The pressure vessel will be for Unit 3 at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STPEGS), which is scheduled for commercial operation in 2016. With an
inside diameter of about seven meters, a height of about 20 meters, and weighing about 900 tons, the vessel will be manufactured at IHI’s Yokohama Nuclear & Chemical Components Works and will be shipped in May 2012
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According to a report in the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, IHI Corporation (IHI) has received, via Toshiba Corporation, an order to design, procure materials for and produce one pressure vessel for the first advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) (1,350 MW) to be built in the U.S.
The pressure vessel will be for Unit 3 at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STPEGS), which is scheduled for commercial operation in 2016. With an inside diameter of about seven meters, a height of about 20 meters, and weighing about 900 tons, the vessel will be manufactured at IHI’s Yokohama Nuclear & Chemical Components Works and will be shipped in May 2012.
IHI has manufactured 24 reactor pressure vessels for boiling water reactors (BWRs), the most in the world, and, having begun producing them last year for pressurized water reactors (PWRs), can now deliver nuclear equipment for both types.
ABWR – The Advanced Boiling Water Reactor
Boiling water reactors (BWR) provide one of today's most widely used means of nuclear power generation. In a BWR plant, the reactor uses low-enriched uranium as a fuel for bringing the moderator and coolant water to the boil directly at the reactor core.The resulting steam drives the turbine.
Toshiba's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), the culmination of years of experience in BWR construction, takes and enhances the best elements of the company's BWR technology.
Toshiba's ABWR features a short construction period and large capacity take power generation a long step forward toward 21st century.
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit No.6, 1356MWe, has been in commercial operation since November 7, 1996. Owned and operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), it is the world's first ABWR.
Toshiba was representative administrator for this huge Unit No.6 construction project. And also 2nd ABWR, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit No.7, same capacity as Unit No.6,
has been in commercial operation since July 2,1997.
Toshiba constructed its first nuclear power plant by back in the late 1960s. Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, and a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products spanning information & communications systems; digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems, including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 740 companies, with 199,000 employees worldwide.
IHI, established in 1853, is a multi-national leader in providing energy and chemical plants, physical distribution systems and steel structures, aero-engine and space
technology, industrial machinery, shipbuilding and marine engineering, and mass3 produced machinery. With annual net sales of nearly $13 billion (U.S. dollars) and
more than 24,000 employees, IHI contributes to the stable supply of electric power by providing the primary equipment for thermal and nuclear power systems.
STP supplies approximately 7.5 percent of the electricity used in Texas. The plant is managed by the STP Nuclear Operating Company and owned by Austin Energy, CPS Energy and NRG Texas. STP's twin reactors produce 2,700 megawatts of carbon-free energy, powering more than two million homes throughout Texas.