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currently the President and CEO of B&W<br />
Modular <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Energy</strong>, has been named<br />
President of the new organization. The<br />
consolidation is expected to be effective<br />
in April 2010.<br />
Contact: Jud Simmons, telephone:<br />
(434) 522-6462, email: hjsimmons@<br />
babcock.com.<br />
N-Stamp Certification<br />
The Babcock & Wilcox Company’s<br />
(B&W) commercial nuclear operations<br />
have received additional American Society<br />
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)<br />
N-Stamp certifications. The certifications<br />
are considered the industry standard for<br />
quality assurance of materials, design,<br />
construction, operation, inspection and<br />
continuing maintenance of nuclear facilities.<br />
B&W staff at the company’s locations<br />
in Barberton, Ohio, and Lynchburg,<br />
Virginia, completed the audit necessary<br />
to earn the certifications from ASME<br />
and the National Board of Boiler and<br />
Pressure Vessel Inspectors in December<br />
2009. The ASME N, NA, NPT, NS and<br />
MO Certificates of Authorization, along<br />
with the National Board’s NR Certificate<br />
of Authorization, were formally received<br />
in March 2010.<br />
Contact: Jud Simmons, telephone:<br />
(434) 522-6462, email: hjsimmons@<br />
babcock.com.<br />
<strong>New</strong> Technology<br />
With energy companies worldwide<br />
seeking new technologies to improve the<br />
operational reliability of their nuclear<br />
power plants, GE Hitachi <strong>Nuclear</strong><br />
<strong>Energy</strong> (GEH) announced the first U.S.<br />
deployment of its new Marathon Ultra<br />
control rod blade (CRB) technology.<br />
Exelon <strong>Nuclear</strong> installed GEH’s<br />
Marathon Ultra CRBs at its Peach Bottom<br />
Atomic Power <strong>Plant</strong> in Pennsylvania. The<br />
power station generates more than 2,200<br />
megawatts of safe, low-carbon electricity,<br />
enough to power more than 2 million<br />
homes.<br />
Contact: Catherine Stengel, telephone:<br />
(678) 844-7556, email: Catherine.stengel@<br />
ge.com.<br />
Spent Fuel Racks<br />
The People’s Republic of China has<br />
ordered spent fuel racks for six of the<br />
country’s new (domestically developed)<br />
CPR-1000 reactor units, namely, the<br />
Ningde NPP Units 3 & 4, Yangjiang NPP<br />
Units 3 & 4, and Fangchenggang NPP<br />
Units 1&2. This award brings the total<br />
number of Chinese reactors that have<br />
adopted Holtec’s wet storage technology<br />
to 18.<br />
Contact: Joy Russell, telephone: (856)<br />
797-0900, ext 655, email: J.Russell@<br />
holtec.com.<br />
Technology Alliance<br />
ROS (Remote Ocean Systems) and<br />
Westinghouse’s BWR Services Group<br />
announced the formation of a strategic<br />
alliance for developing new technology<br />
with the ultimate goal to reduce costs<br />
and outage duration during the BWR<br />
refueling process.<br />
Contact: website: rosys.com.<br />
MoU<br />
Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T),<br />
India and Rolls-Royce have signed a<br />
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)<br />
for cooperation to effectively address the<br />
projected need for light water reactors<br />
(LWR) in India and internationally. LWR<br />
technology is in use in over sixty per<br />
cent of nuclear power plants operating<br />
worldwide.<br />
The two companies have agreed to<br />
collaborate on areas including nuclear<br />
instrumentation and controls, engineered<br />
products and systems, reactor components,<br />
engineering services, in-service reactor<br />
support and waste management.<br />
The cooperation with L&T for<br />
instrumentation and controls will form the<br />
first operational phase of this relationship<br />
to bridge the gap in the existing supply<br />
chain in support of India’s ambitious new<br />
build program.<br />
Contact: Ashmita Sethi, telephone:<br />
91 11 23357118, email: Ashmita.Sethi@<br />
Rolls-RoyceIndia.com.<br />
Joint Venture<br />
Toshiba Corporation and Westinghouse<br />
Electric Company, LLC announced<br />
the formation of a new joint venture, Advance<br />
Uranium Asset Management Ltd.<br />
(AUAM) that will strengthen Toshiba<br />
Group’s capabilities in the nuclear front<br />
end business segments and enhance the<br />
extensive range of support services extended<br />
to utilities around the world.<br />
United Kingdom based AUAM will<br />
undertake uranium related transactions in<br />
the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle. The<br />
company is 60 percent owned by Toshiba<br />
and 40 percent by Westinghouse.<br />
Contact: website: www.toshiba.<br />
co.jp.<br />
Turbine Parts<br />
Toshiba Corporation and IHI<br />
Corporation announced that they have<br />
signed a memorandum of understanding<br />
(MOU) on the formation of a joint venture<br />
to manufacture steam turbine parts for<br />
nuclear power plants for the domestic<br />
and overseas markets. This move reflects<br />
expanding global demand for new<br />
nuclear power plants and maintenance<br />
services for installed equipment, and<br />
will allow the companies to promote<br />
best use of management resources in a<br />
collaborative framework that enhances<br />
competitiveness.<br />
Contact: website: www.toshiba.<br />
co.jp.<br />
R&T Unit<br />
In response to the unprecedented,<br />
growing demand for clean, secure energy<br />
worldwide, Westinghouse Electric<br />
Company announced a restructuring of<br />
its Research and Technology Unit (RTU)<br />
into three major segments: R&T Strategy,<br />
<strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Innovation Leadership<br />
(NEIL) hub and R&T Operations.<br />
Contact: Vaughn Gilbert, telephone:<br />
(412) 374-4896, email: gilberhv@<br />
westinghouse.com.<br />
Transfer of Ownership<br />
Westinghouse Electric Company<br />
confirmed that it will commence<br />
innovative new commercial arrangements<br />
with the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Decommissioning<br />
Authority (NDA) involving the longterm<br />
lease of the Springfields nuclear<br />
fuel manufacturing site, near Preston in<br />
Lancashire.<br />
The deal includes the permanent<br />
transfer of ownership to Westinghouse of<br />
Springfields Fuels Limited (SFL). SFL, is<br />
the company currently operating the site<br />
under the management of Westinghouse<br />
Electric UK Holdings Limited.<br />
Contact: Vaughn Gilbert, telephone:<br />
(412) 374-4896, email: gilberhv@<br />
westinghouse.com.<br />
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