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 <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Plant</strong>Babcock & Wilcox <strong>Nuclear</strong> 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 <strong>Nuclear</strong>Energy (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. <strong>Nuclear</strong>energy 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 <strong>Nuclear</strong> Power TechnologyCorporation (SNPTC), and Shandong<strong>Nuclear</strong> 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.<strong>Nuclear</strong><strong>Plant</strong><strong>Journal</strong>.com <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Journal</strong>, 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 Idaho<strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Journal</strong>, July-August 2010 www.<strong>Nuclear</strong><strong>Plant</strong><strong>Journal</strong>.com 9Manufacturing • Fabrication • Large Precision Machining • Small Precision Machining • Field Services • Warehousing & Distribution
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