio of energy
solutions for the entire nuclear cycle.
Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:
Nuclear Fuel
AREVA Inc.
has been awarded a
contract by Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) for up to $250 million to provide
nuclear fuel to the three boiling water
reactors at the Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant in Alabama.
The scope of this contract includes
nine nuclear fuel reloads of the
ATRIUMTM 10XM fuel design, the
supply of core monitoring technology
and related services. The fuel will be
fabricated at AREVA’s Richland, Wash.,
facility, with delivery beginning in 2017.
TVA will also have the option to
upgrade to AREVA’s next generation
ATRIUMTM 11 fuel design that is
currently being introduced to the U.S.
market. Already in use in Germany, this
advanced fuel product has been designed
to improve fuel efficiency and operating
flexibility for utilities.
Contact: Mary Beth Ginder,
telephone: (301) 841-1703, email:
.
Steam Generators
AREVA
signed a contract with
South-African utility, Eskom to replace
steam generators at the Koeberg nuclear
power plant. Under the 4.3 billion rand
order ($381 million), AREVA will
design, manufacture and install six steam
generators in the plant’s two reactors.
The group will also provide associated
engineering
services.
AREVA’s
technological solutions can permit to
increase the plant’s power yield by 10%
and optimize its output.
The group’s Services, Creusot Forge
and Chalon/Saint-Marcel teams that
count over 2000 employees in Burgundy,
France, will manage production of the
steamgenerators set to begin immediately,
with installation scheduled in 2018. The
Project will be deployed jointly with
the full involvement of South African
industrial partners to bring a maximum
amount of local benefit.
Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:
Plant Upgrades
CB&I
has been awarded contract
orders by Entergy Operations, Inc. valued
in excess of $100 million for project
and construction management services
related to the implementation of Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) ordered
modifications and upgrades at multiple
nuclear energy facilities throughout the
U.S.
“These contract orders underscore
CB&I’s expertise and capabilities in both
nuclear maintenance and construction
as well as CB&I’s commitment to the
nuclear power business,” said Patrick K.
Mullen, President of CB&I’s Engineering,
Construction and Maintenance operating
group.
Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
incident in 2011, the NRC has required
U.S. nuclear plants to evaluate and
upgrade equipment and safety plans to
reduce the likelihood of damage from
overheating and containment failure in
the event of a complete loss of power.
Contact: website:
Cables
General Cable
announced that the
Republic of Korea has selected its 60-
year service life nuclear cables. In a
new multi-year contract, General Cable
will manufacture and supply ULTROL
®
60+ Class 1E nuclear qualified cable to
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP),
