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Radium Incorporated Awarded
Contract to provide an RTS Telex Communications System to Georgia Power Company's
Plant Vogtle |
May 7, 2007; Radium Incorporated
was awarded a contract to provide an RTS Telex Communications System to Georgia
Power Company’s Plant Vogtle. The communications system will be used during training
exercises in the maintenance department. The system is based on the proven system
design that Radium uses for its’ steam generator nozzle dam services and Vogtle’s
steam generator manway services.
Contact Radium’s Cam Abernethy at (803) 414-4445 for your custom design RTS Telex
Communication Systems quotations.
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Radium Incorporated Completes
Steam Generator Nozzle Dam Services in Record Low Dose at Georgia Power Company's
Plant Vogtle |
April 9, 2007: Radium Incorporated
announces today that they completed steam generator nozzle dam installation and
removal in Unit 2 in record low dose with no injuries or personal contamination
events.
The Radium team was awarded ALARA t-shirts and recognized in the outage newsletter
for their contribution to completing a successful outage.
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Progress Energy’s Shearon Harris
Nuclear Power Plant uses Hurricane Hoods for Sponge
Blasting the Upper Internals Lift Rig and Steam
Generator Support Services |
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May 22, 2006: Progress Energy’s Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant recently completed a
refueling outage. One of the outages critical path
activities was to sponge blast the upper internals
lift rig. Sponge blasting is an abrasive blasting
process using grit-impregnated foam and non-abrasive
blasting media using foam without grit. Sponge
blasting systems incorporates various grades of
water-based urethane-foam cleaning media used to
clean and prepare surfaces. The non-abrasive media
grades are used to clean delicate substrates. The
abrasive media grades are used to remove surface
contaminants, paints, protective coatings, and rust
from a variety of surfaces.
The sponge blasting was performed in the lower
cavity inside a tent with the workers wearing
Radium’s
Hurricane Hood Category 2 (CAT-2). Fifteen
minutes into the process, the blasting material
started to escape the tent enclosure. Radiation
Protection personnel stopped the job to evaluate the
situation. Air samples taken during the process read
1.8 E-6 and the HEPA filter on the Hurricane Hood
read 2.5 mrem/hr. Plant management stopped the job
since it was determined the scope of the job was
expanding due to the sponge process short comings.
The worker wearing the Hurricane Hood CAT-2 exited
the area clean and his body count was negative.
Shearon Harris
personnel also successfully used the
Hurricane Hood Category 3 (CAT-3) for steam
generator support activities during the
refueling outage.
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| PG&E, Diablo Canyon
Nuclear Power Plant installs Steam Generator Nozzle Dams and
Decontaminates the Cavity using Hurricane Hoods |
| November 27,
2005: Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Diablo
Canyon Nuclear Power Plant recently completed a
refueling outage for Unit 1. Prior to the outage,
the Health Physics department was looking for a
replacement for powered air visors and costly
breathing air systems for steam generator nozzle dam
installation operations. They selected Radium's
Hurricane Hood™ CAT-3 system which provided 5 times
the amount of air of a powered air visor without a
breathing air system.
The
Hurricane Hood™
CAT-3 provides a high volume of filter air (33 CFM)
to the wearer for breathing and full body cooling.
The filtered air is directed down the face of the
clear vinyl hood for great defogging performance and
then directed down in the protective suit for full
body cooling. This patent pending design has no
hoses and does not require a breathing air system.
The system is modular and compact which allows users
to enter limited access areas such as a 16" steam
generator manway with ease.
According to the
Diablo Canyon's Health Physics Department, the
Hurricane Hoods worked extremely well. They had
very similar results to Plant Vogtle's
performance last month with very low accumulated
dose, no personal contamination events, no heat
stress issues and no personal injuries.
Continuing with the success of the nozzle dam
operations, they used the Hurricane Hood CAT-3
for Cavity Decontamination with similar results.
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Georgia Power Company's Plant
Vogtle Installed Steam Generator Nozzle Dams in Record Low
Dose using Hurricane Hoods |
| October 17,
2005; Georgia Power Company's, Plant Vogtle,
recently completed a refueling outage for Unit 2.
Radium Incorporated performed the
Steam Generator
Nozzle Dam Services using their latest
anti-contamination and cooling device called the
Hurricane Hood™ CAT-3.
The
Hurricane Hood™
CAT-3 provides a high volume of filter air (33 CFM)
to the wearer for breathing and full body cooling.
The filtered air is directed down the face of the
clear vinyl hood for great defogging performance and
then directed down in the protective suit for full
body cooling. This patent pending design has no
hoses and does not require a breathing air system.
The system is modular and compact which allows users
to enter limited access areas such as a 16" steam
generator manway with ease.
Radium installed
and removed the nozzle dams in record low dose for
Vogtle's Unit 2. There were no personal
contamination events, no heat stress issues, and no
personal injuries using the Hurricane Hoods. Plant
Vogtle was the first power plant to use this new
technology to improve personnel performance and
increase safety. |
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