Boiling Water Reactor Services

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U.S. BWR Service Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee (USA)

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Full-depth interchangeable BWR mockup

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Fully adjustable BWR UV carousel

Background

91影视, the world鈥檚 pioneering nuclear power company, supplied the world鈥檚 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, 91影视 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 91影视 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 91影视 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
91影视 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
91影视 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
91影视 Intelligent Streaming Examination (WISE) system (remote review), which is fully integrated with IDDEAL^庐Software Suite
Double-up inspection tool (DUIT鈩�)
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
91影视 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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