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List of Advertisers & NPJ Rapid ResponsePage Advertiser Contact Fax/Email11 Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. George Bothwell bothwellg@aecl.ca36-37 American Crane & Equipment Corporation Karen Norheim (610) 385-606145 American Tank & Fabricating Kevin Cantrell (216) 252-48712, 21 AREVA NP, Inc. Donna Gaddy-Bowen (434) 832-384012-13 The Babcock & Wilcox Company Lisa Tomlin lctomlin@babcock.com46-47 Black & Veatch Chad Pulley (913) 458-201239 Ceradyne Boron Products Patti Bass (714) 675-656516 Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company Arlene Corkhill (714) 528-012818-19 Day & Zimmermann Power Services David Bronczyk (215) 656-262433 Divesco, Inc. Susan Kay Fisher (601) 932-569850-51 Enertech, a business unit ofCurtiss-Wright Flow Control Company Tom Schell tschell@curtisswright.com26-27 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Karen Ellison (910) 362-50177, 53 Kinectrics Inc. Cheryl Tasker (416) 207-653230-31 Nuclear Logistics Inc. Craig Irish (978) 250-024523 OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Solange Quarmeau 33 1 45 24 11 109 Petersen Inc. Susan Chrisman (801) 732-209863, 72 QualTech NP, a business unit ofCurtiss-Wright Flow Control Company Arlene Corkhill (714) 528-012854-55 Sargent & Lundy LLC Patricia Andersen (312) 269-368040-41 The Shaw Group Inc.,Nuclear Power Division Holly Nava (856) 482-315549 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Scientific InstrumentsDivision CIDTEC Cameras & Imagers Tony Chapman (315) 451-942143 TriVis, Inc. Jackson Jolly (205) 664 46284, 57 UniStar Nuclear Energy Mary Klett (410) 470-560625 URS Art Lembo Arthur_lembo@urscorp.com60-61 Washington Laboratories, Ltd. Michael Violette (301) 216-159035 Westerman Nuclear Jim Christian (740) 569-411170-71 Westinghouse Electric Company LLC Karen Fischetti (412) 374-324415 Zachry Nuclear Engineering, Inc. Lisa Apicelli (860) 446-82923 Zetec, Inc. Ki Choi (418) 263-3742Advertisers’ fax numbers may be used with the form at the bottom of the page. Advertisers’ web sites are listed inthe Web Directory Listings on page 44.Nuclear Plant Journal Rapid Response Fax FormJuly-August 2010 Nuclear Plant JournalTo: _________________________ Company: __________________ Fax: ___________________From: _______________________ Company: __________________ Fax: ___________________Address:_____________________ City: _______________________ State: _____ Zip: _________Phone: ______________________ E-mail: _____________________I am interested in obtaining information on: __________________________________________________Comments: _____________________________________________________________________________6 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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New EnergySmall Modular ReactorAlternate Energy Holdings, Inc. announcedthe signing of a memorandum ofunderstanding with New Mexico-based HyperionPower Generation, Inc. The MOU isthe beginning of a joint venture between thetwo companies to license, build and marketHyperion’s refrigerator-sized modular nuclearreactors on a world-wide basis.Contact: Dan Hamilton, telephone:(208) 914-8894.Clean Energy ParkAREVA, the province of New Brunswickand the utility New Brunswick Power,have signed a letter of intent to develop aclean energy park near the Point Lepreaunuclear station (Canada). The project representsthe third clean energy park in the worldthat would be developed by AREVA.The site would feature a mid-sizedgeneration III+ nuclear plant and renewableenergy sources all built by AREVA. Powerfrom the park would be used domesticallyin the province and exported to the CanadianMaritime region and to New England(USA).Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:33 1 34 96 12 15, email: press@areva.com.Construction MilestoneConstruction of the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3)EPR reactor in Finland has reached a newsymbolic milestone, with the installationof the reactor pressure vessel in the reactorbuilding.The reactor pressure vessel was firsttransported from its storage hangar, to justoutside the reactor containment, and thenlifted into the reactor building before its finalvertical introduction into the reactor pit.The steel component weighs 420 tons,and measures 17.39 feet in diameter and34.78 feet in height. It was installed usingthe permanent polar crane and a large movablecrane.Contact: AREVA, Julien Duperray,telephone: 33 1 34 96 12 15, email: press@areva.com.Loan GuaranteeThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)has awarded AREVA a $2 billion loan guaranteeto facilitate financing of its uraniumenrichment facility near Idaho Falls in theUnited States.The future facility known as Eagle Rock,is critical to protecting U.S. energy securityby increasing domestic uranium enrichment,a key step in producing electricity fromCO 2-free nuclear energy. The plant willuse advanced centrifuge technology thathas significant efficiency advantages overprevious generation technologies.Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:33 1 34 96 12 15, email: press@areva.com.SMR Nuclear PlantBabcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy,Inc., (B&W) and Bechtel Power Corporationhave entered into a formal alliance todesign, license and deploy the world’s firstcommercially viable Generation III++ smallmodular nuclear power plant.As a more practical clean energy optionfor power generation, the 125 megawattB&W mPower SMR development programis underway for the past two years.Contact: Jud Simmons, telephone:(434) 522-6462, email: hjsimmons@babcock.com.FinlandThe Finnish parliament voted on July 1, 2010to authorize construction of two new reactors.Teollisuuden Voima Oyj’s applicationfor constructing a new nuclear power plantunit, Olkiluoto 4, in Eurajoki, and FennovoimaOy’s application for building a newnuclear power plant in Simo or Pyhäjokiwere both approved.In the same context, Eduskunta (theFinnish Parliment) supported (159–35) PosivaOy’s application for constructing anextended final disposal repository for spentnuclear fuel generated in Finland. This extensionwill ensure the management of spentnuclear fuel arising from TVO’s project.Contact: telephone: 358 9 4321, fax:358 9 432 2274, website: web.eduskunta.fi/Resource.phx/parliament/index.htx.Scalable TechnologyNuScale Power designed a modular,scalable nuclear power technology. The reactor,steam generator and containment areintegrated into a single vessel. It’s manufacturedin a factory setting, then shipped bytruck, rail or barge. The system uses naturalcirculation for both operation and shutdown.It builds on the success of light water reactortechnologies that have been working safelyfor decades in 400 nuclear facilities aroundthe world.The NuScale System will have a thermalcapacity of 160 MWt and an electricalcapacity of 45 MWe net.Contact: telephone: (541) 207-3931,email: info@nuscalepower.com.PolandSNC-Lavalin announced that SNC-LavalinPolska SP. Zo.o. has signed a preliminaryagreement with GE Hitachi NuclearEnergy (GEH) to work together to evaluatenew nuclear power plant opportunities inPoland.Poland plans to build up to four newnuclear power plants at two sites to help diversifyits energy production, which reliesheavily on coal-based technologies. Nuclearenergy is an attractive option because it generateselectricity with near-zero greenhousegas emissions. This first phase of the evaluationprocess that is being employed by Poland’spower company, Polska Grupa EnergetycznaSA (PGE), is to study different internationalnuclear generating technologiesin order to select a viable one.Contact: Leslie Quinton, telephone:(514) 393-8000, email: leslie.quinton@snclavalin.com.Sodium-Cooled ReactorToshiba’s 4S is a sodium-cooled fastreactor with a thermal rating of 30 MWtthat can supply not only electricity but alsoheat and steam.In addition to serving as the electricitysupply for a remote community, the 4S canalso satisfy industrial demands in remotelocations, such as the electricity supply forseawater desalination and the heat supplyfor hydrogen production.Contact: telephone: 81 3 3457- 3717,fax: 81 3 5444-991.Concrete PourWestinghouse Electric Company, itsconsortium team member The Shaw GroupInc., China’s State Nuclear Power TechnologyCorporation (SNPTC), and ShandongNuclear Power Company Ltd announcedthe successful completion of the first pourof basemat structural concrete for the nuclearisland of Unit 2 at the Haiyang site inChina.The resulting structure will serve asthe foundation for all of the nuclear islandbuildings, including the containment vesseland the shield building.Contact: Vaughn Gilbert, telephone:(412) 374-4896, email: gilberhv@westinghouse.com.8 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

Bet youdidn’tknowPetersen Inc. hasbeen in businessfor 48 years and hasbooked over $750,000,000in sales. We have aimed forthe moon and reached it! To put itin perspective, if every one of our projectdollars equated to one mile, we would havemade over 150 round trips to the moon in the past 30years. Not too bad for a company with over 5,800 years ofcombined manufacturing experience. We must admit though,most of our work takes place right here on Earth.Oh yeah, with that many years of experience, it’s no wonder thatfounder, Denis Petersen, welded on the Lunar excursion module.Current projects include producing the LAW and HLW Meltersfor the River Protection Project in Hanford, WA, as well as largeand small projects for D.O.E. companies like Battelle, Bechtel.LANL, TRU Solutions and Shaw AREVA. Companies rely heavilyon our expertise to help clean up and protect the environment.Petersen Inc. prides itself in offering solutions that some maysay are out of this world. What are you waiting for?ASME U, U2, S, R • NQA-1 • ISO9001-2000www.peterseninc.com • 801-732-2000Woman Owned Small Business.Utah and IdahoNuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 9Manufacturing • Fabrication • Large Precision Machining • Small Precision Machining • Field Services • Warehousing & Distribution

Utility, Industry & CorporationUtilityTop PerformerNuclear energy continues to be themost reliable energy source in the UnitedStates with Entergy’s nuclear fleet leadingthe way, according to a report released bythe American Nuclear Society.In the report released in May 2010,the median rating capacity factor forEntergy’s 11 nuclear plants was 90.8percent during the three-year periodbetween 2007 and 2009. This meansoverall Entergy’s nuclear plants wereonline producing safe, low-cost energymore than 90 percent of the time, rankingthird in the industry among companiesowning five or more nuclear plants.Contact: Danny Blanton, telephone:(601) 368-5658, email: dblant1@entergy.com.PartnershipNuclear Innovation North AmericaLLC (NINA), the nuclear developmentcompany jointly owned by NRG Energy,Inc. and Toshiba Corporation, hasreached an agreement with The TokyoElectric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO)to partner in the two new nuclear units atthe South Texas Project (STP).TEPCO will invest $155 million—through its U.S.-based subsidiary—for a10% share of NINA Investments Holdings’interest in the STP expansion, STP units3&4, once a conditional commitmentfor U.S. Department of Energy loanguarantee is secured for the project.Contact: David Knox, telephone:(609) 795-6106.IndustryResearch andDevelopmentU.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chuannounced the selection of 42 universityledresearch and development projectsfor awards totaling $38 million. Theseprojects, funded over three to four yearsthrough the Department’s Nuclear EnergyUniversity Program, will help advancenuclear education and develop the nextgeneration of nuclear technologies.Twenty-three U.S. universities willact as lead research institutions for projectsin 17 states. Other universities, industries,and national laboratories will serveas collaborators and research partners.The projects focus on four nuclear energyresearch areas Fuel Cycle Research andDevelopment, Generation IV ReactorResearch and Development, Light WaterReactor Sustainability, and Mission-RelevantInvestigator-Initiated Research.For more information on the awardsgo to http://nuclear.gov/pdfFiles/NEUP_FY10_RDAwards.pdf.Contact: telephone: (202) 856-4940.CorporationTurbine FacilityOn 24 June 2010, Alstom inaugurateda new production facility for steamturbines, gas turbines, large turbo-generatorsand related equipment for the NorthAmerican fossil fuel and nuclear powergeneration market. It will also retrofit existingsteam turbines with leading edgetechnology.The new facility, located inChattanooga, Tennessee, USA, resultsfrom an investment of approximately$300 million. It will eventually createaround 350 jobs.Contact: Philippe Kasse, telephone:33 1 41 49 29 82 133 08.ECM GroupDay & Zimmermann has realignedits offerings to the power, process andindustrial markets to form a new Engineering,Construction and Maintenance(ECM) group. This new group integratesDay & Zimmermann’s former Power Servicesbusiness with its Engineering, Procurementand Construction business. TheECM group, led by President MichaelMcMahon, will focus on providing turnkeysolutions that include engineering,construction, fabrication, procurementand maintenance services. McMahon hasbeen with Day & Zimmermann for 16years, previously serving as president ofthe Power Services business.Contact: Maureen Omrod, telephone:(215) 299-2234, email: Maureen.Omrod@Dayzim.com.PatentsHoltec International has beenawarded three new patents in the fieldof dry and wet storage of spent nuclearfuel. These patents, along with sometwo dozen previously awarded or in theUnited States Patent and TrademarkOffice approval pipeline, advance thestate-of-the-art in the areas of storage andtransport of used nuclear fuel.Patent No. 7,676,016B2, issued onMarch 9, 2010, covers a new embodimentfor underground storage of loaded canisters.This patent, the second granted toHoltec on underground canister storage,provides an economical alternative forsites that need to load a large number ofcanisters in one campaign, such as a plantthat has been shut down and is being decommissioned.Patent No. 7,330,526B2,awarded to Holtec in February 2008,covers another underground storage embodiment.A third patent on undergroundfuel storage (which describes the physicalsystem licensed by the USNRC in DocketNo. 72-1014 in 2009) is expected to beissued later this year.Contact: Joy Russell, telephone:(856) 797-0900, email: J.Russell@holtec.com.CertificatesMARMEN announced the companyhas received the official certificatesfor ASME NPT and NA certificates ofauthorization as well as NS certificate ofaccreditation from the American Societyof Mechanical Engineers (ASME).MARMEN is a company specializingin high-precision machining, fabricationand mechanical assembly of parts of allsizes.Contact: Eric Bellemare, telephone:(819) 379-0453, email: eric.bellemare@marmen.qc.ca.(Continued on page 14)10 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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Corporation...Continued from page 10Steam Generator OrderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.(MHI) received an order from Electricitede France (EDF) for three steam generators(SGs), following international bidding.The bid was made jointly with ComexNucleaire SA (CxN), with which MHIhas cooperative relationship since 2002.The SGs will replace those at pressurizedwater reactors (PWRs) in France as partof the renewal of those facilities. MHI isslated to deliver the first unit in 2016.Each SG will measure about 21m(almost 69 feet) high and weigh 300 tons.They will be manufactured at MHI’s KobeShipyard & Machinery Works. MHI hasso far received orders for a total of 15 SGunits.Contact: website: www.mhi.co.jp/en/news.Courses for ScienceTeachers and EngineersNuclear Plant Journal is Offeringtwo Web-Based Radiation Courses forscience teachers and engineers. Bothcourses are in partnership with IllinoisInstitute of Technology, Chicago whichoffers the needed credit hours for thesecourses. The courses do not have anyprerequisites.The course for science teachers is aeight week course and starts on October11, 2010 and provides three graduatecredit hours from Illinois Institute ofTechnology, Chicago.The course for engineers is valuablefor professional engineers interested incontinuing their professional engineeringlicense, as it provides 24 professionaldevelopment hours (2.4 CEUs) fromIllinois Institute of Technology Chicago.Both courses have eight week programwith several lessons each week, wherestudents go through the lessons, take testsand get involved in other interesting andeducating Internet-based activities. At thesuccessful completion of the courses, thecertificates are issued by Illinois Instituteof Technology, Chicago.Contact: Kruti Patel, telephone:(630) 243-5130, email: Kruti@goinfo.com, website: www.radiationtraining.comRosatomRosatom, Russia is exhibiting inWorld Energy Congress, Montréal, Canada,September 12-16, 2010.Contact: Daria Siko, telephone:7 495 663 38 21, fax: 7 495 663 38 20,email: d.siko@rosatom.info, website:www.atomexpo.ru.Hot Functional TestingUranium Disposition ServicesLLC (UDS), a joint venture of AREVA,EnergySolutions and Burns and Roe,has achieved a significant milestone inits DUF6 project. On May 24, 2010, theU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issuedconsent to begin Hot Functional Testing ofthe facility located at the DOE Portsmouthsite in Ohio.The Portsmouth facility, and a sisterplant under construction in Paducah,Kentucky, will convert 700,000 metric tonsof depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF 6)into uranium oxide (UO 2), the most benignwaste form with the safest dispositionoptions, and aqueous hydrogen fluoride(HF), which can be sold commercially.The Portsmouth facility will covert 13,500metric tons of DUF 6per year and isexpected to operate until 2037. The plantsuse a proprietary AREVA process fordeflourination of the UF 6.Hot Functional Testing is expected tocontinue for six months to confirm that theplant meets capacity requirements.Contact: Laurence Pernot, telephone:(301) 841-1694, email: Laurence.pernot@areva.com.Uranium EnrichmentThe URENCO USA uraniumenrichment facility, located in New Mexico,received authorization from the USNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)that it may begin accepting operationaldelivery of uranium hexafluoride feedstock. The authorization allows URENCOUSA (formerly the National EnrichmentFacility) to begin commercial operationsenriching uranium for use as nuclear fuel.URENCO USA will begin themethodical process of safely transitioningthe plant to fully operational status. Whendone, the company will provide both theUS and international customers with a USbased supply of nuclear fuel.Contact: Don Johnson, telephone:(575) 394-6099, email: dajohnson@nefnm.com.Cleaning TechnologyWestinghouse Electric Companyachieved a significant improvement inthe thermal performance of the SeabrookNuclear Power Station in Seabrook, N.H.,as a result of cleaning the station’s foursteam generators using the Advanced ScaleConditioning Agent (ASCA) process. Thecleaning was completed during a fall 2009plant refueling outage.The ASCA cleaning at Seabrook wasthe twenty-fifth application of the technologyfor Westinghouse or its licenseessince 2002. The ASCA cleaning agentsare designed to loosen hardened depositsfrom the in-bundle areas of the steamgenerator tube bundles. Seabrook gained10 pounds per square inch (psi) of steampressure after the Westinghouse cleaningand the plant restart, which translates toimproved operating efficiencies for theplant. Also during the cleaning process,approximately 2,300 pounds of magnetitecorrosion product deposits and copperwere removed.Contact: Kathy Szils, telephone: (724)722-5160, email: szliska@westinghouse.com.New OfficeWestinghouse Electric CompanyLLC opened a new office in the heart ofPrague, Czech Republic. The new office,which is Westinghouse’s third in the CzechRepublic, was officially opened during thefirst week in May, 2010.Westinghouse opened the additionaloffice in order to increase its capacity tosupport the Czech government and CEZfor the current and future expansion of theCzech nuclear program. Westinghouse isalso seeking to support an expansion of itsexisting services to the operating nuclearpower plant at Temelin Units 1 and 2.Contact: Scott Shaw, telephone: (412)374-6737, email: shawsa@westinghouse.com.CranesNuCrane Manufacturing LLC (Nu-Crane) has begun fabricating, assemblingand testing specialty cranes for nuclearpower plants, including the Westinghouse-designedAP1000 plants underconstruction in China and those plannedfor future construction in the U.S.NuCrane, a joint venture betweenWestinghouse Electric Company subsidiaryPaR Nuclear, Inc. of Shoreview, Minnesotaand Hutchinson Manufacturing,Inc., (HMI) of Hutchinson, Minnesota,was formed in September 2009 to manufacturelarge cranes primarily for the U.S.market.Contact: Vaughn Gilbert, telephone:(412) 374-4896, email: gilberhv@westinghouse.com.14 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

Zachry offers full-service capabilities inemerging U.S. nuclear marketAt the dawn of a new generation of nuclearpower, Zachry uses its time-tested skills andinnovative thinkers to take nuclear into thefuture. With full-service engineering andconstruction capabilities, Zachry, includingits subsidiaries Zachry Nuclear, Inc. comprisingZachry Nuclear Engineering, Inc. and ZachryNuclear Construction, Inc., brings 85 years ofconstruction expertise together with morethan 30 years of industry-specific engineeringknowledge.Zachry Nuclear“Zachry Nuclear is an exciting, emerging playerin the construction and engineering servicesportions of the nuclear industry,” said KeithManning, executive vice president of Zachry.“Zachry’s 80-plus years of building majorgeneration units coupled with the strongtechnical service capabilities of Zachry NuclearEngineering is proving to be a formidablecombination.”The formation of Zachry Nuclear and the fullintegration of Zachry Nuclear Engineering givescustomers the unique option of a full EPC firm,providing services ranging from early designthrough startup.“We build on our strong culture of safety,collaboration and values in the revitalization ofSPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONthe nuclear industry,” Manning said. “We standready to serve our customers with cost-effective,high-quality engineering, project managementand construction of both ongoing plantmodifications and new build nuclear.”Zachry Nuclear EngineeringZachry Nuclear Engineering provides engineering,design and project management services to thenuclear power industry through the skillsof experienced mechanical, electrical, controls,civil and structural design professionals. Engineersin both the Groton, Conn. and Chicago, Ill. officesare experienced in power plant systems,engineering analysis and modification packagedevelopment.“Zachry enjoys a long history of privateownership with shared values,” said Mark Mills,president of Zachry Nuclear Engineering. “Welook forward to a bright future and to strengtheningour relationships and capabilities with thecurrent fleet of operating nuclear facilities.”Zachry Nuclear ConstructionZachry Nuclear Construction, based in San Antonio,brings decades of experience in the power industryto the forefront of nuclear unit construction. Asa top-ranked power provider, Zachry has led theindustry in quality, service and integrity for morethan 50 years.“This industry represents a significant opportunityfor growth over the short- and long-term horizonand is well-suited to Zachry’s existing strengthsin large-scale engineering and construction,” saidEd Bardgett, Zachry Nuclear chairman.A true EPC provider, Zachry is engaged in theplanning, building and renewing of the world’smost critical infrastructures including emergingenergy, power, cement, refining and nuclearfacilities. Zachry remains a family-owned,privately held company whose values—Safety,Commitment, Trust, Integrity, Service, Economy andSkill—lead every decision, every time. Foundedin 1924, Zachry’s long list of experience has ledto more than 6,000 completed projects in theUnited States and abroad.As a collaborative, practical and visionary force,Zachry is one of the largest direct-hire, merit-shopcontractors in the United States. EngineeringNews-Record (ENR) ranks San Antonio-basedZachry No. 23 in the Top 400 Contractors 2009;No. 44 in the Top 500 Design Firms 2009; and asa top firm in the power, fossil fuel and nuclearmarkets. Please visit www.zhi.com for moreinformation.Zachry—a visionary forcefor the nuclear future.The U.S. nuclear renaissance is on the horizon, and Zachry is ready with forward-thinking people, services andcapabilities. Combining 85 years of construction expertise and 35 years of engineering experience, Zachrybrings a rich history, comprehensive services and unwavering integrity. As the industry advances, we are avisionary force for the nuclear future.www.zhi.comNuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 15

New Products, Services & ContractsNew ProductsTechnical EquipmentThe ITD USA Inc. offers manyproducts for the nuclear industry. Hotcells are specifically designed for thesafe and optimal production, processingand handling of radioactive materials,radiochemicals and radiopharmaceuticals.Mini cells are used for the productionof PET-radio-pharmaceuticals in automaticsynthesis modules. With a lead shieldingof 50-75 mm the mini cells offer a safe andoptimal work environment.The Telemanipulatorsystem is a handlingsystem providing itself through precisionand quality of the highest caliber.Contact: telephone: (865) 209-8332,email: info@itd-usa.com.ServicesQuality MaterialAT&F Nuclear Inc. holds sevenASME certification stamps, has metallurgicalexpertise, nuclear fabrication experience,and material sourcing. AT&F hasmore than 70 years of experience as a Steeland Fabricating Service Center, providingplate piping, forgings, and bars in almostany kind of metal.Contact: telephone: (216) 252-1500,email: info@atfco.com.Vitrification TechnologyKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. , Ltd’svitrification technology incorporates technologyto change radionuclides in theradioactive waste into a stable monolithwaste form. The technology reduces thewaste volume to less than 1/20 of the initialbulk LILW volume.Contact: Jong-Kil Park, telephone:82 42 870 5460, email: gospel77@khnp.co.kr.Cost-Effective SolutionsLongenecker & Associates, Inc.provides highly specialized, fast-responsetechnical and management support to thenuclear industry. Some of their expertiseincludes Commercial Nuclear Quality Programs;DOE Nuclear Quality Programs;Audit, Assessments, & Inspections; QualityProgram development; Quality ProgramProcedures; ISO-9000 conversion toNQA-1; 10 CFR 830, Subpart A Compliance;and 10CFR 50, Part B Compliance.Contact: telephone: (702) 340-5590,email: info@longenecker-associates.com.Quality AssuranceNAC Consulting has experiencedLead Auditors who provide support andtraining to assist in preparing for entryinto the nuclear market and succeedingas a safety-related supplier to the nuclearindustry. NAC Consulting also can helpreview and upgrade existing NuclearSafety-Related Quality Assurance (QA)Program and procedures for a seamlesstransition.Contact: John Rivera, telephone:(770) 595-4929.Commercial ServicesS.A. Technology specializes inthe designing, building, and installingof commercial nuclear equipment fornew and existing facilities. They design,build, test, and deploy an array of remotehandling, robotic, and containmentsystems and equipment in use throughoutthe nuclear industry. S.A Technologyspecializes in concept-to creation fast-trackdelivery of remote and robotic arms andmanipulators, specialty tooling, hazardousand radioactive containment, structures,gloveboxes, process equipment, and wastehandling and package systems.Contact: telephone: (970) 663-1431,email: info@satechnology.com.FuelTVEL Fuel Company, Russia currentlysupplies its products to CIS countries(Ukraine, Armenia), Central andEastern Europe (Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia,Czech Republic, Finland), as well asWestern Europe and Asia. TVEL-labelednuclear fuel operates nuclear power plantsin China and India. In addition, TVEL’senterprises produce fuel for nuclear powerplants in Germany, Switzerland and theNetherlands.Contact: Dmitry Bobkov, telephone:7 915 035 0697, email: bobkov@tvel.ru.ContractsDecontaminationAMEC, England, an international engineeringand project management company,has been awarded a contract by SkodaJS for supply of the decontamination andremotely operated equipment for its ENELnew build programme the at Mochovcenuclear power plant in Slovakia.The one year contract startsimmediately and has been won by AMEC’sSlovakian business in decontaminationand radioactive waste management and isa long-term supplier of decontaminationequipment for all Slovak and Czech VVERpressurized water reactor units.Contact: Frank Stokes, telephone:07712 008356, email: frank.stokes@amec.com.Teaming AgreementThe Shaw Group Inc., ToshibaCorporation and Exelon Nuclear Partnersannounced a teaming agreement to pursueopportunities to provide a full complementof services to design, engineer, constructand operate new nuclear electric generatingplants in Saudi Arabia.Under the terms of the agreement, thegroup jointly would pursue engineering,procurement, construction and operationsof nuclear power plants using Toshiba’sAdvanced Boiling Water Reactor(ABWR),which is a leading-edge nuclear power planttechnology with already proven recordsof performance, reliability and operationin Japan. The group also is capableof utilizing Westinghouse AP1000 TMtechnology, the leading-edge passivelycooled nuclear technology.Toshiba and Shaw would providedesign, engineering, procurement andconstruction while Exelon would provideoperations and related services for theprojects.Contact: Gentry Brann, telephone:(225) 987-7372, email: gentry.brann@shawgrp.com.Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 17

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONdayzim.comNuclear ServicesDay & Zimmermann is the leading nuclear plant maintenance and modifications contractor inthe United States. We are the #1 O&M Contractor in Power according to the latest ENR ranking,and provide services to over 70 of the nation’s 104 operating commercial nuclear power plants.We are solely focused on power plant maintenance and modifications as our core business andhave built our company and service offering to support operating power plants. We have morethan 35 years of in-depth and relevant experience in managing nuclear plant maintenance andmodifications in support of refueling outages and online support, as well as in executing majorprojects.Day & Zimmermann provides a completerange of cost-effective services to ourclients, with a goal of becoming the mostadmired company in our business. This iswhat drives us to meet the challenges oftoday's changing utility environment. Oursuccess has resulted from our dedicationto a safe, productive work environment andassuming full ownership of our assignedworkscope. We have extensive experiencewith individual major project executionincluding:• Extended Power Uprates• Control Room Renovations• ISFSI Construction• Containment Sump Strainers• Major Piping Modifications• Plant Security Upgrades• Feedwater Heaters• Condensate Filtrate Systems• RWCU Modifications• Turbine Retrofits• Iron Pre-filter System• Water Treatment Mods• Extraction Steam Piping & ExpansionJoint Replacement• Cask Handling Facility• Cooling Tower ModificationsNuclear CapabilitiesDay & Zimmermann routinely providesthe following full range of services to ourcustomers:• Maintenance & Modifications• Condenser Services• Valve Services• Turbine Services• Radiological Services• Asbestos Abatement / Insulation• Turnkey Scaffold Services• Painting / Coating• Professional Staffing• Fabrication & MachiningWe have the capabilities to manage anddirect the full complement of projectsand maintenance scopes including fieldengineering and work package planning,estimating, scheduling and cost tracking,project management, QA / QC and siteaccess processing.Alliance / Partnering ApproachDay & Zimmermann has extensiveexperience in working under “pay forperformance” contracts, multi-unit /systemwide contracts and long-termalliance / partnering agreements. Webelieve these types of arrangements arethe most economical and mutually beneficialmeans of providing maintenance andconstruction services, and recognize thebenefits to both the owner and contractorin such agreements. We welcome theopportunity to earn our fee based on ourperformance and the performance of theunits we work on. Our major customersinclude AEP, APS, Constellation Energy,Dominion, Duke Energy, Entergy, FENOC,FPL, NextEra Energy, NPPD, OPPD,Progress Energy, PSEG, SCE&G, TVA,WCNOC and Xcel.Industry InvolvementDay & Zimmermann is actively involved onmany fronts to address industry issues andadvance the benefits of nuclear power andsafe, cost-effective plant operations. Wework with INPO, ANS, NEI, EPRI and numerousother industry organizations alongwith the Building & Construction Tradesorganization and their initiatives on laboravailability, skills certification and training.Safety, Integrity, Diversity, SuccessRev. 1-11-2010

We look at power plant maintenancefrom a different angle.We build customer-centeredsolutions from the ground upIn the power value chain, the breadth ofservices, experience, industry knowledge,strategic vision, and project executiondelivered by Day & Zimmermann isunmatched.Our innovative solutions for nuclear,fossil and hydroelectric power generationfacilities include plant maintenanceand modifications, major construction,fabrication and machining, professionalstaffing, as well as valve, condenser, andradiological services.This offering enables our suite ofManaged Maintenance Solutions SM totruly be a one-stop shop for all of yourpower generation needs.Safety, Integrity, Diversity, Successwww.dayzim.com

New DocumentsEPRI1. BWRVIP-238: BWR Vessel andInternals Project, On-Line NobleChemElectrochemical Corrosion Potential andPt Loading Data Correlation for Plants.Product ID: 1020875. Published April2010.The NobleChem (or noble metalchemical application [NMCA]) processhas been applied to many BWRs throughoutthe world just before end-of-cycleshutdown or during a mid-cycle shutdownto mitigate intergranular stress corrosioncracking (IGSCC) of structural materialsin BWRs. When injected into BWR environments,the noble metal particles depositon internal surfaces and catalyze therecombination of oxygen and hydrogen.This reduces the electrochemical corrosionpotential (ECP) on internal surfacesin the presence of low concentrations ofhydrogen and results in the mitigation ofIGSCC.2. Steam Generator ManagementProgram: Steam Generator EngineeringTraining Course 2 Handbook. Product ID:1021131. Published April, 2010.The objective of the Steam GeneratorEngineering Training is to provide comprehensivetraining for the utility steamgenerator program owner. The material isdesigned as training for new steam generatorengineers as well as a refresher forthose with experience.3. Investigation of the Thermal Stabilityof Irradiation and Cold Work Defects inZirconium-based Model Alloys: 2009Progress Report. Product ID: 1021255.Published May, 2010.This report describes the workperformed in 2009 on the thermal stabilityof irradiation and strain hardening defectsin zirconium-based model alloys withlow niobium content. The work involvesvarious tests and measurements on tubularor plate specimens irradiated in the RussianBOR-60 reactor.4. Program on Technology Innovation:Concrete Civil Infrastructure in UnitedStates Commercial Nuclear Power Plants.Product ID: 1020932. Published May,2010.This report describes historical issuesthat have been encountered in the concretecivil infrastructure of U.S. commercialnuclear power plants. A description ofdegradation mechanisms is presented andnondestructive evaluation (NDE) methodsare discussed.5. Materials Reliability Program:Hardness Testing of Pressure VesselSteels Irradiated to Assess Through-WallAttenuation of Radiation Embrittlement(MRP-277). Product ID: 1020863.Published May, 2010.Analytical assumptions and modelsregarding the attenuation of radiationdamage in RPV structural steels play asignificant role in the assessment of RPVintegrity, including determination of pressure-temperaturecurves and pressurizedthermal shock evaluations. Greater understandingand accuracy in the estimation ofthe attenuation of embrittlement effects inan RPV wall may justify a reduction in theconservatism of current modeling assumptionsfor the effect of attenuation.6. Materials Reliability Program: ThermalAging and Neutron EmbrittlementAssessment of Cast Austenitic StainlessSteels and Stainless Steel Welds in PWR Internals(MRP-276). Product ID: 1020959.Published May, 2010.This report summarizes the results ofa review of the component items that couldbe affected by a synergy between thermalaging and irradiation embrittlement for thePWR internals of the Babcock & Wilcox(B&W), Combustion Engineering (CE),and Westinghouse designs.7. BWRVIP-181-A: BWR Vessel andInternals Project, Steam Dryer RepairDesign Criteria. Product ID: 1020997.Published July, 2010.The Boiling Water Reactor Vesseland Internals Project (BWRVIP), formedin June 1994, is an association of utilitiesfocused exclusively on BWR vessel andinternals issues. This BWRVIP reportprovides design guidance for the repair orreplacement of steam dryers.8. Nuclear Maintenance ApplicationsCenter: Terry Turbine Digital ControlsReplacement Guideline. Product ID:1021442. Published July, 2010.This report examines the design considerationsfor and plant impacts of replacingthe original Terry Turbine—suppliedelectronic governor regulator—(EGR-)and electronic governor module—(EGM-)based controls with the new Dresser-Rand-supplied, 505-based digital controlpackage on safety-related steam turbinedrivenpump sets.9. Nuclear Steam Generator ManagementProgram: Foreign Object PrioritizationStrategy for Triangular Pitch SteamGenerators. Product ID: 1020989.Published July, 2010.Utilities typically perform foreignobject search and retrieval (FOSAR) on thesecondary side of steam generators (SGs)during refueling outages. Depending onthe SG design and operating conditions,a FOSAR can identify from a few to asubstantial number of foreign objects.Characterizing and removing the foreignobjects requires substantial effort, asmeasured in both time and dose, and inmany cases, the foreign objects are smallor are located in a region of the tube bundlein which little or no tube damage would beexpected over several operating cycles.10. Burnup Credit Methodology: SpentNuclear Fuel Transportation Applications.Product ID: 1021050. PublishedJuly, 2010.This report describes a practicalmethodology for actinide-only and fissionproduct burnup credit in concert with amethodology to validate the isotopic andreactivity calculations. The methodologysupports initial enrichments up to 5.0 wt%235U and burnup beyond 50 gigawattdaysper metric ton of uranium (GWd/MTU). The validation methodologies areall based upon standard methodologies,including extensions beyond traditionalradiochemistry assays (RCAs) for isotopicconcentrations and critical experimentbenchmarking.The above documents may be obtainedfrom EPRI Order and Conference Center,1200 West WT Harris Blvd., Charlotte,NC 28262; telephone: (800) 313-3774,email: orders@epri.com.20 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONPlants Experience New Award-WinningSteam Generator Deposit Removal TreatmentDMT is a fast, effective, and environmentally safe innovation for removing steam generator secondary side deposits.A significant reduction in personnelexposure, plus a stellar safetyrecord contributed to highlysuccessful fall and spring outagesfor several utilities. Their teamsworked with AREVA to focus on thehighest standards of operationalexcellence and achieve significantmilestones in safety, quality, deliveryand performance.Two accomplishments in particularmerit a closer look. They includethe removal of Steam Generator (SG)secondary side deposits at oneplant in spring 2009, and thesubsequent removal of even moredeposits for another plant infall 2009.These plants reaped the benefits ofusing Deposit Minimization Treatment(DMT) – a new, environmentallyfriendlySG deposit removal processfor the secondary side. Morethan 2200 pounds of depositswere removed from three steamgenerators at the first plant, the initialapplication of DMT. Over 2500pounds of deposits were removedfrom three steam generators atthe second plant.DMT also won a 2010 Top IndustryPractice Award at NEI’s May eventin San Francisco for its innovativeapproach, which prolongs steamgenerator life, adds value andenhances operating performance.The treatment is fast, with virtuallyno impact on outage durationand no containment building entryis required.Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 21

Meeting & Training Calendar1. 2010 Nuclear Information ManagementConference, August 15-18, 2010, JWMarriott, Summerlin, NV. Contact:Jane Hannum, telephone: (603) 432-6476, email: jnirma@nirma.mv.com.2. 2010 American Nuclear SocietyTopical Meeting and Decommissioning,Decontamination, & Reutilizationand Technology Expo, August29-September 2, 2010, Idaho Falls,Idaho. Contact: Teri Ehresman, telephone:(208) 526-7785, email: Teri.Ehresman@inl.gov.3. Conference on Decommissioning,Immobilisation and Managementof Nuclear Wastes for Disposal,September 8-9, 2010, Manchester,United Kingdom. Contact: DiamondUniversity Consortium, email: j.young@leeds.ac.uk.4. 35 th Annual World Nuclear AssociationSymposium, September 15-17, 2010,London, United Kingdom. Contact:telephone: 44 20 7451 1520, email:info@world-nuclear.org.5. Nuclear Manufacturing Outreach -Charlotte, September 16-17, 2010,Charlotte, North Carolina. Contact:Kate Gerlach, Nuclear EnergyInstitute, telephone: (202) 739-8027,email: kg@nei.org.6. China International Nuclear PowerIndustry Expo, September 19-21,2010, China International ExhibitionCenter, Beijing, China. Contact:Winder Wang, CINE, telephone: 8610 85863866, fax: 86 10 85863866,email: winderwang@163.com.7. 2010 LWR Fuel PerformanceMeeting/TopFuel, September 26-29, 2010, Hyatt Regency GrandCypress, Orlando, Florida. Contact:Lynne Schreiber, American NuclearSociety, email: fuel@fuel.ans.org.8. EUCG Workshop on BenchmarkingNuclear Plant Operating Costs,September 26-29, 2010, Glendale,Arizona. Contact: website: www.eucg.org/DNN4.9. International Conference on NuclearPower for the People, September 26-29, 2010, Nesebar, Bulgaria. Contact:Bulgarian Nuclear Society, fax: 3592 974 39 55, email: manolova@inrne.bas.bg.10. 10th Specialized Exhibition of NuclearIndustry, September 29-October 1,2010, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.Contact: email: scipr@restec.ru,website: www.restec.ru/exhibition.en.html?id=1057.11. The 13 th International Conferenceon Environmental Remediation andRadioactive Waste Management.October 3-7, 2010, Tsukuba, Japan.Contact: John Bendo, ASME, email:bendoj@asme.org.12.Nuclear Plant Chemistry Conference,2010, October 3-7, 2010, Hotel LeConcorde, Quebec City, Quebec,Canada. Contact: Elizabeth Muckle-Jeffs, Canadian Nuclear Society,telephone: (800) 868-8776, fax: (613)732-3386.13. Nuclear Material Conference, October3-9, 2010, ZKM Center for Art andMedia, Karlsruhe, Germany. Contact:NuMat, telephone: 44 0 1460 259776,email: numat2010@event-logistics.co.uk.14. Nuclear Fuel ManufacturingOversight Training Seminar, October5-7, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact:NAC Atlanta Corporate Headquarters,telephone: (678) 328-1281, fax: (678)328-1481, email: cdelance@nacintl.com.15. 11th International Conference onCANDU Fuel, October 17-20,2010, Sheraton Fallsview Hotel andConference Center, Niagara Falls,Ontario, Canada. Contact: DeniseRouben, Canadian Nuclear Society,telephone: (416) 977-7620, email:cns-snc@on.aibn.com.16.Nuclear Energy Institute InternationalUranium Fuel Seminar, October 17-20, 2010, Hyatt Savannah, Savannah,Georgia. Contact: Janet Schlueter,,telephone: (202) 739-8098, email:jrs@nei.org.17.17 th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference,October 24-30, 2010, Hilton CancunGolf and Spa Resort, Cancun, Mexico.Contact: Pacific Nuclear Council,email: info@pbnc2010.org.mx.18.Licensing Information Forum,November 1-3, 2010, MarriottCrystal Gateway, Arlington, Virginia.Contact: Linda Wells, NuclearEnergy Institute, telephone: (202)739-8039, email: registrar@nei.org.19.Symposium on International Safeguards:Preparing for Future VerificationChallenges, November 1-5, 2010,Vienna, Austria. Contact: MalcolmNicholas, International Atomic EnergyAgency, telephone: 43 1 260022140, email: M.Nicholas@iaea.com.20.International Workshop on AgeingManagement of Nuclear PowerPlant and Waste Disposal StructuresAMP 2010, November 7-10, 2010,Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact:Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique,email: valerie.lhostis@cea.fr.21. 2010 ANS Winter Meeting andNuclear Technology Expo, November7-11, 2010, Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas,Nevada. Contact: website: www.ans.org.22. Facility Decommissioning TrainingCourse, November 15-18, 2010,Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas,Nevada. Contact: Lawrence BoingArgonne National Laboratory, telephone:(630) 252-6729, email: lboing@anl.gov.23. Conference on Nuclear Training andEducation, February 6-9, 2011, HyattRegency Jacksonville Riverfront,Jacksonville, Florida. Contact:American Nuclear Society, website:www.ans.org/meetings.24. WM Symposia 2011, February 27-March 3, 2011, Phoenix ConventionCenter, Phoenix, Arizona. Contact:telephone: (520) 696-0399, website:www.wmsym.org.22 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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A Major Change in Administration'sEngagementBy Marvin Fertel, Nuclear EnergyInstitute.1. What’s the status of the NuclearEnergy Bill in the US congress?The house has passed the bill whichpeople refer to as Waxman Markey earlierlast year. The senate has passed a climateenergy bill, it just made it through thehouse. It has some nuclear stuff that’sgood but it’s not widely supported by theindustry. We don’t support the bill, wesupport the nuclear provisions in it. On thesenate side, senator Bingaman has a billthat has come out of the committee withbipartisan support which is an energy billonly. It does have a renewable electricitystand in it, it has a financing platform init. It’s not a climate bill. It hasn’t beenvoted on in the senate on the floor.Senators Kerry and Liberman have abill that they are getting back informationfrom EPA on the cost and benefits of thebill. Last week senator Lugar proposeda bill. So the senate has passed nothingyet. One bill out of committee and thereare some other bills that are just comingout of the closet for people to look at andact on. If the senate passed the bill theywould either go to conference or theywould have to have some agreement likethey did on healthcare. Senator Reed andspeaker Pelosi have asked the committeechairs that are responsible for energy topropose by July 4th, 2010 what they wouldneed to deal with the oil related situation.No one has asked for anything on nuclear.The president is pushing really hard for aclimate bill and an energy bill. If there isa climate energy bill it will have nuclearin it for sure.The president is being very supportiveon nuclear right now. I think everybodyon the hill knows that in order to pass aclimate energy bill of any form there willhave to be a nuclear title. A nuclear titlealone doesn’t get you the bill.An interview by Newal Agnihotri, Editor,Nuclear Plant Journal at the ANSAnnual Meeting in San Diego, Californiain June, 2010.Marvin FertelMarvin Fertel is president and chiefexecutive offi cer of the Nuclear EnergyInstitute (NEI). He has over 40 yearsof experience working with the electricutility industry on issues related2. Is the administration currentlysupportive to nuclear energy?There was a dramatic change insupport not from just the administrationbut also from congress on major policyissues. We’ve seen the loan guaranteerule fixed. We’ve seen the administrationsupport getting the OECD loan guaranteerequirements fixed to making it easierand better for export credit agencies toactually loan money to US facilities.We’ve seen the president, the secretarycome out talking about the positiveneeds for nuclear energy. That has beena significant change from when we werelistening to the president campaigning.The only thing that was certain was thathe was going to stop Yucca. On nuclearin general he was not negative but it wasalways very nuanced on going forth. Sowe think we’ve seen a major change intheir engagement and their actions.3. NEI has been very active in comingup with an integrated long term strategyfor used nuclear fuel management.Explain the current challenges and recentaccomplishments.to designing, siting, licensing andmanaging both fossil and nuclear plants.Mr. Fertel was named senior vicepresident and chief nuclear offi cer in2003. In that role, he was responsiblefor leading NEI’s programs related toensuring an effective and safety-focusedregulatory process. He directed industrywide efforts to ensure adequate securityis provided at nuclear power plantsand to address generic technical issuesrelated to commercial nuclear facilities.He also led NEI’s activities related to thelong-term management of used nuclearfuel, including achieving success inthe U.S. government’s program for thestorage and ultimate disposal of usednuclear fuel.In 2009, Mr. Fertel was named Presidentand Chief Executive Offi cer of NEI.The big thing we’re looking atright now is what will the Blue RibbonCommission come out with. I presentedto them two weeks back our integratedapproach. I think they understood it.They asked a lot of good questions. Thebig thing we need in our country is aprogram going forward that is sustainablein policy space. We can’t keep changingthe program every election. So we need asustainable program.We can manage used fuel fordecades to a millennium or more in drycask storage if we have to but we ought tobe moving forward to figure out and thenimplement if we are going to do any formof recycling if we continue to go on the“once through” approach let us go and finda repository and in the interim let’s makesure that we safely and securely manageit. Our integrated program is interimstorage, we advocate some centralizedinterim storage, we also advocate thatyou try to get more energy out of the fueland to make it less toxic in some way andthen we would say in parallel you have tobe going for repositories. The repositoryis somewhat dependant upon the waste24 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

form too. Because if I’m not going toretrieve it I can go to different repositoryformations like salt. So that’s the advocacywe’re hopeful that the administration, theBlue Ribbon Commission will rendersome good recommendations on policy,on legal changes and on process andget them to move forward and begin toimplement them.I think the only thing you can hopeis that we can get the law written rightand we are actually saying that we thinkwe ought to move the program into anorganization that is set up to implement itand is less politicized than the Departmentof Energy as they are always changingpeople. We would advocate some form ofgovernment corporation that is dedicatedto implementing the whole used fuelmanagement program and that’s treatedseparately. We would make sure budgetwise and governance wise that it shouldhave people that want to implement theprogram.4. Is it possible for the US to help theUS vendors like many other countries inthe world do?You’ve got your finger on a majordifference whether it’s France or Russia,even in South Korea or Japan while itmay not be government owned, they areunified. I think the thing we are focusedon is making it easier for our suppliersto get export licenses so that the currentpolicies and regulations are not a burdenbecause we need to make it easier. Alsoit’s not as useful as when the governmentpromotes business. But we’re never goingto be on a completely level playing fieldwith other countries where the industryand the government are basically thesame entity.I’m hopeful. The administrationactually wants exports, it’s good forAmerica, it creates job. We’ve elevatedour supplier activities with the supplieradvisory committee. I’ve put AdrianHeymer in charge of overseeing thesupplier area. He’s looking at issuesexactly like that. The things we have toaffect are the kinds of things you’re talkingabout. We have to make the process aspainless as possible. I’m optimistic, Iwouldn’t say I’m convinced, that we aregoing to able to make improvements.5. What is Stand by Support as it relatesto our industry?Stand by Support was in the 2005Energy Policy Act. Fundamentally whatit is, it’s sort of like an insurance. If a(Continued on page 29)Know the industry and be ready.At URS, we believe that an integrated relationship with our customers andstakeholders provides the foundation for success. For 60 years, we havebeen committed to delivering and maintaining safe, reliable facilities acrossthe nuclear industry. Today, our expertise remains strong, providing life-cycleengineering, construction and program management services to meet thenext generation of challenges. Which is why, when industry knowledge andreadiness level count, more people in the nuclear industry are turning to usto get it done. We are URS.POWERINFRASTRUCTUREFEDERALINDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIALFor more information, please contact the URS Nuclear Center at 803.578.7000URSCORP.COMNuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 25

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Industry's Need for Regulatory StabilityBy John Herron, Entergy Nuclear.1. Is Entergy planning to build new unitsat Grand Gulf Nuclear Station and atRiver Bend Station?We asked the Nuclear RegulatoryCommission to temporarily suspend ourtwo combined construction and operatinglicensing applications so that we willhave them available to use in the future.We are certainly involved with the latesttechnology in the industry and we arekeeping our hands involved with the nextwave of new nuclear. But right now, weare waiting for the economics to improve.Both Grand Gulf in Mississippi and RiverBend in Louisiana are rate-regulatedplants, so the company has to assure stateregulatory agencies that its energy supplystrategy warrants approval to recover thecost of construction and that the ultimateprice per megawatt is competitive withother fuel sources.When you look at natural gas being alittle over four dollars right now, it’s hardto make the business case to achieve thenecessary net present value that we wouldwant from new generation capacity. Netpresent value is a vital measure whenevaluating the investment.It’s all about how you look at yourgoing-forward market price and what youthink the market is going to bear in thefuture. Our view on the markets, both rateregulatedand wholesale, is that it’s prettybearish right now. The country has largesupplies of natural gas and a huge supplyof shale gas that’s available. Additionally,the demand for electricity has comedown due to overall economic conditionsof the past couple of years. Even as theeconomy has started to recover – and weare seeing some recovery in our utilityservice territory – it is not to the pointwhere we’re seeing demand that woulddrive natural gas prices up.An interview by Newal Agnihotri, Editor,Nuclear Plant Journal at the NuclearEnergy Institute’s Nuclear EnergyAssembly in San Francisco, California inMay, 2010.John HerronJohn Herron is the president, CEO andCNO of Entergy Nuclear, responsiblefor plants in Arkansas, Louisiana,Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi,In addition, we had other issues todeal with. One is making sure that thetechnology that we ultimately select isa technology we are comfortable withand can get licensed through the process.When building new nuclear plants, acompany needs some guarantees from thestandpoint of who is going to take financialor regulatory risk with us. Various othercompanies are involved including originalequipment manufacturers, the engineeringand construction firms, and investors wewould be working with. What kind of riskare they willing to take with us in terms ofprice or schedule?So when you consider the overalleconomic factors of new nuclear rightnow, it’s hard for Entergy to justify toour ratepayers a growth strategy thatincludes building new nuclear today. I’mnot saying that there is not going to bea need for it in the near future but rightnow we just don’t see it as viable as thealternatives.New York and Vermont and thecompany’s management services toCooper Nuclear Station in Nebraska.He previously served as Entergy’ssenior vice president for nuclear fl eetoperations; vice president at Waterford 3Nuclear Station in Louisiana; and seniorvice president of Indian Point EnergyCenter in New York.Herron began his career at VermontYankee Nuclear Power Corporationand has served as plant manager/site vice president at Cooper NuclearStation, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant andBrowns Ferry Nuclear Plant. In theU.S. Navy he was an instructor at theNuclear Submarine Prototype School.He holds a bachelor’s degree in businessmanagement from Franklin PierceCollege in New Hampshire.2. What alternatives does Entergy havefor getting additional value from GrandGulf and River Bend nuclear powerplants?Although both of these plants went online in the mid-‘80s and have around 15years remaining in their original 40-yearlicenses, planning for license renewalsis already underway as a strategy thatmakes sense for getting at least 20 moreyears’ value from plants that are operatingsafely.Meanwhile, at Grand Gulf, we are inthe process of doing a power uprate of 178MW, which is about a 13 percent increasein overall capacity. When completed in2012, it will be the largest single reactorof its type in the world.Grand Gulf is also a very big upratein terms of project management. We willbe changing out the main generator andstation transformers; upgrading the highpressureturbine; and we have to replacea number of the feed water heaters aswell as the moisture-separator re-heaters.Those are some of the major elements ofthe project. On the nuclear steam supply28 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

system side, we’ll also be replacing thesteam dryer. It is a big job.At Grand Gulf, we are moving into24-month fuel cycles and transitioningto Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF-2) asadditional strategies for putting morepower on the grid and improving theoverall efficiency of the unit.We’re also looking at the viability ofdoing a power uprate for River Bend, butwe are in the early stages of feasibilitystudies.3. How have you gotten the public onyour side for power uprates?With respect to communicating tothe public, the first thing that we musthave is a good safety record. We have alot of performance metrics that we use.We measure not only industrial safetybut also capability factors and loss rate.Certainly being transparent with localcommunity, the state agencies, and thefederal government allows for meaningfuldialogue that builds trust. This level oftrust is critical to those individuals andorganizations.Another important aspect is that wehost a lot of tours. It’s amazing when webring people into a site. The first time theywalk into a nuclear facility, they are soimpressed not only with the cleanlinessof the facility but also with the qualityand the professionalism of the peopleworking there.The real issue here in communicatingto our stakeholders is sharing with themall that we do to ensure safety. Whenwe organize tours, the first thing I liketo do is take them over to the simulator,let them see how we train our operatorsand explain to them how many hours theyspend in the rigor of training. In a six-weekrotation, operators are in training for oneweek every six weeks, over and over andover again. We train on various topics andexamine operators every year. They haveto pass a simulator exam and pass a writtenexam. When you explain those methodsto our stakeholders, a lot of them becomeaware for the first time how detailed weare in training and operations. Then,when they interact with our employees,it is so impressive to see how passionate,committed and knowledgeable they are,and that their actions are consistent withour conservative safety approach.4. Concluding remarks.I think it’s exciting to see that thepublic is starting to become more andmore comfortable with nuclear energy,and that they are beginning to recognizethat nuclear power is a crucial base loadsource of electricity that we need in ournation. It is becoming more obvious tothe public that we are a carbon-free, cleanenergy generation source.I will say, though, that I’m cautiousabout regulatory cost and regulatorystability. These are areas that I ampersonally working on with the rest of theindustry to try and see if we can gain someunderstanding and some consistency.For example, we heard from GaryGates at the Nuclear Energy Assemblyabout security-related costs and thediminishing value we are getting onthe hundreds of millions of dollars thatthis industry is spending in terms ofappreciable enhancements to security. Itdoes affect our bottom line and the cost ofbeing able to generate power. The questionis: Are we really getting additional safetybenefits from these escalating costs? Ithink this is something that policymakers,regulators and the nuclear industry aregoing to have to get serious about andaddress.We also need to make sure that wehave regulatory stability. We’re strugglingwith license renewals at some of ourplants. It’s clear that there are issues withthe process if a plant that is operatingwell can’t get to license renewal in areasonable time. If we can’t have apredictable process around renewals,what makes us think we’re going to beable get new plants licensed and operatingin a reasonable time?The stringent regulatory environmentis an important factor in public assurancethat the industry is safe, and it is a keycontributor to public support for nuclearenergy. But as companies look at thecost and schedule predictability of newnuclear, there’s got to be stability in thecost and public benefit of regulations forany company to want to invest in thisbusiness going forward.Contact: Margie Jepson, EntergyNuclear; 1340 Echelon Parkway, Jackson,MS 39213; telephone: (601) 368-5460,email: mjepson@entergy.com. A Major Change...Continued from page 25plant is delayed in start up for reasonsthat can be determined to be the fault ofgovernment not fulfilling its obligationcorrectly. Our court issues an injunctionbased upon not a very good basis or theNRC does not issue an approval to goforward based upon when you look on it,everything was done right and they shouldhave let it go forward. What the standby support did is it said that you wouldhave essentially an insurance policy thatwould allow for the first two plants $500million to cover certain expenses mostlydebt on your borrowings if it was proventhat the delay was not your doing and itwas something the government did notact responsibly on. Our hope is that younever have to exercise it because if you do,it means the process isn’t working right.It’s an important thing from a stand pointof board of directors making decisionsbut it’s something we work really hard tomake sure you never have to exercise.6. Concluding remarks.We’re clearly seeing everyonerecognizing the important role of nuclearfrom an energy stand point. I thinksometimes the expectations on howquick our country can move exceed itsability. The focus is to get plant Vogtle,get Summer built right. We hope thatSouth Texas Project and Calvert Cliffscan go forward, maybe Dominion. Wedon’t see a lot others going forward tobe operational in the 2016 or 2018 timeframe. But we are very happy if we get4-8 done and done right. TVA has thegreen light for restarting their plants. Alot of the companies are doing significantupgrades. Everybody is looking to buildnew, improve the current, restarting orcompleting plants that were already inprocess.Contact: John Keeley, NuclearEnergy Institute; 1776 I Street NW, Suite400, Washington, D.C. 20006; telephone:(202) 785-4019, email: jmk@nei.org. Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 29

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The Nuclear RenaissanceBy Jeffrey Merrifi eld, The Shaw Group.1. What is Shaw Group’s currentinternational involvement?Today the principal focus of Shaw’sPower Group is on our activities inChina. We’re teaming with Westinghouseand we’re in the process of building theSanmen and Haiyang nuclear generatingunits for our client, the State NuclearPower Technology Corporation (SNTPC)of China. The first of these units, Sanmen I,will be delivered in the late 2013 time frame.Then an additional unit will come on atthe sites alternating every six monthsthereafter. So it will begin with SanmenUnit 1 and then Haiyang Unit 1 andthen from there back to Sanmen Unit 2and then Haiyang Unit 2. That has beena tremendous opportunity for Shawand Westinghouse because it’s givenus an opportunity to conduct the firstdeployment of the AP1000. We are seeingfirsthand the deployment of modularconstruction for nuclear facilities and it’sgiving us significant experience refiningour procedures to make sure that when wedeploy those very same AP1000 units forour clients here in the US – for SCANAand the Southern Company - we can dothat in a fully integrated and plannedway. It will make our activities here moresuccessful in accomplishing the timelinesthat we’ve laid out.One of the other areas that we’velooked at and have discussed this withour clients, is assisting Toshiba, with thedeployment of the ABWR design andthat creates one further opportunity forcooperation between our two companies.That’s a logical step given the fact thatToshiba and Shaw are co-owners ofWestinghouse (Shaw owns 20%) andfurther cooperation between the twocompanies is obviously very logical.Toshiba owns 70% of Westinghouse andAn interview by Newal Agnihotri, Editor,Nuclear Plant Journal at the NuclearEnergy Institute’s Nuclear EnergyAssembly in San Francisco, California inMay, 2010.Jeffrey MerrifieldJeffrey S. Merrifi eld joined The ShawGroup in August 2007 as seniorvice president of the Power Group.As a member of the Power Group’sexecutive team, Mr. Merrifi eld isthe remaining shares are owned by thegovernment of Kazakhstan and IHI whichis a Japanese manufacturing company.When I look back at the time I spenton at the NRC, from 1998 through 2007,that was a time period where there was atransition to what today we are calling “thenuclear renaissance.” The significantlyincreased domestic interest in nuclearpower that we are seeing in 2010, was laidout by the actions that I and other membersof the Commission undertook during themid to late 1990’s. So what appears to besignificant movement in the current timeframe was preceded by determined workby both the NRC and utilities to establishthe framework for the success that hasmanifested itself in the burgeoningrenaissance we are enjoying today.During that “pre-renaissance period”,you began to see the nacient beginningsof a shift in public support for power.Today, a solid majority of Americanssupport new nuclear power stations with60% to 70% of the population supportingthe construction of new generating units.In order to make all that happen, and inorder to be successful in deploying thesereactors, there was a significant amountfocused on enhancing the group’sexternal relationships, includingbusiness development, marketing andcommunications, government andregulatory affairs, customer relationsand strategic planning. Mr. Merrifi eldhas been particularly involved insupporting the group’s nuclear-relatedefforts.Mr. Merrifi eld served two terms (1998to 2007) as a U.S. Senate-confi rmedcommissioner of the United StatesNuclear Regulatory Commission.Appointed by President Clintonand reappointed by President Bush,Mr. Merrifi eld served as one of fi veindividuals overseeing this independentCommission that regulates the safety andsecurity of the 104 operating nuclearpower plants in the United States.of work that had to be done by vendorslike Westinghouse to get their designsprepared and ready for deployment. Therealso had to be significant work at theNRC. The utilities had to work throughthat process as well. Shaw is honored tohave been selected to construct the Vogtleand the Summer units and today wehave almost 1,000 people on site at eachlocation moving earth and conductingearly site preparation activities. Thislevel of activity is a clear demonstrationof the fact that we’re moving forwardand that these plants will be built. Thereis a commitment and willingness onthe part of our clients to move forward,and we believe we have the capabilityto successfully get these plants on line.Once we are able to get a couple of theselarge plants through the pipeline, I believethere are many other utilities who will beconvinced that the renaissance is a realityand this will trigger further movement toorder new plants. Clearly, there are a largenumber of applications with the NRC. Wecertainly hope that more utilities followSouthern and SCANA’s, lead and actuallysign contracts and get those built.(Continued on page 34)32 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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The Nuclear...Continued from page 322. What are your views on the growingmarket for Small/Modular Reactors?When it comes to the smaller andinnovative reactors, I think there’ssomething very exciting about thatinitiative. Five years ago you had asmall number of folks within the nuclearcommunity who saw the possibilitiesof those reactors and who were willingto embrace them as part of an overallgeneration portfolio mix. Today what isdifferent is that these smaller reactorshave now gone mainstream and by thatI mean that there have been a number ofrecent articles in the Wall Street Journal,the New York Times, and the WashingtonPost, that feature these types of reactors.These articles have generated a degreeof public interest and excitement aboutnuclear power that really didn’t exist fiveyears ago. A transformational opportunityhas occurred in this arena.Average members of the public aretalking about innovative/small nuclearreactors. There is obviously a lot ofpromise with those reactor designs andShaw among others is evaluating thesetechnologies for potential deployment inprocess chemical applications, distributedgeneration, or potential uses in generatingdesalinated water. There are a widevariety of uses that we can think of in thenuclear and process areas to deploy thosereactors. That said, you have to haveregulatory framework in place to actuallybe able to deploy the reactors for thosebeneficial uses and this process will takethe NRC some time to work through.From a Shaw perspective, we wouldcertainly be interested in being an activeparticipant in helping our clients deploythose reactors because we think wecan bring a lot to the table in providingthe engineering, procurement andconstruction expertise to assure smoothdeployability. But it is going to requirea little bit of patience. Patience will benecessary to make sure that we can getthose reactors smoothly through theNRC’s licensing process and make surethat we can get those designs matured ina way so that they’re readily deployable.One of the challenges that we’re all goingto have to deal with is the public’s highlevel of expectation about the maturityof these reactors and their expectationabout how quickly they can be deployed.Having an influential decision maker likeBill Gates endorse modular reactors is asignificant milestone because it brings aringing endorsement in the investmentcommunity. Nonetheless, there are anumber of steps that will need to be metprior to the time that they can be licensedand deployed, and we need to be carefulabout not setting up false expectationsor overpromising how quickly thesereactors are ready to be deployed. Unlikethe larger reactors where we can signcontracts and initiate construction veryquickly, these smaller reactors will takesomewhat longer until they are in aposition to do the same thing.3. What projects is Shaw Group currentlydoing in the United States?Right now at the Summer site we haveapproximately 900-1000 individuals whoare moving significant amounts of dirt. Infact, as we speak, we have moved in excessof 7 million cubic yards of material. Wehave a major laydown facility constructedand we have deployed a significantpercentage of the condenser water pipingthat will be needed at the site. We arein the midst of constructing a variety ofstorage facilities and warehouses as wellas lay down areas for equipment. We haveconstructed a bridge and a whole newroadway network to provide appropriatesite access for our construction workforceas well as the future personnel at theplant. Within Shaw, there is significantexcitement about how this project and theVogtle project are proceeding. When Isit in the meetings where we are talkingabout project overviews, there’s a naturalsense of internal competition betweenour teams at the two sites (Summerand Vogtle) in terms of what they’reaccomplishing at one site versus the otherso it’s an excellent opportunity for usto execute these projects with a healthylevel of internal competition. Yet, even inthis competitive atmosphere, the teamsare focused on sharing what they havelearned, how they can do it better andenhancing the level of accomplishmentat the sites where we are building newnuclear units. Additionally, we havethe Shaw/Westinghouse team membersin China who are also sharing theirexperience with us. We’ve got all threeprojects going on at the same time andunlike the situation thirty years ago wheneach reactor design was different, becauseall of the AP1000 reactor designs arepretty much the same, the best practices,and the things that we’re learning at eachsite can be shared and are allowing us toinnovate as we go along. It is workingvery well.4. What is the nature of contracts for theShaw Group in the United States and inChina?The situation in China is differentthan what we have here in the UnitedStates. Traditionally, and this is the casefor the units we’re building for SCANAas well as for Southern, we have a typicalEPC contract methodology, Engineering,Procure, and Construct. We conductsite based engineering work, assistwith detailed engineering design, theprocurement of needed parts, commoditiesand equipment and then go ahead andconstruct the units with a directly hiredconstruction workforce. In China it is adifferent framework. It is widely knownthat the contract involved a transfer of theAP1000 technology from Westinghouseto the Chinese so over a period of time agreater percentage of Chinese content willbe included in the reactor designs. TheSNTPC, our principal client, anticipatesthat down the road the entire AP1000units can be constructed and overseenby our Chinese clients. In the case of thereactors that we’re building at Sanmenand Haiyang we do not conduct directhire of the construction employees. AtSanmen and Haiyang we are conductingconstruction management. And there isa teaming approach with Westinghouse,Shaw and the SNTPC where we have34 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

a joint office that helps manage theconstruction activities. Additionally, wehave Shaw provide site managers workingwith our partners at Westinghouse andSNTPC to manage the construction ofthe reactors. This was somewhat newfor us but it has worked very well. Andwe certainly hope and expect that wewill continue to be part of the effort toconstruct additional AP1000 reactorsin China. Clearly, there is a significantcommitment on the part of the Chinesegovernment to build AP1000’s goingforward. The most recent 5- year planindicated that as many as 24 additionalAP1000 reactors could be constructed andit is clear that the AP1000 will clearly beone of the two largest designs selected bythe government of China for deploymentof nuclear power for years to come.5. Do you believe utilities are currentlyover burdened with regulations?There was a presentation yesterdayby Gary Gates, in which he talked aboutthe challenges the industry has ahead ofit right now: fire protection, GSI 191,new security requirements, and buriedunderground piping. Chairman Jaczkoin his speech also mentioned a varietyof issues which mirror some of thoseconcerns and perhaps add some more.When one looks at the significant successthat has occurred in the nuclear industryover all these years, combined with thefact you have these additional challengesand regulatory requirements which havebeen placed on the industry, one mightask: does this raise a concern of overreachon the part of the regulator? Frankly, thisissue does concern me. I think it is a validquestion to ask whether the NRC mayhave placed a little too much on the plateof the plants particularly given the strong,safe level of performance by the utilitiesover the last 10 years.Having been a Commissioner foralmost 9 years, I can attest that there isa terrific group of people who work atthe NRC who are very talented and whoare dedicated to their safety mission. Oneof the things that the NRC used to payattention to quite carefully back in the 1998to 2005 timeframe was risk prioritizationand keeping the big picture in mindregarding the totality of requirements theyare placing on utilities. Having been atthe NRC in 2001, I’m very familiar withthe extraordinary amount of work thatthe outcome of 9/11 placed on utilities tochange the way they are doing businessand from my standpoint since that time(Continued on page 68)NQA-1 and ISO 9001/200010 CFR 50 APPENDIX BASME SECTION III & VIIINuclear Subassemblies Radwaste Containers Material CertificationsReactor Components Pressure Vessels Heat Exchangers800-338-8265www.westermancompanies.comWesterman Nuclear LLC is a wholly ownedsubsidiary of the Westerman CompaniesDedicated toQUALITY PRODUCTSand SERVICE since 1909Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 35

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An Innovative Approach for anOptimized Fuel CycleBy Kevin Walsh, GE Hitachi NuclearEnergy.1. Does GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy planto discuss the Sodium Cooled PRISM andthe advanced recycling center with theBlue Ribbon Commission?Yes. Our Advanced Recycling Center(ARC) concept couples two major technologies;recycling and a sodium cooledreactor.The first technology is recycling spentlight water fuel. Recycling differs fromreprocessing. Reprocessing uses an aqueousprocess to separate plutonium, whichis then fabricated into mixed oxide (MOX)fuel bundles that can be used in a light waterreactor. Recycling does not separatepure plutonium and uses more of the spentfuel in a sodium fast reactor as further describedbelow.In recycling, a spent fuel bundle is cutinto pieces, put into a molten salt bath formetallurgical separation and separated intothree components.The first component is uranium, whichis about 0.9% enriched in U-235. The uraniumconstitutes about 95% of the bundle.The second component is short-livedfission products, which constitute about4% of the bundle and require approximately500 years in an underground repository(versus 10,000 plus years for current spentfuel).And the third component, which constitutesabout 1% of the fuel, is the actinides(transuranics): Americium, Neptunium,Plutonium and Curium. These arerecovered as a group so that plutonium isnever separated.The natural uranium is combined withthe actinides and fabricated into a metallicfuel. The fuel is then used in a liquidcooled sodium reactor, the PRISM (PowerReactor Innovative Small Modular).The PRISM is the second technology,which will be used to generate power fromAn interview by Newal Agnihotri, Editor,Nuclear Plant Journal at the Nuclear EnergyInstitute’s Nuclear Energy Assemblyin San Francisco, California in May, 2010.the recycled fuel. With the PRISM reactoras a part of the ARC and at the same location,transportation of the recycled fuel isalso minimized.We’ve already begun discussions withmembers of the Blue Ribbon Commission.Jack Fuller, Chairman of the Board ofGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, has met withseveral members of the commission andis trying to schedule a meeting to presentto the entire commission. We hope to geton the agenda during the most appropriatemeeting of the full commission and alsoits subcommittees to discuss the recyclingconcept. This approach is advantageousbecause it does not separate plutonium, itdoes not generate as much waste as the liquidprocess, it consumes more of the spentfuel and it can be accomplished in regionallocations. The PRISM concepts have beendemonstrated in the Experimental BreederReactor (EBR) and the metallurgical separationsare common processes used todayin metal smelters. We believe we could developa pilot that would accomplish boththe recycling and energy production at thesame location. Once the pilot program isproven, the concept could be rolled outcommercially.2. What do you believe our options are forthe long term waste repository?We support regional recycling centerswhich significantly reduce the requirementsfor a geologic repository.The determination by the Obama administrationto shut down Yucca puts anew onus on the government to determinehow to handle spent fuel. The Blue RibbonKevin WalshKevin Walsh is Senior Vice President ofGlobal Nuclear Fuel Cycle Operations forGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. Walsh alsoserves as CEO of Global Nuclear Fuel(GNF), a joint venture of GE, Hitachiand Toshiba. Kevin joined GE as a FieldEngineer in 1984. He attended the UnitedStates Merchant Marine Academy wherehe received a B.S. Degree in Marine Engineering.Commission was established to make thisdetermination. There will still be a longtermneed for some type of geological repository,whether it’s the Waste IsolationPilot Project in Carlsbad, N.M.(WIPP) oranother alternative. It is not practical tocompletely close the fuel cycle becauseeven the process of metallurgical separationinvolves fission products that need tobe disposed. While they are a small percentage,less radioactive and have shorterhalf lives than what was planned for Yucca,they will still be present.3. What is the status of ABWRs in operationand in construction worldwide?ABWR has a great operational record.There are four running, four in constructionand more in design and development phases.There will continue to be focus aroundthe world on building ABWRs.We are also in the final stages of certificationwith the Nuclear Regulatory Commissionon the ESBWR, which has thelowest core damage frequency of any unitin the world.We’ll continue to actively work in theUS and overseas to try to sell both the ES-BWR and ABWR.4. Is the US ready to sign contracts withIndia for its nuclear reactors under the 123Agreement?The 123 Agreement has been approvedbut there’s still a problem with theconvention for supplemental compensationthat we’re trying to work through rightnow. The latest bill submitted to the Indianparliament contains language that we view38 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONas inconsistent with the Convention onSupplementary Compensation for NuclearDamage, known as the CSC. Also, we needa Specific Authorization from the U.S. Departmentof Energy to export technologyto India. We’ve applied and are close togetting that authorization, although there isnot yet a definite timetable.5. Concluding Remarks.It’s an exciting time. For me personally,coming in to lead the Nuclear FuelCycle for GEH is a great opportunity. I’mlearning a lot technically and about the regulatoryenvironment.Our new units business is really startingto gain traction and the investment thatwe’re putting into our laser enrichmentprogram is showing positive results.The Lungmen nuclear power plant isplanning on both reactors going commercialwithin the next two to three years.Fuel bundles with Cobalt 60 Isotopepins have been installed in Exelon's Cintonreactor. We have a second set of bundlesgoing to Hope Creek in the Fall. We’llharvest those in four years and bring themto our Vallecitos, Calif. facility where wetake the irradiated cobalt source pellets out.These can be manufactured into sealedsources for various purposes such as industrialradiography or medical purposes suchas the gamma knife, which is used for noninvasivebrain surgery.We also have $4.5 million in fundingfrom the Department of Energy, a 50-50cost share, to develop alternative productioncapabilities using neutron absorptionfor the Tc-99m isotope. Tc-99m is usedin medical diagnostic scans of the heart,the lungs, the liver, etc. This is the mostcommonly used isotope in nuclear medicaltechnology and all of the current reactorsproducing this around the world use highlyenriched uranium. Current production relieson a small number of aging reactorsso there’s no secure supply anymore. TheDOE has started funding this program todevelop at least two different kinds of technologies.That program kicked off last yearand we will continue through 2013 to developthe capability to supply 50% of theUS market.As I said, it’s an exciting time!Contact: Michael Tetuan, GE HitachiNuclear Energy; telephone: (910) 819-7055, email: Michael.tetuan@ge.com. Boron Products LLC, a Ceradyne,Inc. Company, is supplying 10 Benriched boric acid and 7 Li enrichedlithium hydroxide monohydrate for theEuropean Pressurized Reactor TM (EPR)designed to optimize the use of nuclearfuel and minimize the production oflong-lived high-level radioactive waste.Enriched boric acid is a design featureof EPR reactors currently underconstruction in Finland, France andChina. Use of boric acid enrichedin the 10 B isotope has shown a safety benefi t by reducing exposure of plant personnelto ionizing radiation. It allows a reduction in the concentration of lithium in the primarycoolant that is required to maintain pH in a regime that results in minimal corrosion ratesand maintains a positive temperature coeffi cient of solubility for the corrosion of productoxides. Other enriched boric acid benefi ts are related to fl uid systems and safety aspectsassociated with extended fuel cycles, reduced boron and lithium costs, and reduction insize of equipment for boric acid systems.pH buffering is required in the PWRs due to the boric acid addition. However, naturaloccurring lithium contains both 6 Li and 7 Li isotopes. 6 Li adsorbs thermal neutrons andsubsequently decays the production of unwanted tritium. Lithium hydroxide monohydrateenriched in 7 Li mitigates this decay reaction and tritium formation in the cooling water. Theextremely low levels of tritium produced when using 7 Li enriched material offers distinctoperational advantages under existing environmental guidelines.For more information contact Boron Products ▪ Tel 918-673-2201 x2225Highest Purity Stable Isotopesfor Nuclear Power PlantChemistriesCeradyne Boron Products (formerly Eagle Picher)has provided the global commercial nuclear powerindustry with high purity stable isotopes for morethan 30 years.- Enriched Boric Acid (E 10 BA)- 7 Lithium Hydroxide-Monohydrate- Enriched Sodium Pentaborate (NaP 10 B)714-384-9465 inquiry@ceradyneboron.comwww.ceradyneboron.comNuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 39

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONSTRONG LEGACY—BRIGHT FUTUREENGINEERING • NEW PLANT SERVICES • MAINTENANCE • CONSTRUCTION • LICENSINGPIPE FABRICATION • PROCUREMENT • MODULARIZATION • STARTUP & TESTWhen Shaw acquired the assetsof Stone & Webster Inc., it gaineda rich legacy of expertise in thenuclear industry, dating back to the fi rstcommercial nuclear power plant in the U.S. atShippingport. Today, the company continuesthat legacy by providing full nuclear plantlifecycle capabilities to the global community.Shaw’s diverse nuclear solutions arebacked by more than 60 years of nuclearindustry leadership and an uncompromisingcommitment to safety. As the largestnuclear maintenance contractor in the U.S.,Shaw leads the nuclear industry in poweruprates and refueling outages. Shaw alsoprovides quality-driven services to morethan 100 nuclear power plants worldwide,including 95 percent of the operatingplants in the U.S.A History of Firsts• First NRC-approved Nuclear QualityAssurance Program• First-of-a-kind projects for U.S. DOE,including Mixed Oxide Fuel FabricationFacility being constructed in Aiken, SC• First license application for spent dryfuel storage facility• First private U.S.-designed enrichment facility• Engineer/constructor for 18 U.S. nuclearplants, totaling 14,385 MWAlong with its consortium team member,Westinghouse, Shaw is building the world’sfi rst AP1000 nuclear power plants at twoproject sites in China, featuring the safestand most economic design available in thecommercial nuclear marketplace. The fi rstplant is scheduled to begin operations inlate 2013, with the remaining three plantsexpected to follow in 2014 and 2015.In 2008, Shaw and Westinghouse wereawarded the fi rst contracts in nearly 30 yearsto provide EPC services for six new nuclearunits in the U.S. The plants, consisting oftwin AP1000 units at three sites, areexpected to begin commercial operationin the 2016 – 2019 timeframe.Shaw also provides expertise in the areas oflicensing support, safety analysis, and qualityassurance. With a large equipment inventory,skilled technical and construction labor,regulatory expertise, and the successfulcompletion of more than 31,000decontamination projects—including thelargest nuclear plant decommissioningprojects in the U.S. to date—Shaw ispoised to meet the growing energydemands of the future.Containment Vessel 2nd Ring placement at Sanmen Unit 1, ChinaAP1000 technology is based onstandard Westinghouse pressurizedwater reactor technology that hasmore than 2,500 reactor years ofproven and highly successful operation.Advanced design features• Passive safety systems• U.S. design certifi cation• Short engineering andconstruction schedule• Reduced componentsand commodities• Modular construction• Severe accident mitigation featuresSanmen photo used with permission of site owner17M072010D

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Savings with Fleet StandardizationBy Michael McGough, UniStar NuclearEnergy.1. How is UniStar structured as anorganization?UniStar Nuclear Energy is a 50-50joint venture by Constellation Energy andEDF whose charter is to develop a fleetof advanced new nuclear energy facilities.Some people understandably confuseUniStar with Constellation EnergyNuclear Group (CENG), which ownsfive reactors in Maryland and New York.CENG is a separate joint venture fromUniStar. CENG is a newly formed entity,established in late 2009, and owned50.1% by Constellation Energy and49.9% by EDF.2. How much are we dependent on theUS government loan guarantee program,and what are the prospects for receivingthe loan guarantee program for CalvertCliffs 3?U.S. federal loan guarantees are anessential part of the nuclear revival in thiscountry. They enable companies such asUniStar to secure financing from lendersby providing a debt guarantee covering theregulatory and financial risks associatedwith developing the nation’s first newnuclear energy facilities in more than 30years.The Energy Policy Act of 2005established $18.5 billion for federal loanguarantees for new nuclear plants. InFebruary of this year the U.S. Departmentof Energy awarded Southern Company$8.2 billion of that amount whichleft $10.2 billion remaining for otherprojects.In addition to Southern Company, theU.S. Department of Energy selected threeother projects to enter the final phase ofdue diligence for federal loan guaranteesAn interview by Newal Agnihotri, Editor,Nuclear Plant Journal at the NuclearEnergy Institute’s Nuclear EnergyAssembly in San Francisco, California inMay, 2010.Michael McGoughMichael S. McGough is a Senior VicePresident, for UniStar Nuclear Energywhere he is responsible for the growth– UniStar’s Calvert Cliffs 3, NRG’s SouthTexas Project, and South Carolina Electricand Gas Company’s V.C. Summer Project.Those three projects are in various stagesof working with the DOE on their loanguarantee.We’ve completed our application forCalvert Cliffs 3 so that the Departmentof Energy has the information it needsto determine whether we will be arecipient of a loan guarantee. Our projectis ready to go, and we’re hopeful thatthe Department of Energy will makea decision to grant us a loan guarantee.There is an approval process that theDepartment of Energy must first gothrough with the Office of Managementand Budget, the White House, and theSecretary of the Department of Energy toapprove the issuance.3. How can we explain to the generalpublic the nuclear energy technicalitiessuch as probabilistic risk assessment anddefense in depth to make them understandthat our plants are safe?With all of our acronyms andtechnical-speak, we as an industry havea long way to go in improving how weexplain what we do to the general public.and development of new nuclear U.S.EPR power plants in the United States.Mr. McGough has 31 years of nuclearenergy industry experience and haspublished and presented more than 30technical papers on topics ranging fromsteam generator replacement projectsto recovery efforts from the accident atThree Mile Island.He has a BS in engineering (physicalmetallurgy) from Washington StateUniversity and an MBA from the KatzSchool of Business at the Universityof Pittsburgh. He also is a graduateof Northwestern University’s KelloggManagement Institute.At UniStar, we have observed a numberof public opinion polls and focus groupsto try and understand what the generalpublic thinks about nuclear power andto help us explain things in a simplerfashion. For example, to explain acontainment building, if you say that it isa four and a half foot thick concrete wallwith reinforced steel bars bigger thanmy forearm, it helps to create a visualimage. Then if you say that a containmentbuilding is what houses every operatingnuclear plant in the United States, andthat they didn’t have one of those atChernobyl, people understand that.4. Olkiluoto 3, I believe has doublecontainment and several other features toprevent a terrorist attack. What has beenimprovised in the US EPR to make it safefrom a terrorist attack?We selected the EPR because webelieve it’s an extremely safe plant. TheEPR is the only nuclear power plantdesign that has a double-wall containment-- two 4.3 foot thick concrete walls. Whenyou look at airplane crash protection,and you look at the safety of the plantin the unlikely event of a terrorist attack,two containment structures are better42 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

than one. In addition to the double-wallcontainment, the plant’s reactor building,the spent fuel building, and two of thefour safeguards buildings, which housesystems such as the safety injection systemand the emergency feedwater system, areprotected by geographical separation.In addition, the diesel generators are intwo geographically separate buildings toavoid common failures.5. How can we convince a US citizenin simple language that an accident suchas one at Three Mile Island cannot occurwith an EPR?Three Mile Island was an importantevent in the history of nuclear energyin this country. It was caused by acombination of equipment failure and theinability of plant operators to understandthe reactor’s condition at certain timesduring the event.I spent some time there after theevent with a company that designedequipment to look at the bottom of thereactor vessel post-accident. We removed14 prism-shaped metallurgical specimenswhich were carefully analyzed by aninternational team. The interesting thingis that the reactor vessel even under thosesevere conditions performed admirably.There was no degradation. The equipmentstill performed the way it was supposedto. The plant shut down safely, and therewas no harm to the public.Since then there has been thecreation of the Institute of Nuclear PowerOperations and a systematic assessmentof the performance of all the licensees.We as an industry have gotten muchbetter at reviewing and developing notjust hardware but implementing bettertraining, better operator recognitionof situations and incidents, and betterperformance.The enhanced safety features of theU.S. EPR TM help reduce the probabilityof severe accidents that could cause acore melt and limit the consequences ofa severe accident. The probability of anaccident that would cause damage to areactor core is measured in core damagefrequency or CDF. The core damagefrequency in the EPR is 10 -7 . So, that’sone in 10 million chance of occurrence.6. What are the lessons learned atOlkiluoto 3 and what is being doneto ensure that those problems are notrepeated in the US EPR?The really important things tounderstand about Olkiluoto 3, I wouldcategorize in several areas. First, thepopulation of the country of Finland isabout the same as the city of Chicago.To draw on the types of resourcesneeded from a technical and regulatorystandpoint from that small of a populationis a challenge. Second, the commercialoperation date of the last Olkiluotoplant to go operational was 1982. If youthink about trying to stand up that sortof regulating environment for new plantconstruction, STUK (the Finish versionof the NRC) really had a tall order tobe prepared to oversee the developmentof the plant. Third, construction wasstarted even though the detailed designengineering phase of the project was lessthan 10 percent complete. It’s not a veryefficient way of building a project. You(Continued on page 44)TriVis Inc.The complete solution providerNuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 43

Savings with...Continued from page 43wind up with a lot of construction holdsin the field with the constructor waitingfor a drawing because the design is notdone. Now if you look at the Flamanvilleproject in France, it was much furtheralong in its design before constructionbegan with about 30-40 percent of thedetailed design engineering complete.Our proposed Calvert Cliffs 3 project willbe 70 to 75 percent complete on detaileddesign before we begin construction.7. Concluding Remarks.If you think that our children will bedriving electric vehicles someday, which Ido, then you have to start asking yourselfhow do you meet the air quality standards,and support increased electricity demandat the same time. There is really no wayyou can come out with an answer thatdoesn’t have clean, safe, reliable nuclearenergy as a critical part of it.UniStar is developing a standardizedfleet of operating EPRs which we believehas the potential to generate tremendousbenefits for new nuclear development. Interms of procurement, standardizationmeans cost savings such as, buying fourturbines at once instead of buying anindividual turbine four times. For ownersand operators it means shared bestpractices and increased efficiency throughthings like developing one set of trainingmodules, one simulator design, one set ofoperating modules. In fact with this levelof standardization and fleet economies,we estimate savings of more than $1.5billion per plant.Reducing project costs ultimatelyresults in savings to rate payers and inall the benefits that we know that nuclearenergy can have for our environment. AtUniStar, as we watch the country comethrough this economic downturn, andwe see electricity demand return to asteady growth, it is our hope that we willbe able to demonstrate a systematic wayof building plants on time, on schedule,and having them develop an operatinghistory as a fleet which will become avery attractive proposition for futuredevelopment.Contact: Kelly Biemer, UniStarNuclear Energy; 750 E. Pratt Street, 14 thFloor, Baltimore, MD 21202, telephone:(410) 470-7047, email: Kelly.Biemer@unistarnuclear.com.Atomic Energy of Canada Ltdwww.aecl.caAmerican Crane & EquipmentCorporationwww.americancrane.comAmerican Tank & Fabricatingwww.atfnuclear.comAREVA NP, Inc.www.areva.comThe Babcock & WilcoxCompanywww.babcock.comBlack & Veatchwww.bv.comCeradyne Boron Productswww.ceradyne.comCurtiss-Wright Flow ControlCompanywww.cwfc.comDay & Zimmermann PowerServiceswww.dayzim.comNPJ Advertiser Web DirectoryDivesco, Inc.www.divesco.comEnertech, a business unit ofCurtiss-Wright Flow ControlCompanywww.enertechnuclear.comGE Hitachi Nuclear Energyge.com/nuclearKinectrics Inc.www.kinectrics.comNuclear Logistics Inc.www.nuclearlogistics.comOECD Nuclear Energy Agency(NEA)www.nea.frPetersen Inc.www.peterseninc.comSargent & Lundy LLCwww.sargentlundy.comThe Shaw Group Inc.,Nuclear Power Divisionwww.shawgrp.comThermo Fisher Scientific,Scientific Instruments DivisionCIDTEC Cameras & Imagerswww.thermo.com/cidtecTriVis, Inc.www.trivisinc.comUniStar Nuclear Energywww.unistarnuclear.comURSurscorp.comWashington Laboratories, Ltd.www.wll.comWesterman Nuclearwww.westermancompanies.comWestinghouse ElectricCompany LLCwww.westinghousenuclear.comZachry Nuclear Engineering,Inc.www.zhi.comZetec, Inc.www.zetec.com44 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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Need to Win Public Confidence & TrustBy Edit Herczog, European Parliament.1. How can the international communitymake the “new nuclear energy countries”transparent to their citizens as well to theinternational community in order to wintheir confidence and trust?Public acceptance is a bit of a sensitivetopic. Many people still fear nuclear energy,because of the disaster of Chernobyl. Itneeds to be communicated and emphasizedto the public that fulfilling the proper securityinstructions and measures, with peacefulobjectives and with non-proliferationguarantees, nuclear energy is not dangerous.The new nuclear power plants are safe,more environment friendly and are capableof providing efficient energy supply for awide range of energy consumers.The “new nuclear energy countries”have to win their citizens confidence andtrust, therefore, have to communicate clearlyand transparently. They should stress toinform their citizens widely, have to organizeforums, performance about the safeuse of the nuclear energy.2. How can we assure the public in simpleand easy to understand language about thefollowing safety issues:a. Measures taken after Chernobyland Three Mile Island make the publicsafe.b. The “new nuclear energy countries”will not indulge in nuclear proliferation.The technical and the safety regulationshave been changing after Chernobyl.In “the new nuclear energy countries”safety and safeguard regulations should beclearly made. We must treat nuclear energyas a form of the alternative energy source,and not as a form of energy that takes partin the nuclear proliferation.3. What are the international organizationssuch as IAEA, Nuclear EnergyAgency, and other’s role in ensuring thatthe regulatory organizations for the newResponses to questions by Newal Agnihotri,Editor; Nuclear Plant Journal.Edit HerczogEdit Herczog obtained an engineeringdegree from the University of Horticulturein 1985. She also completed a Master innuclear energy countries are fully capableand understand the needed requirementsbefore these countries are enabled to acquirenuclear energy?The international bodies have steadycontact with the countries using nuclearenergy both for civil and military purpose.They are for the strict harmonization ofnational regulations, and of course for thecoordination, the supervision of the workin the new nuclear energy countries.4. How can the human resources, includingengineers demand of new nuclear energycountries be met?“The old nuclear energy countries” canhelp them. For example they can exchangeof experience, and the expert can teach thenew engineers, the new workers. In the newcountries could be a brain drain process.Portugal Language and Literature fromthe Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciencein 1992, followed by an additional degreefrom the European Business School.Edit was elected as a member of the EuropeanParliament in 2004. She currentlyholds full (Continued member position on page in 47) the ITRECommittee and substitute member positionsin the CONT and BUDG committeesand treasurer of S-D Group in the EuropeanParliament.Furthermore,Edit is a member in thepresidency of the European Energy Forum,European Internet Foundation, KangarooGroup, Forum for the Future of NuclearEnergy and the Transatlantic Policy Network.5. The ideal scenario will be to have apassively safe reactor where the operatorin a “new nuclear energy country” does nothave access to the fuel cycle. The fuel cycleis handled by the vendor supplying the reactorwho is responsible for proliferationresistance. Please provide your comments.I fully agree with you. This would bethe best solution that can both prevent nuclearproliferation and the keep the nuclearmaterials under safe control.6. What is the international nuclear powerindustry’s plan to build and strengthen nonproliferationregime, building confi denceamong the nuclear energy community andthe public and with their transparency trustand cooperation?As besides the renewable energy sources,nuclear energy gets more and more politicalattention, because of the foreseeableshortage of fossil energy sources. Politicalactors need to consider including safenuclear energy in the energy supply mix,and those countries that already installednuclear power plants, need to take furthermeasures in order to make the NPPs saferand more efficient.In the international nuclear power industrythe major interest is to win the publicconfidence and trust, and this is also theway to build and strengthen non-proliferatonregime.Contact: Edit Herczog, EuropeanParliament; ASP 13G107, rue Wiertz 60,1047 Brussels, Belgium; telephone: 32 22847596, email: edit.herczog@europarl.europa.eu.48 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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ExclusivelyCommittedto theNuclearPowerIndustryEnertech, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company,has been committed to the nuclearpower industry since 1967, with thedevelopment of the first nuclearqualified hydraulic large boreequipment snubber. Today, Enertechexclusively focuses on providingproducts and services to commercialnuclear power plants, NSSS suppliers,A&E’s, OEMs and the U.S. Departmentof Energy.Nuclear CapabilitiesAs an engineering, manufacturing,distribution and service company weare dedicated to providing solutionsto meet the unique requirements ofthe nuclear power industry. Enertechprovides integrated system solutionsthat include advanced valves,actuators, pumps, instrumentation,heat exchangers, fluid sealingproducts, snubbers, diagnostic andtest equipment, qualification anddedication services, outage supportservices and equipment repair andfield service.SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONWhether it’s solving chronic technicalproblems, obsolescence issues,maintaining installed equipment,providing spare parts, assisting withpower uprates and plant life extensionor supporting new reactor construction,we have solutions to maximizeperformance.Enertech simplifies complex designefforts by optimizing upgradedcomponent compatibility, performancecharacteristics, and service life.Employing only the highest qualityproducts for specific applications,Enertech pre-matches pumpperformance curves with control valvetrim characterization, eliminatingpotential problems such as flowinduced vibration, controllability andother uncertainties associated withnew equipment selection.Established Teamof Leading OEMsKnowing the importance of supplychain stability, Enertech hasestablished strategic relationshipswith companies whose products andservices are vital to successfullyoperating nuclear power plants.Several of our partners maintainworld-class nuclear QA programs,while others rely on Enertech’s unique,innovative and integrated QA processto provide safety-related and ASMECode Section III components.By becoming the technical sales andApplications Engineering team forthese companies, we have ensuredthe continued supply of genuineOEM spare parts and replacementsto support nuclear utilities worldwide.Enertech also provides advancedtechnology solutions to improve plantperformance and increase safety.Tenured QualityAssurance ProgramEnertech has established a team ofleading OEMs for pumps, valves,instrumentation, heat exchangersand other critical components tosupport safety-related and balanceof plant needs. Enertech maintainsmany of these important resourceson our approved vendors list forproject consolidation of supply chainrequirements as well as to assurelong-term spare parts support.For streamlining quality evaluations,Enertech is audited by NIAC andNUPIC organizations with oversightby the USNRC. These audits includeapprovals of Enertech’s commercialgrade material dedication and otherprogressive quality programs designedto permit industrial manufacturer’scontinued participation in thenuclear industry. Our products aremanufactured to the highest quality inaccordance with: 10CFR50 AppendixB, ASME N, NPT, NS, and NV Stamps,and ASME Section NQA-1.Curtiss-WrightFlow Control CompanyAt Curtiss-Wright Flow ControlCompany, we have a history ofsolving tough problems. We pioneerhighly engineered solutions to deliverprofound value to our customersand we enable them to transform theway their business is done. It beginswith a passion for understanding theneeds of our customers. Add to thatour unparalleled technical expertise,an unmatched record of qualityand service and a long heritage ofinnovative thinking.Over the years, our engineers havebeen instrumental in the design ofreactor coolant pumps, control roddrive mechanisms, electro-hydraulicvalve actuators, severe servicevalves, hydraulic snubbers, diagnosticequipment, and containment doors.Today, we are a preferred supplier ofpumps and motors, valves, actuators,instrumentation, connectors, nozzledams, safety-related fasteners,airlocks, and specialty doors that keeppower generation plants operatingsafely and efficiently around the world.

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Excellence in Skills & WorkforceDevelopmentBy Jean Llewellyn, National SkillsAcademy for Nuclear.1. How can basic radiation courses beintroduced in high school curriculum inthe US and other countries so that thestudents who are ready for college maychoose a career in nuclear medicine,industrial nuclear fi eld, or nuclearenergy?It is vital to introduce young peopleat an early age to the study of STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering andMaths) subjects in a vibrant and excitingmanner, to ensure they develop an interestin these key subjects for the future. Thisshould incorporate issues around nuclearand radiation protection. In the UK wehave two programmes one specificallyaimed at Primary Children (4 – 11) andanother “Energy Foresight” for those atSecondary School aged 13 – 16. Thesematerials could be adapted for use inother countries.2. A lot of nuclear power plantprofessionals and engineers in the UShave migrated to other industries inthe last 30 years. Based on Europe’sexperience how can the United Statesrebuild this infrastructure of professionalsand engineers?It is important to rebuild clear careerpathways and development routes forpeople entering the nuclear industry bothas new entrants at graduate/apprenticelevel and for those entering from othersectors so that people are attracted towork in and stay in the nuclear industry.In the UK this is done via the NuclearSkills Passport, which is being rolled outacross the UK nuclear industry. The SkillsPassport will record all of an individual’snationally recognized skills, education,training and continuing professionaldevelopment, clearly demonstrating theirskills and expertise in the sector. This willbe aligned to agreed jobs roles across theResponses to questions by Newal Agnihotri,Editor; Nuclear Plant Journal.breadth of the sector enabling people toplan their careers and futures, carrying outthe right training at right time to supporttheir development. This Nuclear SkillsPassport will drive up excellence in skillsand workforce development across thenuclear industry making it an attractivecareer option. This applies across thebreadth of the Nuclear Skills Pyramid.3. How can universities attract students(women/men) to respond to the futureneeds for human resources in the nuclearsector?Jean LlewellynJean Llewellyn was appointed as theChief Executive of the National SkillsAcademy for Nuclear in November 2007.This exciting and challenging role buildson Jean’s breadth of experience andknowledge from her career involvingsenior management and leadershippositions in the private sector, skillspolicy development in the public sectorand further and higher education.Jean is a member of the UKGovernment’s Nuclear DevelopmentForum and has been a member ofnumerous Government task groups.This aligns to the response in question2 above. Universities need to be providingemployer led initiatives and programmesthat are flexible and really meet employerdemands. If the programmes really arewhat the employers require that then leadto high quality jobs and careers then youngpeople are far more likely to be attractedinto the sector. It is vital to ensure that afar greater number of women are attractedinto the industry and universities need toensure that their programmes are equallyattractive to both men and women.(Continued on page 68)52 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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Gimbaled Heads Improve VesselHead InspectionsBy Margie Jepson, Entergy Nuclear.On March 6, 2002, workers repairinga CRDM nozzle at the Davis-BesseNuclear Power Station in Ohio discovereda football-sized cavity in the reactorvessel head. Their finding is linked totwo other discoveries 15 years earlier.The Nuclear Regulatory Commissionsubsequently required all owners ofpressurized water reactors, includingDavis-Besse, to take specific measures toprotect plant equipment from boric acidcorrosion caused by primary water stresscorrosion cracking.Entergy has a boric acid corrosioncontrol program to identify and dispositionboric acid leaks. Palisades will replacethe reactor head, but until that time, hasgreatly improved the inspection devicesfor both Control Rod Drive Mechanisms(CRDMs) and the In Core Instrumentation(ICI) nozzles.In 2004, 2006 and 2007 refuelingoutages, challenges to schedules forvolumetric inspections for CDRMs andICI nozzles caused by repetitive scansled the Palisades and AREVA team toexplore new solutions to improve theoverall inspection process.“We are very proud of our Palisadesemployees and their persistent spirit inbuilding this device over a number ofyears until it resulted in a breakthroughadvance for Entergy that ultimatelynow benefits the entire industry,” saidEntergy Nuclear President and CEO,Entergy Nuclear employees at PalisadesPower Plant and AREVA took home thehighest honor at the Nuclear EnergyAssembly in the 2010 Top IndustryPractice Awards. The Entergy Palisadesteam from Covert, Michigan, was themaintenance category winner and alsoearned the top honor, the B. Ralph Sylvia“Best of the Best” Award, over 14 othercategory winners at the meeting held inSan Francisco by the Nuclear EnergyInstitute. The coveted Top IndustryPractice awards rank among the nuclearindustry’s most prestigious recognitions.John Herron. Herron also serves as theChief Nuclear Officer for the EntergyNuclear fleet, the second largest nuclearfleet in the U.S. operating or providingmanagement services to facilities inArkansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts,Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, NewYork and Vermont.Gimbaled headA gimbaled head contains ultrasonictransducers configured into arrays in anassembly. There are pivoting mechanismsthat are spring-loaded to allow thetransducer arrays to move smoothly overthe surface of the nozzles. Wear-resistantfeet on a transducer unit enable slidingcontact with the surface without damageto the transducers. The information fromthe scan is collected and transmitted to aremote computer for analysis and captureon hard-drives.The concept of transducers“following the surface” is not new, from adesign standpoint, but is very difficult inthe weld region due to distortion causedby the fabrication process.From L to R: John Herron – Entergy Nuclear President, CEO and CNO;Chad Main – Project Manager and team lead, Palisades; Kelle Barfield– Vice President Communications, Entergy Nuclear Public Affairs; JimLeto -Superintendant Maintenance Support, Palisades; John Broschak,Control Room Supervisor and manager project sponsor, Palisades;John Sheppard, Manager NDE Solutions – AREVA NP; Alan Blind –Engineering Director, Palisades; Mike Rencheck, President and CEO –AREVA NPThe Palisades challenge wasthreefold: obtain a smaller transducerfootprint with a gimbaled motion that wasretractable; getting adequate couplant tothe transducers; and collecting data inhard-to-reach areas.Initially, the ICI nozzle inspectionsrequired use of inner and outer diametertools. Use of these tools took excessivetime and consistently exceeded outageschedule goals. The breakthrough advanceof the final device is that the newICI gimbaled head design does the workfor both inspections with one deviceshortening critical path time while greatlyimproving overall quality of the scans.(Continued on page 58)56 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONWhat is UniStar Nuclear Energy?UniStar Nuclear Energy is adeveloper of a standardized fleet ofGeneration III+ nuclear power plants–specifically, AREVA’s 1600+ MW netUS EPR reactor. UniStar is unique inthat we created a standardized systemwith multiple partners to optimizedesign, licensing, construction, training,ownership and operation.The Story behind the AREVAEPR TM DesignAREVA is the world leader in nuclearproduction and services, providingnuclear steam supply systems (NSSS)to more than 100 pressurized waterreactors (PWRs). The EPR design isthe next step in PWR evolution, thefirst Generation III+ technology to bebuilt in the world. By the time a U.S.EPR reactor is built, AREVA will havecompleted several other EPR reactorsinternationally, providing invaluablelessons in construction and operation.UniStar Benefits• Flexible ownership participation• Direct operational involvement• Uncompromised nuclear safety• Multi-plant “fleet” operating andeconomic efficienciesUniStar Value PropositionWhile each facility will form its own project company, by being part of theUniStar fleet, owners and operators benefit from shared efficiencies and costsavings. Through standardization and fleet economies, we estimate savings ofmore than $1.5 billion per plant.Each fleet owner-operator will reap substantial advantages from shared trainingfacilities; common enterprise software; joint negotiations for purchase of large,generic equipment, fuel contracts, and outage services; and by being part of agroup sharing and implementing their experience and best practices.Taishan Units 1 and 2 now under construction in China.©2010 EDF GroupPreparation for Calvert Cliffs unit 3continues, with installation of surveymonuments at strategic locations.©2010 AREVAInstallation of reactor pressure vessel atOlkiluoto, Finland in June 2010.Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 57

Gimbaled Head...Continued from page 56Getting to the inspectionSUMO-Rocky is the name given tothe computer-controlled, remotely-operateddelivery platform robot. The lowerplatform of the robot has two independentlycontrolled drive wheels to allowsteering in the tight spaces under a reactorvessel head. The upper portion consistsof a mast with an elevator to deliverthe telescoping bottom-up tool. Initially,the SUMO-Rocky elevator places thegimbaled head near the area of interestat which time the telescoping pole/bottom-uptool lifts the device into place toPalisades RVCH assembly withthe robot delivering the gimbaledhead from the bottom-up to theinspection area.perform scans automatically. Each polecan rotate greater than 360 degrees withencoder output so the exact vertical andradial position is measured.Inside the telescoping pole arewater lines to deliver couplant, air linesfor equipment controls and transducerinput/output wires. The water is collectedduring the scanning process in a “goblet”,filtered and reused.More Device InnovationsIn 2004 and 2006 the employeesstruggled with the amount of lift-off – thelack of consistent contact of the transducersas they were passed over weld warpageand machined tapers. In the steepslope on the downhill side of the CRDMsand ICIs, it is a difficult weld. A lot ofweld metal is used and it tends to warpand causes the nozzle material to not beround. This difficulty meant doing a lotof rescanning.Working as a team, Entergy employeesat Palisades and AREVA altered thedevice and made these significant innovations:• The gimbaled head has moreflexibility that decreased lift-off andtime consuming re-scanning savingcritical path outage time in the overallprocess.• The gimbaled head goes aroundbumps, depressions, scratches andtapers which is something that theold design couldn’t do. The newdesign positions the device withgreater accuracy for all areas of thenozzles.• There are fewer replacements oftransducers since there is less damageto transducers due to the flexibledesign. Transducers on the gimbaledhead are not forced into position butflow into position as they capturedata.• A modified water delivery systemimproved the water placement resultingin better coupling that greatlyimproved scan quality and data collection.• The new gimbaled head designallowed water collection devices tocapture nearly 100% of the water.This significantly reduced thecontamination level in the ReactorHead Stand area.• The gimbaled head, with the use ofa sophisticated computer program,outputs a picture that represents a3-D model of the area of interest foranalysis, tracking and trending overtime.“The flexibility of this newinstrument not only saves time but givesus a consistently accurate inspection –that means a lot to our project during anoutage,” states Chad Main, Team Leaderand Palisades’ project manager.It Takes a Team EffortTeamwork in our industry, workingside-by-side with a vendor is natural. Thisteam effort was the work of a large groupof people over nearly five years whowere determined to discover and createa solution – a “best” solution – for thiscritical inspection process until Palisadesreplaces the reactor head.AREVA drew on the experiencewith the new North Anna reactor vesselCRDM gimbal head: The newdesign and instrumentation ofthe tool positions the device withgreater access to the nozzles.head. And even as the team membersshifted over time, this Palisades team andAREVA kept working until they createdthis new instrument and AREVA built twodifferent mock-ups to test and qualify themulti-gimbaled transducer heads for theCDRM and ICI inspection. Both mockupshad excessive weld metal applied tothe J-groove weld region to maximize theweld distortion and flaws were embeddedto assist in process qualification.Innovation Pays OffPalisades had never done theinspection of the CRDMs in less than150 hours prior to the use of the gimbaledhead. In 2007 the inspection time wentfrom 150 hours to 92 hours for theCRDMs only.The cohesive team effort made itpossible to go to sub-100 hours for theCRDM portion of the project. Even as(Continued on page 68)58 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONPlanning for an Upgrade? WhatEMC Concerns Should YouHave?Mike Violette, P.E., iNARTE-Certifi ed EMC EngineerWashington Laboratoriesmikev@wll.comElectromagnetic Compatibility(EMC) concerns should be acritical part of upgrade planning.To minimize the possibilityof EMI-related problems,the NRC (Guide 1.180) andEPRI (Guide TR-102323) havedeveloped EMC performancestandards for new equipmentand upgrades intended for thenuclear environment. To properlyassess the effects of thesechanges on the plant environmentand on the equipmentitself, expertise in EMC design and testing verifi cation is of paramount importance.Physical methods used to assess EMC in nuclear facilities include equipmentand facility layout, cable design, shielding design, power supply assessmentand measurement of radiated and conducted energies. Oftentimes, these assessmentscan be performed by matching existing plant profi les with equipmentperformance. Just as often, a physical measurement (“mapping”) of theplant is performed. Once a plant assessment has been performed, the EMCbehavior of equipment planned for new commissioning can be assessed.Collecting the necessary data during an on-site assessment is coordinatedwith the plant personnel associated with the system(s) that are affected.Often, prior to the measurements, a walk-down of the various areas is performed.Reviewing drawings, planned equipment layouts, existing electricalinstallations and potential emitters/susceptors is performed during the walkdown.Once the locations are determined for the mapping, a set of antennasand probles and a spectrum analyzer are brought in to collect the measurementdata. These data are compared against the specifi ed “plant limit” anda determination is made whether more sites might be measured or the dataprovide a suffi cient picture of the ambient.Washington Laboratories has been performing EMC testing and engineeringon nuclear systems since the inception of the fi rst EMC requirements. We performon-site evaluations for facility upgrades and profi ling assessments of newdesigns, radio frequency surveys for new RF communications installations aswell as facility review for shielding, lightning protection and low-noise electricalgrounding.For more information, contact info@wll.com or 301 216-1500 and ask for MikeViolette or Steve Ferguson.60 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

Let Stakeholders Experience itFirsthandBy Joseph Delmar, PSEG Nuclear.SummaryIn 2009, PSEG Nuclear plannedto file for license renewal for its Salemand Hope Creek Generating Stations.In addition, the company continuedpreparations to file an early site permitin May 2010 for another possible nuclearplant.Though PSEG Nuclear is fortunateto enjoy an excellent relationship withits community stakeholders, an expandedpublic outreach campaign was undertakenin 2008 to ensure positive, visible publicsupport for PSEG Nuclear’s licenserenewal efforts from a broad spectrumof stakeholders. Relationships wereeither established or enhanced withlocal business groups including localand state Chambers of Commerce, localeducational leaders including the SalemCommunity College and Salem CountyVocational Technical Schools, localnon profits including environmentalorganizations, local media, and federal,state and local public elected officials.An aggressive schedule of offsitebriefings and onsite plant tours wasNuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI TopIndustry Practice (TIP) Award’shighlight the nuclear industry’s mostinnovative techniques and ideas. Theypromote the sharing of innovation andthe best practices, and consequentlyimprove the commercial prospects andcompetitive position of the industry as awhole.This TIP Award Entry is a 2010 NEIProcess Award Winnter.The team members who participatedincluded: Joseph Delmar, Manager,Nuclear Communications, PSEGNuclear; Skip Sindoni, Director PowerCommunications, PSEG Power; MikeTuosto, General Manager PublicAffairs, PSEG; Christine Neely, DirectorRegulatory Affairs, PSEG Nuclear.established to educate public officialsabout the safety and security of PSEGNuclear. PSEG Nuclear conducted12 offsite briefings for more than 300stakeholders. An additional 35 onsitebriefings and tours of PSEG Nuclear’sSalem and Hope Creek GeneratingStations were conducted for more than430 stakeholders. Overall, more than730 stakeholders from elected officials,regulators, educators, and communityleaders met with members of the PSEGNuclear leadership team in 2009 alone.Local charitable contributions werefocused on organizations that aligned withPSEG’s mission and had strong opinionleaders. These programs helped establishrelationships with these communityleaders and gave us the opportunity toeducate them about the value and benefitof our nuclear facilities.A partnership with the local collegeand vo-tech was established to strengthenthe relationship with, and ensure thesupport of the educational community. Anew nuclear technology degree programwas established that not only helps toeducate the college community about thesafety of our operation but has the sidebenefit of preparing our next workforce.Targeted programs were supportedat the state and local Chambers ofCommerce, helping to strengthen therelationships with these importantgroups. These programs not only resultedin positive media attention, but alsolaid the groundwork for us to host thesecommunity leaders at our facilities for atour, expanding their understanding of ouroperations and the safety of our business.A partnership with the localnewspaper was continued in 2009.Through this program we were able toremind the local community about thebenefits of our operation while ensuringthe local media has the information theyneed to accurately and fairly reflect ouroperation to the public.Finally, through regular meetingswith local elected officials we are ableJoseph DelmarJoe Delmar has been manager ofnuclear communications at PSEGNuclear since 2008. He has morethan 20 years experience in publicand community relations. Throughouthis career he has been recognized forbuilding partnerships and relationshipswith stakeholders as well as his ability torespond in crisis situations. He serves asPSEG Nuclear’s main contact with thelocal community and stakeholders.to ensure the political leaders continueto understand and support our business.Senior Leadership from the stationsparticipates in these meetings, speakingcandidly about our successes andchallenges.Representatives of each stakeholdergroup actively participated and supportedour station in our November, 2009 licenserenewal public meeting. Public commentswere offered by the Community CollegePresident, Chamber of Commerce ViceChair, Delaware State Chamber VicePresident, Academy of Natural Science,County Freeholder Director and RanchHope for Boys Director. The local mayoralso offered a letter of support.Our license renewal application wasreceived by the NRC with no contentions,which our CNO and President attributesin part to the tone that was established bythe positive public support at the licenserenewal public meeting. In addition, thecommunity continues to support ourplans to file an early site permit for anadditional nuclear plant.Safety ResponseAs part of the discussion withstakeholders, presentation materialsincluded information on plant design andhow redundant systems would preventany potential plant accident.As part of the plant tours, visitswere preceded by a review of safety(Continued on page 64)62 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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Let Stakeholders...Continued from page 62and security protocols. Visitors werereminded to stay with their escort andeducated on the importance of using theprovided personal protection equipmentin key plant areas.Visits to the control room simulatorsincluded conversations with trainingpersonnel. These subject matter expertsexplained the licensing requirementsand the vigor of the training program.Visitors were given the opportunity toexperience a simulated plant transientand how quickly operators must respond.If required to do so by plant procedure,visitors were allowed to manually “trip”the unit in the simulator. This allowedstakeholders to experience firsthand theimportance of nuclear safety.Presentation material included anoverview of site security. Onsite toursincluded visits to the security shootingrange. Security personnel explained thetypes of equipment used and how officersmust meet specific training expectations.As part of the visits to the security range,stakeholders were given an opportunityto fire/shoot the laser modified guns usedin training exercises.Cost Savings ResponseAll employees involved in offsitebriefings and onsite tours, participated aspart of their normal job responsibilities.As the lead organizer, the communicationsmanager recruited subject matter expertswith support from managers in training,security and turbine services. Utilizingthese volunteers not only controlled costs,but their level of expertise and ownershipinstilled confidence in the stations’safety and security. Costs were limitedto feeding visitors and renting passengervans to transport visitors around site.Depending on the group, copies of theNuclear Energy Institute’s Just the Factsbrochure and imitation fuel pellets wereprovided.This program was enhanced withan articulation agreement that wasestablished between the local vocationalschool and the Community College,which will further the understanding andappreciation of our nuclear safety andsecurity. High school seniors can nowenroll in this innovative program at thecollege and receive college credit whilestill in high school. This also furtherexpands our pipeline for future employeeswithout increasing costs or resources.Innovation ResponseIn the past, PSEG Nuclear hasconducted offsite briefings with keystakeholders. Actual plant tours had beenlimited to selected stakeholders. The bestway to answer questions about nuclearpower is to let stakeholders experienceit firsthand. After setting guidelines withsecurity and plant personnel, key groupswere targeted and a schedule developed.Subject matter experts were recruitedto serve as tour guides. Though membersof the leadership team led the tour groups,employees were encouraged to interactwith visitors and share their personalexperience. Interacting with employeesin their subject area made a significantimpact on visitors. Employees spokewith passion and welcomed questionsespecially about their work experienceand how safe it is to work in the nuclearindustry.Productivity/EfficiencyResponseBriefings were conducted usinga standard PowerPoint presentationhighlighting PSEG Nuclear’s message.Depending on the audience, additionalslides would be added or subtracted forthe presentation. All onsite tours beganwith a briefing presentation so visitorshad an overview before heading into theplant.All tours and briefings were organizedby the communications organization.Volunteer subject matter experts wereprovided with approval from managersin training, security and turbine services.Existing conference room space and plantfacilities were used.Larger tour groups of 15 or morepresented a unique set of challenges.These group sizes are not conducive to aplant tour and potentially pose problemsto plant operations. To limit impacts andensure stakeholders have a good visit,larger groups would be broken into smallergroups of at the most 10 individuals.The smaller groups would then berotated between designated tour stops:one group to the plant tour, one group tothe control room simulator and the lastgroup to the security range.Breaking into smaller groupsrequired even more coordination withsecurity. Visitors also received additionalinstructions that they must remain withthe designated tour group due to theirvisitor badge being connected to adesignated PSEG Nuclear leadershipmember leading the tour.TransferabilityResponsePSEG Nuclear is highly regardedin the local community. By activelyfocusing our outreach efforts on allstakeholders (business, nonprofit,education, media, political) we are ableto build on this strong reputation. Ournuclear leadership team participates on anumber of Community Boards to ensurethat we maintain this local touch and keepan open dialogue. We also meet monthlywith local municipal officials to discussplant operations. We take great pridein being transparent and open with ourstakeholders.The program of briefings and toursprovides yet another opportunity for ourstakeholders to interact with us. Thoughmany support us, they have never beento PSEG Nuclear and its Salem andHope Creek Generating Stations. Theprogram has allowed us to strengthen ourrelationship by providing them with afirsthand experience inside our facilities.Management support has enabled theprogram to be successful. A leadershipteam member leads the presentationdiscussion but lets our employees – thesubject matter experts – speak freely andshare their experiences. The leadershipteam has often juggled their scheduleas well to make themselves available tostakeholder groups.Contact: Joseph Delmar, PSEGNuclear; P.O. Box 236, MC N08,Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038. 64 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

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Continues to Touch Everyone in theSurrounding CommunityBy Neal Miller, Exelon Nuclear.As bass were placed into bags forweighing at the annual Braidwood LakeExelon Nuclear “Fishing for a Cure”tournament, they represented more thanjust an opportunity to win money andgreat prizes for local fishermen – theyalso represented more care packages forU.S. troops overseas.In partnership with OperationMOMS Cookies Inc., which sends outapproximately 7,000 care packagesannually, Braidwood Station recentlyraised more than $28,000 that will godirectly to supporting U.S. troops.“What an incredible event andoutstanding day,” said Debbie Trippiedi,the founder of Operation MOMS Cookies,Inc. “The money and efforts from thisevent will directly result in care packagesand telephone cards being distributed toour troops across the world. We deliverto 29 countries and 15 naval vessels.Everyone who supported this eventshould feel great in knowing they are partof something wonderful that benefits ourservice members.”While many of the participants inthe tournament have family member inthe military, many of the volunteers havemade the fishing tournament an annualevent.“I like volunteering with ‘Fishingfor a Cure’ because the people at thestation have a voice in picking thecharity,” said Brian Daniels, who worksin Braidwood’s Mechanical Maintenancedepartment. “Fishing is second nature tous so it makes sense for us to combinefishing and charity. Everybody at thestation does quite a bit with the UnitedWay, so it makes sense that we wouldwork well with other charities.”For this year’s tournament, RayPhelps, a 27-year Braidwood Stationemployee who works in DesignEngineering, played a key role in choosingOperation MOMS Cookies, Inc. as thetournament’s charity partner.Amir ShahkaramiAmir Shahkarami is Sr. Vice President,Exelon Nuclear and the Site VicePresident of Exelon Nuclear’s“I became involved with OperationMOMS Cookies, Inc., after I made a$25 donation to the group at the GrundyCounty Corn Fest,” said Phelps. “It’s nottoo hard to be motivated when workingwith MOMS. We have to keep the moraleof the troops up and we have to keep thecommunity involved. We have great menand women fighting for our freedom thatwe have to keep in our minds. We needBraidwood Generating Station. He isthe chief executive of the plant and isresponsible for oversight of all plantoperations. His leadership and directionensure the safe, reliable operation ofthe plant and enforce its high standardsof performance. Mr. Shahkarami hasmore than 25 years of experience inmanagement and operational supportof nuclear power stations. He receivedthe 2009 ANS utility leadership award.Shahkarami has greatly contributed toINPO, WANO, NRC, and IAEA throughthe development of several principledocuments, mentorship, and as anindustry advisor and evaluator for bothdomestic and international nuclearfacilities. He also received the WANONuclear Excellence Award in January2010 in New Delhi, India.to continually remind them that we arestill thinking about them and that we careabout them.”From long-time Braidwood Stationemployees to the site’s vice president,Each year ESPN Radio kicks off the Fishing for a Cure tournamentwith a live remote broadcast. Above show host Chauncey Niziol (left)interviews Exelon Nuclear Sr. Vice President Amir Shahkarami.Fishing for a Cure continues to toucheveryone at the station and the surroundingcommunity.“Our employees at BraidwoodStation and Exelon Corporation as a whole66 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

are proud to be able to help a wonderfulcharity like Operation MOMS Cookies,Inc.,” said Braidwood Site Vice PresidentAmir Shahkarami. “The continuedsuccess of this event is possible becauseof the dedication of our employees andthe contributions of local businesses andorganizations.”Located in rural Illinois about 60miles southwest of Chicago, Braidwoodhas a long history of supporting thecommunities that surround the twin 1,180-megawat pressurized water reactors.In addition to contributing nearly $17million each year in to the local tax base,the station’s 850-plus employees donatemore than $200,000 each year throughpayroll deductions to support the UnitedWay/Crusade of Mercy. Braidwood alsosponsors blood drives throughout theyear, helping area blood banks supplythe needs of area hospitals. The station’s“Goodwill Committee” coordinates food,toy and fund drives to support variouscommunity groups and agencies.Braidwood Station's several highprofilespecial events that raise funds forarea non-profit organizations are:Exelon Nuclear’s Fishing fora Cure: Since its inception in 2002,this fishing tournament has raised over$156,000 for area charities. Held eachspring on the site’s 2,537-acre coolingA record 100 boats participatedand more than $28,000 wasraised at Exelon Nuclear's 2010Fishing for a Cure event. Proceedsbenefitted deployed AmericanTroop through Operation MOMSCookies, inc.lake, anglers compete for prizes in avariety of categories with all of the entryfees going to the designated nonprofitorganization. Braidwood underwrites theentire cost of producing the tournament,including all prize monies. In addition,station employees volunteer their timeat the event to help ensure everyone hasan enjoyable fishing experience. Thetournament also gathers significant mediaattention each year for the station and thedesignated charity.The Annual Braidwood Shootout:The station is the title sponsor of a 32-team Class “A” high school basketballtournament held at the town’s local highschool.Braidwood SummerFest Fireworks:Braidwood’s sponsorship enables thoseattending the town’s annual summerfestival to enjoy a state-of-the-artfireworks display.Key Station Facts• Westinghouse pressurized water reactor• Number of units: 2• Total site generation (net): 2,360 m watts• 2009 net generation: 19,227,979megawatt-hours• 2005 capacity factor: 93 percent• Site size: Approximately 4,457 acres• First commercial service: Unit 1 –July 29, 1988, Unit 2 – October 17,1988• Operating license: Unit 1 licenseduntil 2026; Unit 2 licensed until2027• Ownership: Exelon Nuclear – 100percentIndustry Recognitionand Station PerformanceConsistently high capacity factors,long uninterrupted unit runs and safe,efficient and short refueling outages werethree accomplishments recognized by theOperations and Power Division of theAmerican Nuclear Society in presentingBraidwood Station with its annual UtilityWorking Conference Utility PerformanceAward in August of 2005.In May 2006 Braidwood received aTop Industry Performance (TIP) awardfrom the Nuclear Energy Institute forManagement Processes and SupportServices. The station developedan innovation that provides timelyinformation to workers in the field via ahand-held personal data assistant (PDA)for radiation protection technicians.The PDAs allow technicians to performradiation briefings, enabling workersto perform routine maintenance andsurveillances without exiting theradiologically controlled area. Thedevices help reduce radiation exposureand paperwork requirements and hasresulted in cost savings of up to $40,000per year.In 2009, Braidwood Station’scompleted its Unit 2 refueling outage in19 days. This was the shortest refuelingoutage by a pressurized water reactor inthe United States. In addition, for the firsttime in station history, the outage wascompleted without an OSHA recordableinjury and with less dose than everbefore.Braidwood’s strong outageperformance has been the subject ofbenchmarking by a number of foreignand domestic utilities.Exelon NuclearBraidwood Generating Stationbenefits from being part of a strong fleetof nuclear operations in Exelon Nuclear.The plant’s ability to share operatingexperience with other sites and to learnbest practices from one another is one ofthe key advantages of being part of thecorporation.In October of 2000, CommonwealthEdison (ComEd) and PhiladelphiaElectric Company (PECO) merged toform Exelon Corporation. Its subsidiary,Exelon Nuclear, is the nation’s largest –and the world’s third largest – operatorof nuclear generating stations, with 17units at 10 sites. Exelon Nuclear, whichoperates plants in Illinois, Pennsylvaniaand New Jersey, supplies approximately20 percent of the nation’s nucleargeneratedelectricity.In 2009, Exelon Nuclear plantsproduced a total of 131.3 million netmegawatt-hours of electricity, with a fleetwidecapacity factor of 93.6 percent.Contact: Neal Miller, CommunicationsManager, Braidwood Station, 35100South Route 53, Braceville, IL 60407;phone: 815-417-3184; e-mail: neal.miller@exeloncorp.com.Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 67

Gimbaled Head...Continued from page 58Excellence in...Continued from page 52The Nuclear...Continued from page 35impressive as this was, the team pushedfor more improvement. In between the2007 and 2009 outage, the ICI innovationwas deployed to work in concert with theCRDM gimbaled head.The overall outage time in 2009went from the baseline of 150 hours to109 total hours for both the CRDMs andICI inspections using the standard twoSUMO-Rocky setup.With some continued improvement,the Palisades and AREVA team believesthey can go to sub-100 hours in 2010 onthe total inspection.Innovation requires persistence.This team had the persistence and followthrough to design, test, re-design,re-test and then to apply a new solutionfor this difficult and critical inspection.The gimbaled head has performed exceedinglywell and is important to Palisadesduring this interim period prior toreactor head replacement. AREVA teammembers took the gimbaled head andSumo-Rocky bottom-up delivery systemto Davis-Besse where it was used duringtheir inspection and repair activities intheir recent outage. Again, the innovationworked to perfection.“We are confident in the performanceof the gimbaled head device andknow that it contributes to the overall successof outage performance and safety,”concluded Chad Main, project managerand team lead for the Entergy Palisadesgimbaled head effort.Contact: Margie Jepson, EntergyNuclear; 1340 Echelon Parkway, Jackson,MS 39213; telephone: (601) 368-5460,email: mjepson@entergy.com. Errata:The following text was left out of theMay-June 2010 article "New GenerationShielding"Jim Bacquet, ANO radiation protectionsupervisor, and the ANO radiationprotection team drove the development ofthis novel method to safely and quickly attacha flexible tungsten shield to varioussizes of pipes and surfaces.4. How can the nuclear power industrymotivate engineers and technicians fromother industries to reorient their careerand training to become competent for thenuclear power industry?The National Skills Academy forNuclear has a key role in this area in theUK, we have worked with the SectorSkills Council – Cogent to carry out indepth research into the current and futureskills needs of the nuclear industry. Thereports published by Cogent clearlydemonstrate the workforce requirementsfor the sector up to 2,025. This clarity offuture requirements clearly demonstratesthe many exciting and interestingopportunities in the sector thus attractingentrants from other sectors to consider afuture in the nuclear industry. The SkillsAcademy has also developed “The Awardfor Nuclear Industry Awareness”, thisprogramme is specifically designed fornew entrants to the sector and is idealfor those transferring in from otherindustries giving them a breadth andunderstanding of the nuclear industryincluding: Conventional and NuclearSafety, Operations, Waste Management,Security Requirements and History. Ane learning version of this programme isavailable visit www.nuclear.nsacademy.co.ukContact: Jean Llewellyn, NationalSkills Academy for Nuclear; 9 EuropeWay, Cockermouth, Cumbria, UnitedKingdom, CA13 ORJ; telephone:01900898120, fax: 01900 898129, email:j.llewellyn@nuclear.nsacademy.co.uk. www.NuclearPlantJournal.comthere has been a continual movement toimprove and enhance security and safetyin a variety of areas. There are some issueswhich have been long standing and needto come to a final resolution. ChairmanJaczko talked about fire protection and Idon’t think any reasonable person woulddisagree that the fire protection issueneeds to be put to bed. GSI 191 is onearea where I think everyone would liketo get behind us. That said, I do remainconcerned that there is very large list ofactivities that NRC is ratcheting up itsrequirements on the utilities and I thinkit causes a possibility for regulatorystress. There are almost too many thingsfor utilities to grapple and deal with atone time and I think one of the things theagency has previously been quite carefulabout - during the time I was on theCommission - was making sure that theyare not placing so many requirements onutilities that it undermines the ability ofthe utilities to succeed in accomplishingthose things that are truly important.If folks think that fire protection andGSI 191 and security are the top priorities,then fine. The NRC needs to take a lookat those issues in an integrated way andreally send out some signals that these arethe areas that need to get completed first.Otherwise you water down the abilityof the utilities to successfully completethese regulatory changes because youare forcing them to have to chase toomany things at one time. The challengethat the agency has is that they have avery dedicated staff, some who are veryspecialized – fire protection, security,emergency planning, among others –and individuals in these groups becomeso over focused on their sub issues theysometimes fail to grasp how this affectslicensees in the big picture. I believe it isthe duty of the Commission and its seniormanagers to grasp the overall big pictureof these issues and direct the staff to focuson those that are most meaningful from arisk management standpoint. In my view,we need to get back to a point where wecan have a transparent understanding ofwhat are the clear priorities of the agency,68 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010

understand how these are prioritized andwork together to accomplish the mostimportant safety outcomes so that wedon’t put too much stress on the utilities inachieving success. I think that big pictureneeds to be refocused by the agency –most notably the Commission.6. In the nuclear renaissance, is theindustry doing a good job of educatingthe public about nuclear energy?How do you communicate some ofthese issues and how does the industryreach out to the public in terms ofhelping them understand what’s goingon with the nuclear power? I thinkthat’s a complicated issue. Obviouslythe Nuclear Energy Institute is the focalpoint for communications with thepublic on behalf of the utilities. NEI is,however, very focused on an internal– inside the Beltway - WashingtonD.C. based strategy. I think all of theiractivities from a print media standpointare directed to magazines and periodicalsthat are focused on a congressional andexecutive branch audience. Like manyof us, they are moving toward a greateruse of different types of social media,whether it’s Twitter or Facebook,, toreach a broader audience, including thosein Congress. But I think NEI has not hadreally as much focus on trying to reachthe public as a whole.Today, it falls to the individualutilities to carry the message of thebenefits of nuclear power to a largeraudience. Interacting with consumersin their own service territories, havingadvertisements regarding nuclear powerthat would focus on the utility customersin any given utility and trying to raisethe profile of how nuclear power playsan impact on the electricity that comesthrough the wall is typically undertakenby individual companies. When you lookat some of the polling data, you havearound 60%-70% of the people whoare supportive of building new nucleargenerating plants. Yet, when you breakthose statistics down you find that thereis a 15 to 20 percent drop off in thatlevel of support from men to women. Ithink it’s a classic example of a view anda perception that will not be able to bechanged unless this industry changes itsway of doing business in trying to reachout to women in an integrated and holisticway. Unfortunately, I think it is very hardfor utilities to conduct this on their ownwithout a coordinated approach. I thinkit is going to require a lot more creativityand I think it will require going beyondan “inside the beltway” approach to makethat all happen. Frankly, now is the timeto have that discussion. When you seeperiodicals like Wired Magazine, PopularMechanics, Wall Street Journal andothers who are really picking up on thenew elements of the nuclear renaissance,there are some terrific opportunities toreach and influence a wider audience fornuclear power.7. Why do you believe the perceptionof the public about nuclear power haschanged in the last 20 years?First of all, nuclear power has operatedwith an extraordinary level of safety andhigh capacity factors. However, I thinkthat there are two significant factors thathave been overlooked in how the public’sperception has changed: the internetand the NRC’s revised reactor oversightprocess . Dating back to the late 1990’s,before the widespread use of the Internetas a communications tool, most folksread about nuclear power plants throughtheir local newspaper. It used to be thatwhen we had the old reactor oversightprocess with the watch list, you had avery deterministic and non predictableinspection program that involved the useof a significant number of small fines andpenalties. When these low level penaltieswere issued, the information made itsway to local newspapers and resultedin frequent and critical comments aboutreactors many times out of proportion totheir actual risk significance.With the advent of the revised reactoroversight process and the deployment ofthe performance indicators on the webon a quarterly basis, you now had thecreation of a tool where reporters andthe public could have direct access toonline information about the plants. Thisprovided them with a much more accuratereflection on how the plants were actuallyoperated. Prior to that time, reportershad to rely more heavily on local publicinterest groups to translate for them howthe plants were operating. So maybe theywent to members of the environmentalcommunity who were against the plantsand they got a very negative view. TheNRC also eliminated the use of level fourviolations with a penalty. All of a sudden,thousands of violations which previouslythe NRC reported to the newspaperswent off the radar screen and becamenon cited violations. Thus, a lot of thatnegative chatter, much of it had no risksignificance, was no longer fodder for astory in the local paper. What I began tosee when I was still on the Commissionis the clipping services that we wouldsubscribe to had a noticeable change inthe way plant performance was beingreported. Reporters now had access to theNRC web site and performance indicators,and the stories they were writing reflecteda more accurate impression of how theplants were operating. Because there hasbeen such a high level of safe operationsthe stories written about nuclear powerplants have been much more positive andthat in turn has changed the perception ofthe public. I sometimes think that thosecommon sense changes that I supportedand which were adopted in the late 90'shave not been fully recognized for themeaningful impact they have had on howa typical member of the public determinestheir impression regarding the US nuclearprogram. Either way, in the end, what isimportant is that the plants are operatingsafely, and public sentiment is nowaligned with those safe operations.Contact: Gentry Grann, The ShawGroup; 4171Essen Lane, Baltimore,MD 21202; telephone: (225) 987-7372,email: gentry.brann@shawgrp.com. Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2010 www.NuclearPlantJournal.com 69

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