GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced the implementation of its latest chemical decontamination solution for the first time in North America. The solution was successfully utilized to decontaminate and mitigate stress corrosion cracking in portions of a nuclear power plant's recirculation piping.
GEH did not name the North American plant in which its latest decontamination solution was put to the task. The latest decontaminate solution is an enhanced version of GEH's Low Temperature NobleChem solution. “GEH implemented an enhanced solution developed by its alliance partner Hitatchi-GE Nuclear Energy to decontaminate and mitigate the plant's reactor recirculation systems and decontaminate the reactor water cleanup system,” the company said.
“By removing contamination build pu and mitigating the stress corrosion of stainless steel piping and components, this innovative solution addresses two main challenges that boiling water reactor plant operators face today,” said Lance Hall, executive vice president of Nuclear Fuels and Services at GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.