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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.
 
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.
 
Progress Energy’s Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant uses Hurricane Hoods for Sponge Blasting the Upper Internals Lift Rig and Steam Generator Support Services

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.

   

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. 

  

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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