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By Jeff Benjamin, Westinghouse Electric Company Senior Vice President New Plants & Major Projects
Categories: General Topics
U.K. National Apprenticeship Week, taking place March 14 – 18, 2016, celebrates apprenticeships and the positive impact that they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy in the U.K.
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Like the human brain, which carefully monitors your body and takes the appropriate action to keep you safe, the Advanced Logic System (ALS) platform monitors the key parameters of the plant and take action to shut it down if the plant is going beyond safe operating limits.
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ZIRLO® material is an advanced zirconium-based alloy that has high corrosion resistance to reactor coolant, fuel and fission products. This means that tubing made with ZIRLO can tolerate longer reactor cycle lengths at higher temperatures without reducing a power plant’s operating margins.
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Imagine producing enough high-quality nuclear fuel tubing to encircle the Earth more than three-and-a-quarter times. Imagine generations of families working for the same company, and even in the same facility. Imagine 20 percent of the current plant population having a family member who worked at the facility. For the employees of the Westinghouse plant in Blairsville, Pennsylvania (USA), these contributions to the nuclear industry and the world are a reality.
