May-June 2018 NPJ

Nuclear Plant Journal, May-June 2018 NuclearPlantJournal.com 37 Nuclear Plant Journal Advertiser Web Directory several modifications, and the upgraded simulator is expected to be in service in the second quarter of 2019. The simulator expansion includes the addition of eight remote emergency shutdown panels (for a simulated Emergency Shutdown Room (ESR)), changes to the simulator’s Main Control Room (MCR) and plant information systems, the addition of Emergency Diesel Generator panels, and the ability to transfer plant control between the MCR and ESR using virtual panels. The L3 MAPPS Orchid ® Modeling Environment- based plant models will be modified to accommodate these changes and to include a new control and protection system for the simulated plant’s two main turbines. The human-machine interface (HMI) for GE Automation’s ALSPA ® ControSteam™, used for turbine control, will be simulated with L3’s Orchid Control System. Contact: Sean Bradley, L3 MAPPS, telephone: (514) 787-4953. Dry Storage Casks Orano TN , the nuclear logistics subsidiary of Orano, has been selected by the American electric utility Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) for the final offload of more than 900 used fuel assemblies contained in the pool of its Fort Calhoun nuclear power station in Nebraska. To carry out this operation, Orano TN will supply 30 NUHOMS ® dry storage systems and the associated “pool to pad” transfer services for several tens of millions of dollars. NUHOMS ® canisters, already in use at the Fort Calhoun facility, are approved for both onsite storage and offsite transportation, ensuring long-term used fuel management. Orano TN’s NUHOMS ® systems have securely stored used nuclear fuel in the United States for more than two decades, with installations at 33 sites around the country. Contact: Orano TN, telephone: 33 (0) 1 34 96 12 15, email: press@orano. group . Contract Extension Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a nuclear fuel and related services contract extension with Xcel Energy for its two pressurized water reactor units at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Red Wing, Minnesota. Under the terms of the agreement, Westinghouse will deliver eight regions – or batches of fuel assemblies – of the Westinghouse Vantage+ nuclear fuel design for Prairie Island Units 1&2 over an eight-year period. The extension will commence engineering and fabrication in 2019, with the first fuel delivery in 2020. The majority of these fuel assemblies will feature an innovative fuel solution known as the IFBA/Gad Hybrid fuel assembly design. This combines Westinghouse’s proven Integral Fuel Burnable Absorber (IFBA) fuel rods that use zirconium diboride (ZrB2) as the absorber material with a small number of gadolinia fuel rods to facilitate longer fuel cycles, while significantly reducing fuel cycle costs for the customer. The IFBA fuel rods and fuel assemblies will continue to be manufactured at Westinghouse’s Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Columbia, South Carolina, and the gadolinia fuel rods will be manufactured at Westinghouse’s Västerås Fuel Fabrication Facility in Västerås, Sweden. Contact: Sarah Cassella, Westinghouse Electric Company, telephone: (412) 374-4744, email: cassels@westinghouse.com. Contracts... ( Continued from page 15) AECOM www.aecom.com BIRNS, Inc. www.birns.com Curtiss-Wright EST Group www.cw-estgroup.com Endeavor Robotics www.endeavorrobotics.com Framatome www.framatome.com GLSEQ, LLC www.glseq.com HydroAire Service, Inc. www.hydroinc.com Reef Industries, Inc. www.reefindustries.com Super Radiator Coils www.superradiatorcoils.com Thermo Scientific- CIDTEC www.thermo.com/cidtec Tri Tool Inc. www.tritool.com UniTech Services Group www.unitechus.com Uticom Systems, Inc. www.uticom.net Westinghouse Electric Company www.westinghousenuclear.com