Jan 12 2010
The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SHAW) and Westinghouse Electric Company, along with China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC), Sanmen Nuclear Power Company (SMNPC) and China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction Corporation (CNF) successfully completed the lift and setting of the containment vessel bottom head (CVBH) of Unit 1 at the Sanmen AP1000 nuclear power plant project.
Using a large-capacity `crane, the project team successfully lifted, positioned and installed the containment vessel bottom head (CVBH) of Unit 1 at the Sanmen AP1000 nuclear power plant project
The CVBH serves as the foundation for the containment vessel, a capsule-shaped steel structure that will house the nuclear reactor. The project team used a large-capacity crane to lift, position and install the CVBH. The lift of the CVBH and its supporting structures was more than 900 tons.
“The successful lift and set of the CVBH brings us one step closer to introducing the world’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant,” said Fred Buckman, president of Shaw’s Power Group. “As we continue construction, we remain dedicated to the safe and timely execution of this project.”
The CVBH is the second massive nuclear plant structural module installed by the China Project AP1000 team members, following the Auxiliary Building Module CA-20 set at Sanmen Unit 1 earlier this year.
Shaw is under contract with SNPTC, SMNPC, Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd. and China National Technical Import & Export Corporation to provide engineering, procurement, commissioning, information management and project management services for two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear units under construction at Sanmen in the Zhejiang province and two units under construction at Haiyang in Shandong province.
Source: http://www.shawgrp.com/