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energy sector and complements reactor
innovation being directed by NEI’s
Advanced Reactor Working Group.”
The bill encourages the use of the
federal government’s technical expertise
to minimize the time required to construct
and operate privately funded experimental
reactors at national laboratories or other
DOE-owned sites. It leverages the U.S.
Department of Energy’s super computing
infrastructure to accelerate development
of new reactor technologies and directs
DOE to study the need for a reactor-based
fast neutron source. The bill also requires
DOE to put forth a strategic, 10-year plan
for prioritizing civilian nuclear energy
research and development programs.
Both parties showed strong support
for the measure.
Contact: NEI, telephone: (202) 739-
8000, email:
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Nuclear Supply Chain
The
Organization of Canadian
Nuclear Industries
(OCI) was pleased
to welcome Jeffrey Lyash, Ontario Power
Generation’s (OPG) new president and
CEO as the key-note speaker at their
industry luncheon at the Ajax Convention
Centre.
This was the first opportunity, since
Mr. Lyash was appointed to his new
post in July, 2015, for the organization’s
membership of Canadian nuclear supply
chain companies to learn first-hand of
the leader’s vision on how OPG and the
nuclear supply chain can work together
for mutual success.
This timely event took place on
the heels of a recent announcement
that OPG is committed to enter the
$12.8 billion execution phase of the
Darlington station refurbishment. By
extending the operating lives of the four
CANDU nuclear units for the next 40
years, Darlington’s ongoing output of
3400 megawatts of clean, reliable, low
cost electricity will ensure that Ontario
continues as a global leader in low GHG
electricity.
“OPG has been preparing for the
Darlington Refurbishment since 2009
and we’re ready to deliver the job safely,
on time and on budget,” said Mr. Lyash.
“Having a clean, reliable electricity
system with predictable, stable prices is
not just an environmental achievement,
it’s essential to the province’s long-term
competitiveness.”
“The many small and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs) that comprise much
of Ontario’s nuclear supply chain of
equipment and service providers will
benefit greatly from this opportunity,”
said OCI President and CEO Dr. Ron
Oberth. “OPG’s multi-year Darlington
project stands to support thousands
of quality and sustainable jobs in
communities across Ontario – from
Pembroke to Peterborough to Coburg and
on to Oakville, Burlington, Cambridge
and Niagara. We are committed to work
together with OPG to deliver an ‘on
time’ and ‘on budget’ refurbishment of
the four Darlington reactors. We believe
this collaboration will bring significant
benefit not only for this project, but for
future opportunities as well,” added
Oberth.
Contact: Dr. Ron Oberth, OCI,
WNE, France
From June 28-30, 2016, the global
civil nuclear energy community will
gather at the
World Nuclear Exhibition
at Le Bourget - Paris, France for
three industry-focused days with B2B
meetings, panel discussions and exhibitor
workshops, plus a tie-in program of
professional events and post show site
visits. WNE is an event by the AIFEN
(Association Française des Industriels
Français Exportateurs du Nucléaire –
French association of nuclear exporters)
which represents more than 300 French
companies and major organizations from
all stages of the nuclear power chain, from
fuel production to decommissioning.
Contact: email:
;
phone: +33 147 56 65 37; website: www.
world-nuclear-exhibition.com
Corporation
Pressure Transmitters
AMETEK Power Instruments
recently completed the manufacture of
Gulton-Statham (GSP) nuclear pressure
transmitters for the Lovissa 2 nuclear
power plant project in Finland. The P3200
nuclear–qualified pressure transmitters
are identical to those used on the Lovissa
I project completed in 2015.
The Loivissa nuclear power plants
utilize Russian VVER-440-/213 reactors.
Siemens AG was contracted to upgrade
I&C (instrumentation and control)
systems of the Reactor Protection System
as part of the Lovissa Automation
Renewal (LARA) project.
STUK’s (the Finish radiation
and nuclear safety authority) safety
classification for this project required
Safety Class 2 & 3 transmitters with
diversity of measurement. Along with
increasing the safety of the system with
diversity of measurement, Siemens also
needed to ensure that its suppliers have a
certified quality system.
Siemens selected AMETEK’s GSP
pressure transmitters for their ability
to offer a different technology type for
measurement diversity. AMETEK’s
P3200
nuclear-qualified
pressure
transmitters are found on the safety
systems of nearly every major nuclear
power plant.
Contact: Greg Bray, AMETEK Power
Instruments, telephone: (585) 238-4054,
email:
Cavitation Peening
AREVA
recently
completed
production validation testing of a new
component asset management process
known as ultra-high-pressure cavitation
peening for the first project of its kind in
the world on an operating reactor vessel
closure head (RVCH). The company is
scheduled to perform this technique at
Exelon’s Byron Unit 2 in northern Illinois
in April, 2016.
This process prevents nuclear reactor
component stress corrosion cracking
by using ultra-high-pressure water
jets to generate vapor bubbles, which
collapse with enough force to create
beneficial compressive stresses on the
components’ internal surfaces. The result
is a component with improved material
properties and enhanced resistance to
corrosion.
This milestone included completing
full-scale simulated field testing of all
equipment and processes on a mockup
reactor vessel head, mirroring the
