Striving to be...Continued from page 117Mississippi River has low water levels orhigh water temperatures.The laterals in well number one werereplaced with stainless steel laterals in2005 and the water supply from that wellincreased significantly. In 2006 the lateralsin well number three were replacedwith stainless steel. This update led to anincreased water supply.During 2007 well number five lateralswere replaced, completing the last leg ofthis project. Radial well number five is nowable to supply 10,000 gallons per minuteof plant service water to the plant. GrandGulf requires a nominal 25,000 gallonsof water per minute to run the reactor at100 percent capacity. With the completionof the work at well number five, the fourexisting wells are able to reliably supplythe required water and still have sufficientcapacity to allow maintenance of the plantservice water pumps to be performed onlinewhen required.Grand Gulf Dry FuelStorage ProjectIn August 2004, Grand Gulf receivedproject funding approval for the designand construction of an onsite independentspent fuel storage installation and for theprocurement of a dry cask storage system(DCSS).The major components of the DCSSat Grand Gulf are a multi-purpose canisterwhich receives and confines the spentnuclear fuel, a cask (overpack) whichreceives a sealed MPC for interim storageon the ISFSI pad, and a transfer caskdesigned to transfer a loaded MPC to orfrom the overpack in a radiological safemanner.An ISFSI at Grand Gulf becamenecessary since a relatively small amountof storage space remain in the spent fuelpool. With four casks loaded in November-December 2006 and the next campaignscheduled in March-April 2008, dry fuelstorage activities in 2007 were minimal.Remote temperature monitoring for thefour casks on the Independent Spent FuelStorage Installation pad will be connectedand other minor work performed to completeall modifications.Safe and EfficientOutage PerformanceGrand Gulf <strong>Nuclear</strong> Station has atradition of strong outage performanceand the site continued this practice duringtheir 15th refueling outage in March/April 2007.Safety performance at the station wasexcellent and the dose performance set anew BWR 6 outage record. There were noevents that threatened nuclear safety duringthe outage and there were no lost timeaccidents; no OSHA recordable accidents;and only 10 first aids. Outage duration was24 days, 10 hours and 42 minutes. Theseaccomplishments are a prime example ofhow the staff at Grand Gulf is dedicates tosafety and efficiency at the plant.Strong Relationshipwith the CommunityGrand Gulf <strong>Nuclear</strong> Stationcontinually strives to be a good neighbor.Over 600 employees have a notable trackrecord of contributing to Port Gibson andVicksburg communities in a wide varietyof community-based initiatives and programs.The goal is to continue to build astrong relationship with the surroundingcommunities through donations and communityoutreach.Employees at Grand Gulf contributedover $105,257 to support the United Wayfundraising campaign in 2007. Combinedwith the dollar-for-dollar match by EntergyCorporation, the total contributed was over$210, 500. This level of giving represented47 percent of the campaign’s total.Dedicated Grand Gulf employeesconnect with students and teachers throughcommunity outreach with ClaiborneCounty Schools. Employees do this bysupporting the annual community awarenessnight program and by participatingin the business and education standingtogether program. Another way GrandGulf employees support the schools is byproviding guest speakers for workshopsand by volunteering with the partner ineducation program. Employees alsomentor students by tutoring them afterschool programs.Grand Gulf employees are also proudto contribute to the Susan G. KomenBreast Cancer Drive and Alcorn StateUniversity’s Relay for Life. In addition,employees donate their time to supportgroups such as Mississippi Blood <strong>Service</strong>s,Special Olympics, and Claiborne CountySchools.Unit Specific Information• Type & manufacturer: BWR 6,General Electric Co.• Turbine and generator manufacturer:Allis-Chalmers Power Systems,Inc.• Cooling water source: MississippiRiver via a natural draft primarycooling tower. Beginning in 2002, aforced draft auxiliary cooling towerhas been used in parallel during thesummer to increase efficiency andoutput.• Overall Mississippi energy demandmet by Grand Gulf: About 29 percent• Environmental emissions avoided (in2005) by operation of Grand Gulf:sulfur dioxide: 15,600 tons; nitrogenoxide: 12,800 tons; carbon dioxide:7.9 million metric tonsGrand Gulf <strong>Nuclear</strong> Station is currentlyowned by System Energy Resources,a wholly-owned subsidiary of NewOrleans-based Entergy Corporation, witha 10 percent minority ownership by SouthMississippi Electric Power Associationbased in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The siteis operated by Entergy’s nuclear businessfunction. There are eight other nuclear siteswith a combined ten nuclear units ownedby Entergy subsidiaries and operated byEntergy <strong>Nuclear</strong>. These units are locatedin Arkansas (Arkansas <strong>Nuclear</strong> One, withtwo operating units), Louisiana (RiverBend and Waterford 3), Massachusetts(Pilgrim), Michigan (Palisades), New York(Indian Point, with two operating units, andFitzPatrick) and Vermont (Vermont Yankee).Energy <strong>Nuclear</strong> is also contracted toprovide management services to NebraskaPower District’s Cooper <strong>Nuclear</strong> Stationin Nebraska through 2014.Contact: Timothy Crisler, Grand Gulf<strong>Nuclear</strong> Station, G-ESC1-CC, P.O. Box756, Port Gibson, MS.39150; telephone:(601) 437-6393, fax: (601) 437-2795,e-mail: tcrisle@entergy.com. 118 http://subscribe.npjonline.com www.NPJOnline.com <strong>Product</strong> & <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Directory</strong> <strong>2009</strong>
WESTINGHOUSE HAS SOMEsimple ideas,TO ACCOMPLISHgreat things.PETE SENASite Vice PresidentBeaver Valley Power StationFENOCDAVE BALASManager of Global Outage SupportWestinghouseJIM LASHSenior Vice PresidentFENOC – OperationsWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLCWhen our Alliance Partner, FirstEnergy <strong>Nuclear</strong> Operating Company(FENOC), set a long-term goal to reduce outage dose at its Beaver ValleyPower Station, they asked Westinghouse to assist.The Westinghouse team, led by Customer 1 st leader Dave Balas, workedwith Pete Sena, Jim Lash and the Beaver Valley Power Station to applyCustomer 1 st tools. As a result, the plant achieved a 39 percent dosereduction during the fall 2007 Unit 1 outage, advancing Beaver Valleyfrom the industry’s fourth to second quartile in outage dose performance.During Beaver Valley’s spring 2008 outage, results were even better asUnit 2 advanced from fourth to first quartile in outage dose performance.Improving outage performance and applying the benefits and industrylessons learned are just a few ways that Westinghouse nuclear technologyis strengthening performance at the world’s leading nuclear power plants.Check us out at www.westinghousenuclear.comCommitted to customer success.“ Unit 1 achieved its lowest outagedose ever. Great teamwork andcoordination were evident asBeaver Valley performed itsbest-ever durations for sixWestinghouse outage windows.”—PETE SENA
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