Nine Mile Point secures services to 2046
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group and GE have signed a long-term services agreement that will see GE provide instrumentation and technical services for the two units at Nine Mile Point nuclear power station to the end of their current licences.
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group and GE have signed a long-term services agreement that will see GE provide instrumentation and technical services for the two units at Nine Mile Point nuclear power station to the end of their current licences.
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| Nine Mile Point (Image: Constellation) |
The long-term agreement (LTA) covers key nuclear instrumentation and associated technical services at the New York State plant, home to two boiling water reactor (BWR) units. GE claims its services are designed to help plant owners run their plants "smarter", using tools and facilitating knowledge sharing, root cause analysis and project management.
The multi-year, multi-outage agreement will see GE provide a supply of critical parts, inventory management and technical services, and is designed to help Nine Mile Point's BWRs to operate through to the end of their operating licence extensions. Those extensions currently cover the operation of unit 1 to 2029 and unit 2 to 2046. Products from GE's Reuter Stokes Measurement Solutions line of in-core and ex-core sensors are featured in the package, and the company will provide its full suite of reactor power monitoring instrumentation including its most advanced Local Power Range Monitor (LPRM) sensor and associated technical service expertise.
Leo VanderSchuur, general manager of GE's Reuter Stokes Measurement Solutions product line, said the LTA would help Constellation Energy Nuclear Group to operate efficiently by contributing to its financial and technical performance, while decreasing inventory and schedule risk. "The global energy landscape is undergoing change and requires more flexible, responsive service approaches and more cooperative efforts in which we partner with customers to deliver value," he said.
According to GE, the new agreement means that it now has long-term contracts in place to supply nuclear instrumentation and/or technical services to the most of the BWRs in North America.
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by World Nuclear News
