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longer outage durations (e.g. security,
station laborers, outage command center
staffing, etc). Other savings are harder to
quantify, but include:
Was worked on line vs. outage so
there was a significant reduction in
overtime burden and outage labor
costs.
Reduced outage in processing costs
(inprocessing personnel on straight
time vs. overtime).
Reduced congestion meaning around
the FWHs during the outage allowed
other craft like pipefitters, carpenters,
electricians to work more efficiently.
Transferability
The multi-tiered approach used to
ensure worker safety under hazardous
conditions are not proprietary. In fact, the
real take-away is how readily available
the information and techniques are to
anyone. The key is customizing the tools
to the specific site and job by engaging
craft, supervisors, and Industrial safety
personnel. The more time spent in
prevention and detection will eliminate
the cost and time spent in correction.
Contact: Bryan Horvath, AEP,
telephone: (269) 465-5901, email:
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to construction of the world’s first
two AFCR™ in China, and possibly
subsequent builds in China and around
the world.
"This is a game changer in the
nuclear industry, and a great endorsement
of our expertise and CANDU nuclear
technology from the largest nuclear
market in the world,” said Sandy Taylor,
President, Power, SNC-Lavalin. “Each
new build in China, and anywhere in
the world, will benefit Canada in terms
of job creation, innovation and nuclear
research & development, environmental
stewardship, and will contribute to reduce
global carbon emissions.” Canada's
nuclear sector directly contributes to
over $6 billion to the economy annually,
employs more than 30,000 highly trained
and specialized people, and creates an
additional 30,000 jobs indirectly through
contracting.
The market potential for AFCR™
technology in China is considerable. Each
AFCR™ can use recycled-fuel from four
light-water reactors (LWRs) to generate
six million megawatt-hours (MWh) of
additional carbon-free electricity without
needing any new natural uranium fuel.
This would be enough new electricity to
power four million Chinese homes, and
also displace six million tonnes of carbon
emissions per year vs. coal, the equivalent
of removing one million cars from the
road. China has more than 33 LWR
nuclear power reactors in operation and
another 23 LWRs under construction.
Contact:
SNC-Lavalin,
email:
Acquisition
UniTech Services Group
, a
provider of protective clothing and tool
and metal decontamination services,
announces the acquisition of Babcock
Services, Inc.’s Oak Ridge, TN service
center waste processing operations and
IceSolve, LLC, its industrial cleaning and
remediation service.
The
nuclear
industry
faces
unprecedented pressure to reduce costs.
UniTech’s acquisition of Babcock
Services allows UniTech to combine
its own expertise and techniques for
radiological monitoring and decon with
its newfound ability to provide licensed
Bulk Survey for Release (BSFR) disposal
at reduced rates. Radioactive waste disposal
is a costly service for nuclear facilities, at a
time when plants may have limited or no
budget for post-outage management of
potentially contaminated materials.
By purchasing Babcock’s Oak Ridge
waste processing operation, UniTech
has added the final key component
to its materials processing and waste
management system. UniTech’s regional
facilities can now accept tools, equipment
and other materials from customers, then
monitor, decontaminate, and, as needed,
ship contaminated materials to UniTech’s
newly acquired Oak Ridge facility for
final disposition. UniTech customers
have the assurance of a turnkey process,
along with financial savings.
Contact: Gregg Johnstone, UniTech
Services Group, telephone: (413) 543-
6911, email:
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NUPIC Audit
ValvTechnologies, Inc.
, designer
and manufacturer of zero-leakage high-
performance valve solutions, recently
achieved NUPIC-approved suppliers list
status, upon successful completion of the
Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee
(NUPIC) audit conducted at the Houston,
Texas facility. NUPIC members include
all domestic US nuclear utilities as well
as several international members.
Formed in 1989 and committed to
the future of commercial nuclear power,
NUPIC has a proven process for evaluating
suppliers
furnishing
safety-related
components and services and commercial-
grade items to nuclear utilities to ensure
the highest standards of quality. Once a
company is placed on the NUPIC-approved
suppliers list, any nuclear utility can use
this supplier as long as it approves the audit
that was conducted by NUPIC.
The week-long audit was led by
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
who concluded that ValvTechnologies
has implemented an effective 10 CFR50
Appendix B and 10 CFR 21 quality
assurance program that meets the
requirements of NQA-1 -1994, 2008 and
2009 Addenda.
Contact: JulieBodine,ValvTechnologies,
Corporation...
