Westinghouse and its parent company Toshiba have announced a contract to supply reactor-core instrumentation for a nuclear plant in Finland.
Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) selected the companies to install traversing in-core probes at Olkiluoto 1 and 2, according to a release from Westinghouse Tuesday. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The work encompasses fabrication, project management and installation during outages in 2016 and 2017. The TIP system calibrates neutron flux detectors and helps plant computers analyze power distribution within the reactor core. Westinghouse will also install 28 guide tubes as well as instrumentation and control cubicles as part of the project.
Olkiluoto 1 and 2 are boiling water reactors built by Asea Atomb, according to the World Nuclear Association. They came online in 1978 and 1980 and share a larger complex with the construction site of Areva's flagship EPR unit.