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