Westinghouse Electric Company and its subsidiary WesDyne International said Wednesday that it had been awarded a long-term contract for nuclear reactor pressure vessel nozzle inspection at Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant (KKL) in Switzerland – a six year contract with an option for four additional years – that was awarded after an extensive public tender process.
WesDyne is the nondestructive inspection branch of Westinghouse Electric Co.
The contract's scope includes qualification of the KKL mechanized ultrasonic inspection system using a state-of-the-art phased array technique and yearly inspections of eight different nozzle types — 56 total — with each nozzle having up to three welds. A total of 127 welds will be inspected over the project's duration, the companies explained in a statement.
Westinghouse has been performing these inspections at KKL over the past 10 years.
This contract will be executed primarily out of Westinghouse's facility in Mannheim and supported by an international team of experts from WesDyne. According to Westinghouse, this contract award is seen by the company as a confirmation of the great success of work already performed and KKL's high level of satisfaction with that work.
WesDyne is a leading supplier of mechanized nondestructive examination (NDE) products for all inspection needs worldwide, providing turnkey and one-off-type solutions with a focus on the nuclear market. WesDyne's expertise spans all aspects of remote and mechanized inspections, from problem analysis and solutions generation to development and manufacturing to field deployment of personnel and equipment. Inspection capabilities cover all key NDE areas such as ultrasonic, visual, eddy current, magnetic particle, dye penetrant and X-ray.