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New Energy News Energy Research Centers Argonne National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-milliondollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. The EFRCs, which will pursue advanced scientific research on energy, are being established by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. EFRC researchers will take advantage of new capabilities in nanotechnology, high-intensity light sources, neutron scattering sources, supercomputing, and other advanced instrumentation, much of it developed with DOE Office of Science support over the past decade, in an effort to lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, biofuels, transportation, energy efficiency, electricity storage and transmission, clean coal and carbon capture and sequestration, and nuclear energy. DOE awarded Argonne’s Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT) $19 million over five years. The funding award will allow IACT to use a multidisciplinary approach to address key catalytic conversions that could improve the efficiency of producing fuels from coal and biomass. IACT will focus on advancing the science of catalysis for the efficient conversion of energy resources into usable forms. Contact: Angela Hardin, telephone: (630) 252-5501, email: ahardin@anl. gov. Wave Reactor Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. was awarded an architectural and engineering contract for a conceptual design of a Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR) by TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, Washington. The conceptual design will be for a nuclear electric power plant with a 3000 thermal MW reactor using a revolutionary core design. The value of the contract is $1 million with an estimated period of performance of eight months. The reactor core is based on a proprietary breed-and-burn process that yields very long core life and favorable fuel cycle costs. The conceptual design will be for a first generation (nth of a kind), full-scale power plant with the intent of seeking a U.S. NRC design certification at the appropriate time. The net electrical power output of the plant, the overall plant layout, and the plant site requirements will be determined during the conceptual design. The reference reactor design will be a liquid sodium-cooled, pool-type reactor with an intermediate liquid sodium heat transport system. The reactor does not require refueling for up to 60 years. Contact: Donald Flood, telephone: (201) 986-4623. Manufacturing Agreement GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced a strategic agreement naming Spanish manufacturer Equipos Nucleares SA (ENSA) as a key supplier of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) fabrication for new nuclear power plants. The agreement strengthens GEH’s global supply chain and ensures it will have substantial RPV production capacity to meet customer needs. Building on the strengths of both companies, GEH and ENSA will collaborate under the new agreement on RPVs for certain Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) and the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) power plant opportunities. Contact: Ned Glascock, email: Edward.glascock@ge.com. Project Agreements GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy announced the signing of two agreements with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) as the companies prepare to collaborate on building multiple GEH-designed nuclear reactors to help meet India’s energy production goals. GEH signed separate agreements with Mumbai-based NPCIL, India’s only nuclear utility operating 17 reactors, and New Delhi-based BHEL The two government-owned companies are helping lead India’s efforts to expand electricity generation from nuclear energy more than tenfold over the next two decades, from 4.1 GW today to 60 GW by 2032. Under the preliminary agreements, GEH will begin planning with NPCIL and BHEL for the necessary resources in manufacturing and construction management for a potential multipleunit Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) nuclear power station. Contact: Ned Glascock, email: Edward.glascock@ge.com. Memorandum of Understanding The advancement of the next generation of nuclear reactors has received a boost with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Beijing on March 26, 2009 between the Chinese and the South African developers of pebble bed technology. Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd (PBMR) of South Africa has been developing the pebble bed technology in parallel with the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University and Chinergy Co Ltd of China, whose pebble bed concept is based on a 10 MW (thermal) research reactor that was started up in Beijing in December 2000 and achieved full power operation in January 2003. The MOU, based on mutual respect and appreciation for the developments achieved by both countries to date, is designed to facilitate cooperation on identified areas of common interest. South Africa and China hope to pursue collaboration in a number of strategic and technical areas relating to high temperature reactor (HTR) projects in both countries. 8 www.nuclearplantjournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, May-June 2009
Contact: Tom Ferreira, telephone: 27 0 12 641 1132, email: tom.ferreira@ pbmr.co.za. NRC License TVA will continue to pursue Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval to build and operate two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant site near Hollywood, Alabama although the NuStart consortium will shift initial licensing efforts for the new reactor design to another plant. NuStart is transferring the “reference” designation to build the first of a new generation of reactors to Southern Nuclear’s Plant Vogtle application. The change is designed to align industry and regulatory resources with a license application that has specific, near-term construction plans. Contact: Terry Johnson, telephone: (423) 843-7839, email: twjohnson@tva. gov. Nuclear Research U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced the selection of 71 university research project awards as part of the Department of Energy’s investments in cutting-edge nuclear energy research and development (R&D). Under the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), these 71 projects will receive approximately $44 million over three years to advance new nuclear technologies in support of the nation’s energy goals. By helping to develop the next generation of advanced nuclear technologies, the Nuclear Energy University Program will play a key role in addressing the global climate crisis and moving the nation toward greater use of nuclear energy. Contact: telephone: (202)586-4940. Concrete Pour Westinghouse Electric Company, its consortium partner The Shaw Group Inc., China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Sanmen Nuclear Power Company of China National Nuclear Corporation announced the successful completion, on schedule, of the first pour of basemat structural concrete for the nuclear island at Sanmen, the site of the first of four Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants to be built under a contract signed in 2007. The pour encompassed 5,200 cubic meters of concrete, 950 tons of reinforcing steel and 1000 anchor bolts. The concrete will serve as the foundation for all of the nuclear island buildings, including the containment vessel and the shield building. Contact: Vaughn Gilbert, telephone: (412) 347-3896, email: gilberhv@ westinghouse.com. ZACHRY– a new vision for the future. Proto-Power is now Zachry Nuclear Engineering, Inc. With a combined 34 years of nuclear design experience and 85 years of construction expertise, Zachry is a visionary force in the planning, building and renewing of nuclear facilities across the United States. At the dawn of the U.S. nuclear renaissance, let Zachry reflect your vision for the future. www.zhi.com Nuclear Plant Journal, May-June 2009 www.nuclearplantjournal.com 9
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