Westinghouse bereikt mijlpalen bij bouw kerncentrale Vogtle AP1000®
WAYNESBORO, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Westinghouse Electric Company heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt twee mijlpalen te hebben bereikt in de bouw van de kerncentrale Vogtle. Het bedrijf plaatste het reactorvat van Reactor 3 en ce CA01-module van Reactor 4. Deze gedenkwaardige prestaties – binnen een tijdspanne van 48 uur bereikt – openen nieuw werkterrein op Vogtle, waar Westinghoudse twee reactoren van zijn type AP1000® oplevert.
“Met de plaatsing van het vat in Reactor 3 op 23 november gaan we nu over naar de nieuwe spannende fase van dit project – van civiel ingenieurschap stappen we over op de assemblage van het reactorsysteem”, zei Jeff Benjamin, senior vicepresident voor nieuwe centrales en grote projecten. “Daarnaast passen we opgedane kennis toe bij de bouw van Reactor 4.”
Westinghouse Achieves Major Milestones at Vogtle AP1000® Plant |
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WAYNESBORO, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the completion of two construction milestones at the Vogtle nuclear power plant site: placement of the Unit 3 reactor vessel and the Unit 4 CA01 module. The milestones – achieved within a 48-hour span – open up new work fronts at the Vogtle site, where Westinghouse is delivering two of its AP1000 ® units. “With the placement of the Unit 3 reactor vessel Nov. 23, we now transition to the next exciting phase of this project – moving from strictly civil engineering and construction to assembly of the unit’s reactor system,” said Jeff Benjamin, Westinghouse senior vice president, New Plants and Major Projects. “In addition, we are applying learning from our delivery experience to the construction of Unit 4.” Workers will now begin to place bulk commodities like piping, pumps and cabling throughout the Unit 3 reactor system. Crews will also advance preparations for the installation of the first steam generator in Unit 3 next year. Two days before setting the 278-metric-ton reactor vessel, Westinghouse placed the 907-metric-ton CA01 module for Unit 4. The steel structure will house a number of major components in containment, including the reactor vessel, steam generators and pressurizer. The CA01 module is 21 meters long, 29 meters wide and 24 meters high, and was assembled on-site at the project’s 12-story Module Assembly Building. Westinghouse is constructing two AP1000 units at Vogtle for Georgia Power Company. Two additional units are under construction at the V.C. Summer site in Jenkinsville, S.C., for South Carolina Electric and Gas Company. The company also is nearing completion of the world’s first four AP1000 units, at China’s Sanmen and Haiyang sites, with commissioning tests underway for the lead units at each site. The AP1000 plant uses innovative safety systems that rely on the laws of nature including gravity, natural circulation and condensation. The plant design harnesses these natural forces to automatically shut down the reactor without human intervention for up to 72 hours. The safety systems are known as “passive” because they do not require operator actions, mechanical equipment or AC power and provide operators with the time necessary to achieve and maintain safe shutdown of the plant in the unlikely event of a design-basis accident. To learn more about Westinghouse Electric Company and our vision to be the first to innovate the next technology, practice or solution that helps our customers generate safer, cleaner, more reliable energy visit www.westinghousenuclear.com. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161130006155/en/ Contacts Westinghouse Electric Company |
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