May-June 2019 NPJ

Nuclear Plant Journal, May-June 2019 NuclearPlantJournal.com 13 (Continued on page 14) through simplification innovations, GEH believes that the BWRX-300 can become cost-competitive with power generation from combined cycle gas and renewables. As the tenth evolution of the Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), the BWRX- 300 represents the simplest, yet most innovative BWR design since GE began developing nuclear reactors in 1955. Contact: Jon Allen, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, telephone: (910) 819- 2581, email: jonathan.allen1@ge.com. CSFSF Ukraine’s Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF), world’s first, is being constructed only a few miles from the site of the Chernobyl accident. The CSFSF, designed for 100-year service life, will receive and store used fuel in a robust confinement system shipped from nine of Ukraine’s reactors. This facility will be a litmus test for the Country’s national nuclear generator, Energoatom, to manage its used fuel safely which is necessary to realize the nation’s ambitions to substantially replace its coal-fired plants with “walk away” safe nuclear reactors. The Central Storage Facility employs Holtec’s HI-STORM vertical ventilated system. High capacity double wall canisters will be brought to the CSFSF in Holtec supplied HI-STAR 190 transport packages where the canisters will be transferred to the HI-STORM modules in a Holtec patented Canister Transfer Facility. First systems are expected to be loaded in 2020. Holtec’s HI-STORM system features the highest capacity for storing VVER fuel used in Russian- origin reactors. The Company is the sole Western supplier of storage systems for VVER reactors. Contact: Erika Grandrimo, Holtec, telephone: (856) 797-0900, email: e.grandrimo@holtec.com . Nuclear Fuel Technology NuScale Power and Enfission, LLC, a joint venture of Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ: LTBR) and Framatome, announced a memorandum of understanding to explore the use of next generation nuclear fuel technology in NuScale’s small modular reactors. While NuScale’s plant design is already the most resilient nuclear reactor in the world, Lightbridge Fuel™ could spur improvements in core design, performance, and levelized costs of electricity. Enfission is developing and commercializing next generation nuclear fuel technology that will significantly improve the economics and safety of existing and new reactors. NuScale and Enfission will collaborate on the development of research and testing programs to explore the application of Enfission’s nuclear fuel rod technology, which is well suited for NuScale’s natural circulation design. The company’s advanced fuel rod design is expected to increase core performance, extend core life, reduce refueling outages and offer reduced levelized cost of electricity. On December 1, 2015, Framatome signed an agreement with NuScale to manufacture fuel assemblies for its SMR based on conventional ceramic uranium dioxide fuel and provide testing and analyses needed for its Nuclear Regulatory Commission design certification application. The addition of Enfission’s Lightbridge Fuel™ into the equation further solidifies this relationship and will provide future flexibility on fuel types depending on the reactor demands. Contact: Diane Hughes, NuScale Power, email: dhughes@nuscalepower. com . Strategic Cooperation NuScale Power LLC and Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd. (DHIC) are pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation to support deployment of the NuScale Power ModuleTM (NPM) worldwide. The relationship includes DHIC, a member of the Doosan Group, and potential Korean financial investors, which, commensurate to final due diligence, plan to make a cash equity investment in NuScale. DHIC is expected to bring its expertise in nuclear pressure vessel manufacturing, and will join the larger U.S.-led manufacturing team to build NuScale’s groundbreaking NuScale Power Module TM (NPM), America’s first small modular reactor. Contact: Diane Hughes, NuScale Power, email: dhughes@nuscalepower. com . Strategic Relationship NuScale Power LLC and Sargent & Lundy announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a strategic relationship to support deployment of NuScale Plants worldwide. Sargent & Lundy will bring its expertise to the larger U.S.-led team working to build NuScale’s groundbreaking NuScale Power Module™ (NPM), America’s first small modular reactor. Under the terms of the MOU, Sargent & Lundy will become a NuScale investor, proceed with development of the standard plant design based on the U.S. Design Certification Application, and will provide additional architect engineer support as agreed by NuScale and Sargent & Lundy. Fluor Corporation will continue to be the EPC for plant construction as planned and will work with NuScale and Sargent & Lundy on aspects of the NuScale standard plant design. Contact: James Mellott, NuScale Power, email: jmellott@nuscalepower. com. Acquisition Sargent & Lundy , an experienced power engineering consulting companies, announced it has acquired ARES Corporation’s energy business, ARES Energy Services Division (ESD) effective May 1, 2019. The transaction positions Sargent & Lundy to achieve significant growth in the government services sector. ARES ESD, an engineering solutions business focused on the nuclear sector, primarily serves the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It has core competencies in engineering and design; facility operations, management and maintenance; project management; and safety, security and risk management, which greatly complement Sargent & Lundy’s own core competencies in comprehensive engineering, project development and implementation services, energy business consulting and environmental services for new and operating power generation assets.