½ð²©ÌåÓý

Background

½ð²©ÌåÓý, the world’s pioneering nuclear power company, supplied the world’s first commercial pressurized water reactor (PWR) in 1957 at Shippingport, Pennsylvania (USA). Today, the company is a fully integrated, worldwide supplier of both PWR and boiling water reactor (BWR) services.

Since 1980, ½ð²©ÌåÓý has supplied products and services to BWR nuclear plants worldwide, and helped them meet the ever-present challenge of improving safety, availability and capacity.

Description

BWR OUTAGE SERVICES
Some of the many services ½ð²©ÌåÓý offers are:

• Outage management services
• BWR-related services
• Weld repair
• Valve refurbishment or replacement
• Training
• Refueling
• Under-vessel (UV) maintenance
• In-vessel visual inspection (IVVI)
• In-vessel ultrasonic inspections

BWR-RELATED SERVICES

In-vessel and Specialty Tooling
Using ½ð²©ÌåÓý advanced tools to help reduce personnel exposure is a critical element of a successful outage. The following tools can reduce the time required for refueling tasks and for the outage.

• Multi-lift tool
• Remote manipulators
• Tape-less handling poles
• Training

Refueling
½ð²©ÌåÓý supplies a complete range of refueling services for BWR plants. The refueling services include:

• New fuel receipt
• Integrated outage management team
• Refuel floor management
• Reactor pressure vessel (RPV) disassembly/re-assembly
• Fuel movement
• In-vessel maintenance activities

Under-vessel
½ð²©ÌåÓý UV services include:

• UV area preparation
• Control rod drive (CRD) exchange tooling
• CRD rebuild services (2011)
• Source range monitor, intermediate range monitor, local power range monitor, traversing incore probe (TIP) system maintenance
• UV instrumentation & control support
• Hydraulic control unit (HCU) services
• Mobile UV training services

In-vessel Visual Inspection (Vessel Internals Project)
A complete line of in-vessel inspection services is offered to meet code-required plant inspection program and BWR vessel internals project (BWRVIP) required needs. Services include:

• Standard IVVI (two platform services)
• Steam dryer and separator inspections
• ½ð²©ÌåÓý Intelligent Streaming Examination (WISE) system (remote review), which is fully integrated with IDDEAL^® Software Suite
• Double-up inspection tool (DUITâ„¢)
• Radiation-tolerant cameras (black and white and color)
• Complete recording and evaluation using digitized video systems

In-vessel Ultrasonic Inspections

• Automated core shroud ultrasonic testing (UT) inspection
• Core spray piping automated UT (2011)
• Jet pump inside diameter (ID) UT inspection
• Jet pump beam UT inspection (all required zones)
• RPV ID weld seam UT inspection

Training
½ð²©ÌåÓý has been providing training services to BWR customers since 1980. These training programs combine formal classroom instruction with hands-on lab exercises to maximize learning and skills development. The programs include:

• Refueling (technical direction, reactor service tech)
• BWR CRD rebuild and exchange
• BWR systems fundamentals
• BWR component maintenance
• BWR HCU maintenance
• TIP system maintenance

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