Advanced Nuclear Power - AREVA

Departments Contracts
New Steam Generators
for Angra 1
Framatome ANP was awarded
a contract by Eletrobrás
Termonuclear S.A., ELETRONUCLEAR
to supply two replacement steam
generators to the Brazilian nuclear
power plant Angra 1, a Westinghousedesigned
PWR with a capacity of
657 MW.
The company will have overall
responsibility for the manufacture of
the new steam generators, working in
close cooperation with the Brazilian
heavy components manufacturer
NUCLEP in Itaguaí, southwest of Rio
de Janeiro. Delivery of the components
is scheduled for April 2007 with
installation to begin in September
2007 during a refueling outage.
Framatome ANP Receives
Contract for LPMS
Upgrade at Sizewell B
Framatome ANP was awarded the
contract, signed in February
2004, to test and upgrade the loose
parts monitoring system (LPMS) of
Sizewell B in Great Britain.
The monitoring system, originally
installed by Westinghouse, will be
replaced by Framatome ANP. LPMS,
a centralized, online monitoring alarm
and diagnostic system, will provide
the operator with real-time information
and analysis. The system consists
of an industrial grade computer and
Framatome ANP-designed signal
conditioning modules. These modules
and the mounting rack are compatible
with existing accelerometric sensors,
permitting wiring and sensors from
older systems to be left in place,
simplifying retrofit.
Contract Awarded for Retrieval of Fuel Stored
on the “Lepse”
On October 6, 2003, SGN
(a COGEMA subsidiary) and
the Murmansk Shipping Company
(Russian Federation) signed a contract
for the first phase of technical studies
on the retrieval and processing of
damaged fuel elements from the Lenine
icebreaker which have been stored
on the service ship, Lepse, for the
past forty years.
The first investigations into dismantling
the Lepse were initiated in 1996 by
the European Commission within the
scope of cleaning up the naval bases
in north western Russia.
To implement the recommendations from
these investigations, Norway, France, the
Netherlands, the European Commission,
the Nordic Environment Finance
Corporation (NEFCO) and the Russian
Federation assembled a group of sponsors
to fund the studies and manage the entire
project. The current phase is jointly
financed by NEFCO and France (French
Global Environment Facility).
This project is one of the first contracts
involving a French company within
the scope of the recent G8 Global
Partnership initiative and is thus of
particular importance.
Multiple countries join together to solve the problem of
damaged fuel elements stored on the Lepse.
30 Advanced Nuclear Power N O 11 November 2004