January-February 2019 NPJ

16 NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, January-February 2019 S.A. (ENUSA) and GNF, has been selected to provide fuel reloads for the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Eurajoki, Finland. The new fuel supply contract awarded by TVO to GENUSA following a competitive bid, runs from 2020 through 2038 and includes reloads of GNF2, a high-performance fuel assembly designed to deliver increased energy output while decreasing overall fuel cycle costs. Over the course of the contract, TVO and GENUSA expect to evaluate the suitability of future fuel designs to meet TVO’s operational goals. Fuel for Olkiluoto, utilizing GNF- supplied components, will be fabricated by ENUSA in Spain at its Juzbado Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Plant. Since its incorporation in 1996, ENUSA has manufactured fuel sold by GENUSA to operators of boiling water reactors across Europe. TVO was the first customer of GENUSA after its inception. The initial assemblies, whose components are designed by GNF, will include the enhanced GNF2 spacer as well as the Defender™ PLUS debris filter that is designed to improve the chance of stopping debris before it reaches the fuel assembly. Contact: Jon Allen, GNF, telephone: (910) 819-2581, email: jonathan. allen1@ge.com. Training Simulator L3 MAPPS announced that it is under contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) to repurpose the Wolsong Unit 1 (Wolsong 1) CANDU (a registered trademark of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, used under license by Candu Energy Inc., a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group) full scope operator training simulator to become the primary training simulator for Wolsong Unit 3 (Wolsong 3). The project will begin immediately. The Wolsong 3 full scope simulator, like the Wolsong 1 simulator, will use L3’s PC/Windows-based graphical simulation tools for the plant models and instructor station. All of the plant systems will be simulated, including the reactor, nuclear steam supply systems, balance of plant systems, electrical systems and I&C systems. The Wolsong 3 simulator models will be based on planned adjustments to the Wolsong 1 simulation that have already been developed, validated and maintained in L3’s Orchid® simulation environment. The Digital Control Computers (DCCs) will be represented by an emulated DCC that will be integrated into the full scope simulator. The Wolsong 1 simulator’s full replica main control room (MCR) panels will be returned to Canada to be upgraded to accurately represent the Wolsong 3 MCR. The Wolsong 3 simulator will also include severe accident simulation capabilities by including a version of the Modular Accident Analysis Program, known as MAAP4-CANDU (a valid license to MAAP4 from EPRI as well as the rights to MAAP4-CANDU from the CANDU Owners Group (COG) are required prior to a customer being able to use MAAP4-CANDU with Licensee’s simulator products. EPRI and COG do not endorse any third-party products or services). The simulator will also be equipped with two-dimensional and three-dimensional animated, interactive visualizations of the reactor vessel and containment building to provide trainees further insight into the behavior of the plant during unlikely severe accidents. Contact: Sean Bradley, L3 MAPPS, telephone: (514) 787-4953. Pumps A partnership between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) and Weir Engineering Services Ltd. (WES), a subsidiary of Weir Group, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Nuclear New Build (NNB) to design, manufacture, and test 34 pumps. NNB is a subsidiary created by EDF Energy to build and operate two new nuclear power stations in the UK. The MHI and Weir alliance will supply five models of pumps, totalling 34 units, to Hinkley Point C, the UK's first new nuclear power plant in 25 years. When completed, Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, situated in the UK's Somerset region, will have a capacity of 3,200 MWe, provided by two European Pressurised Reactors. The plant is scheduled to start commercial operations in 2025. As the sub-contractor of WES, MHI will be responsible for design and manufacture of all pumps; WES will be responsible for project management, purchase of motors, pre-installation testing, and delivery of pump sets. The contract win marks an important milestone in partnership between MHI and Weir, following a formal agreement in 2010 to work with WES on nuclear pumps. With the first contract now awarded to the partnership, the two companies will build on their success by targeting nuclear pump customers in the UK and Europe. Contact: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, email: mediacontact_global@ mhi.co.jp. French Nuclear Sector Orano announced the signature of the strategic contract for the French nuclear sector (Contrat Stratégique de la Filière Nucléaire). With its 13,000 employees in France, Orano plays an active role in the development of an innovative nuclear industry with a long- term future, creating jobs with a high degree of technical expertise across all territories where it is present, generating technical innovations and contributing to the fight against climate change. In terms of employment, to ensure that its skills are reinforced on a regular basis and meet the needs of its sites mainly located on the Cotentin peninsula, in the Drôme and the Paris region, the group has recruited more than 800 talented new employees in one year and invested heavily in training and professional development courses. Whilst putting its policy of equality and diversity to the fore, and in conjunction with the numerous partnerships established with institutions of ongoing further or vocational education, the group offered a place to more 500 new work/study trainees in 2018. On the innovation front, Orano is incorporating new digital technologies into its industrial facilities and working methods with a view to accelerating the development of innovative solutions for its customers: a digital transformation which is shaping the future of the nuclear fuel cycle thanks to industrial applications of virtual reality or augmented reality supporting to serve Industry 4.0. Already deployed within the group, these technologies for example allow those performing interventions to prepare for complex operations, or can be used to Contracts... ( Continued from page 15)