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Newsletter May - June 2013

www.sngc.es Carmelo PalaciosManaging DirectorSantiago Rusiñol, 1228040 Madrid (SPAIN)Phone: (+34) 91 347 44 12 Cell: (+34) 646 484 [email protected]

Serena DuBeijing Office - Marketing ManagerE-806 Sanlitun SOHO, NO.8 GongtibeiluChaoyang District, Beijing (China)T: (+86) 5630 1302C: (+86) 137 2005 [email protected]

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SNGC: PartiCiPatioN of SNGC ComPaNieS iN the CieNPi iN ShaNGhai - may 2013

SNGC: the SNGC reCeiveS a viSit by CNPi - may 2013

teCNatom: New PhaSed array CourSeS - may 2013

teCNatom: New work for teCNatom iN the iter ProjeCt - may 2013

teCNatom: teCNatom will reviSe aNd uPdate the miSi for embalSe NPP - may 2013

teCNatom will Carry out a detailed review of the deSiGN of the CoNtrol room at atuCha i NPP juNe 2013

teCNatom: teCNatom eNSureS exteNSioN of the lifetime of the equiPmeNt it SuPPlieS beyoNd itS teChNoloGiCal obSoleSCeNCe - juNe 2013

CaSkS iN aSCó NPP - may 2013

eNSa: weld iNSPeCtioN - may 2013

eNuSa: fuel SemiNar iN brazil - may 2013

riNGo vÁlvulaS: aPi 6a ball valve for total - may 2013

riNGo vÁlvulaS iN the ruSSiaN NuClear market - may 2013

riNGo vÁlvulaS: titaNium ball valve for duNliN Platform uk - may 2013

riNGo vÁlvulaS: CoNtrol valveS for total hollaNd - may 2013

riNGo vÁlvulaS: SuCCeSSfully ComPleted qualifiCatioN ProGram for kvaerNer & aker SolutioNS - may 2013




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SNGC: PartiCiPatioN of SNGC ComPaNieS iN the CieNPi iN ShaNGhai

may 2013www.sngc.es

SNGC’s companies have taken part in the tenth Chinese International Exhibition on the Nuclear Power Industry (CIENPI), held in Shanghai between May 23rd and 25th, with a stand inside the national Spanish Nuclear Industry pavilion coordinated by SNGC and Foro and supported by ICEX.

The companies belonging to SNGC (Spanish Nuclear Group for Cooperation) – ENUSA, ENSA and Ringo Válvulas – participated in the joint pavilion.

Considered one of the most important nuclear fairs held in China, CIENPI is a point of reference for companies and professionals in the sector.

The Spanish nuclear industry has been consolidating its presence at this fair since 2005.

The fair was attended by almost 100 overseas corporations among a total of 170 companies and research institutes from 17 countries and regions in Asia, Europe and America.

There were also national pavilions representing Russia, France and the United Kingdom.

Following the slowdown caused by Fukushima, the approval of the medium- and long-term Nuclear Plan and the Nuclear Safety Plan has now given way to a recovery of nuclear development in China. As of March 2013, there are 17 nuclear power plants in operation, with an installed capacity of 14,690 MW, and 28 plants under construction, with an installed generation capacity of 30,560 MW.

The Chinese nuclear objective for 2020 is to have a nuclear generating capacity of 70 GWe

Particularly significant was the presence of Chinese nuclear companies offering only Generation III+ reactors (AP 1000, CAP 1400, ACPR/ACP 1000 and the 100 MW ACP SMR (Small Modular Reactor)), and the intention to have the ACPR and ACP designs converge with a view to exporting their nuclear technology, to which great importance is attached.

Within the framework of the fair, important meetings were held with companies belonging to the major corporations CGNPC, CNNC, SNPEC, CPI and others, and numerous contacts were made with suppliers of components and parts who might be included on the list of Chinese suppliers of nuclear class components for our target markets.




SNGC: the SNGC reCeiveS a viSit by CNPi - may 2013www.sngc.es

SNGC: In early June, the SNGC welcomed the visit of a delegation from CPI headed by Mr. Ding Zhongzhi, Senior Advisor of CPI Corporation and Chairman of CPI Nuclear Power Company; he was formerly the vice president of CPI Corporation. CPI met with 4 member companies of SNGC and listened to 4 companies presentation, especially their experience on waste treatment and other issues.The four companies of the SNGC made detailed presentations of their companies. The CPI representatives were also received by ENRESA in the Zorita nuclear power plant, which is in the process of being dismantled, where they attended presentations by ENRESA on its activities, including its business in general and its more specific activities in the El Cabril facility and the dismantling of Zorita.

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teCNatom: New PhaSed array CourSeS - may 2013www.tecnatom.es

As part of its commitment to the continued transfer of know-how to improve the safety, availability and economic effectiveness of industrial facilities, Tecnatom has programmed three new courses on the ultrasonic inspection of aeronautical components manufactured using composite materials.

The three courses will be delivered in English (June 4th-6th), Russian (July 2nd-4th) and Spanish (October 8th-10th) at the Tecnatom headquarters in San Sebastián de los Reyes

In addition to the theoretical sessions in the classroom, the courses include practical training in the laboratories and workshops and will be given by level II and III engineers accredited in accordance with the European certification standards.

In order to guarantee the highest quality in the training, this activity will not involve more than 6 participants in each classroom and will target quality managers, the individuals responsible for the ultrasonic inspection of components, including level III engineers, and the personnel who perform this type of activity related to the inspection of composite materials.

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teCNatom: New work for teCNatom iN the iter ProjeCt - may 2013www.tecnatom.es

Tecnatom will organise a “Workshop on the implications of the presentation of safety issues in publications and conferences” for ITER. The workshop will be delivered to some 40 managers of the organisation and will be structured around 4 sessions.

The objective of the workshop is to reinforce clear expectations within the ITER organisation of the need to act at all times in such a way as to ensure adherence to the safety assessments submitted to the regulatory authority (ASN). In this respect the workshop reinforces understanding of the basis of the safety assessment, helps to understand the reasons for the behaviours underlying the organisation of the workshop and provides methods to establish expectations regarding behaviour and act accordingly, through coaching or correction.

This role, collaborating in the strengthening of the nuclear safety culture, is in addition to other work in which Tecnatom is involved in the ITER project, such as the non-destructive inspection of the pre-compression rings and sectors of the reactor vacuum chamber.

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teCNatom: teCNatom will reviSe aNd uPdate the miSi for embalSe NPP may 2013www.tecnatom.es

Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. (NASA), the company owning Embalse nuclear power plant, has awarded Tecnatom a contract for the revision and updating of the facility’s periodic nuclear inspection programme (MISI), in accordance with the Canadian in-service inspection standard N285.4-09.

The project will last 16 months and the scope of the work to be performed includes the following:•classification and selection of the systems and components to be inspected;•determination of the inspection category on the basis of stress and fatigue tests and susceptibility to erosion/corrosion;•the drawing up of the programme, defining the areas to be examined, the NDT techniques to be applied and the examination frequencies;•support for the integration of the programme into the Web-ISI.

This project consolidates the strategic position of Tecnatom’s inspection engineering activities in Argentina, where the Web-ISI tool was recently supplied for the management of in-service inspections at all the NASA nuclear power plants.

The Embalse nuclear power plant has a CANDU (Canadian Uranium Deuterium) reactor using natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as coolant and moderator. The plant started operating in 1983 and has a power level of 648 MWe.

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teCNatom will Carry out a detailed review of the deSiGN of the CoNtrol room at atuCha i NPP - juNe 2013www.tecnatom.es

Nuclear Power Plant is performing a Periodic Safety Review (PSR) of its installations. Pursuant to the requirements of the Argentinean Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN), this PSR includes a review of the Human Factors Engineering (HFE) of the plant control room.

Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. (NASA), the company that owns Atucha I nuclear power plant, has awarded Tecnatom the project for the detailed review of the design of the facility’s control room. This project consists of verifying the HFE of all the components of the control room Man-Machine Interface (MMI). The verification includes the panels and consoles of the main operating area, the operators’ workstations, components of the operating panels, components of the operating consoles, components of the operating-aid software system and maintenance tasks on the rear panels.

The technical scope of this project includes the drawing up of a procedure for verification of the different components, the performance of this verification and support for the nuclear power plant in solving whatever discrepancies may arise. The methodology and performance of the work are based on application of the international HFE standards.Atucha I was the first nuclear power plant to be built in Latin America and began operation in 1974. It is a PHWR (pressurised heavy water reactor) type facility with a power level of 1,179 MWt.

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teCNatom: teCNatom eNSureS exteNSioN of the lifetime of the equiPmeNt it SuPPlieS beyoNd itS teChNoloGiCal obSoleSCeNCe - juNe 2013www.tecnatom.es

Since its entry into the aeronautical industry almost 15 years ago, Tecnatom has been developing new inspection systems and also fine-tuning equipment manufactured by other companies, with a view to allowing for its continued use in the medium and long term.

These updating tasks include not only the replacement of equipment that might become obsolete, but also other updating activities aimed at providing greater reliability and a longer lifetime to the installation. In this respect, Tecnatom has undertaken exhaustive monitoring of the equipment supplied, allowing it to identify the most critical components as regards the availability of spares and to propose more advanced and more productive replacements.

Another of the advantages is that the updates are accomplished by maintaining the same operating interface, as a result of which the operators continue to work in the same way and the training required for the new procedure is minimal.

Furthermore, the reliability of the new equipment reduces the number of shutdowns for corrective maintenance, decreasing the time required for component replacement and the cost of the spares themselves.

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CaSkS iN aSCó NPP - may 2013www.ensa.es

New spent fuel casks in Ascó nuclear power plant.

Ensa has successfully loaded its manufactured casks in Ascó nuclear power plant. Last May 23, Ensa concluded the first spent fuel transfer from the fuel storage pool to the new independent spent fuel storage installation (known in Spanish as ATI). The work consisted of loading the first two of ten containers manufactured by Ensa, with a storage capacity for 32 spent fuel elements each. This installation allows Ascó nuclear power plant to expand its spent fuel storage capacity.

In the next few days and months, the staff of Ensa and its subsidiary ENWESA, in coordination with Ascó workers, will continue preparing the other casks and conducting cold testing for future fuel transfer to the ATI.Ensa has significant experience in spent fuel management and all fuel casks operating in the Spanish nuclear power plants have been manufactured by Ensa, some of them with Ensa’s own design. Ensa also participates in the loading of these casks. Moreover, the company also has its own designs for fuel racks that operate in national and international nuclear power plants.

New SPeNt fuel CaSkS iN aSCó NuClear Power PlaNt

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eNSa: weld iNSPeCtioN - may 2013www.ensa.es

New technology development for weld inspection. Ensa’s Advanced Technology Center has successfully developed robotized equipment to perform a specific ultrasound test (UT) in the “J” welding of the vessel heads that Ensa is manufacturing for Beznau, a Swiss nuclear power plant. This new equipment inspects this weld in a controlled and automated way, and it has been developed in compliance with new and strict requirements and criteria.

The system is able to automatically carry out the inspection by ultrasound test inside the CRDMH’s (penetrations at the head of the reactor pressure vessel through which the control rods enter into the vessel) to look for possible faults in the “J” welding.

This equipment has been entirely designed and manufactured by the Automatic Unit of Ensa’s Advanced Technology Center, the company’s technology center which continuously develops many of the search and development projects. The result of inspections conducted in the “J” welding, which also have been executed by a robotic system design, has been entirely satisfactory and in compliance with customer expectations.

New teChNoloGy develoPmeNt for weld iNSPeCtioN

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eNuSa: fuel SemiNar iN brazil - may 2013www.enusa.es

A fuel seminar organized by Enusa took place in June in Brazil with additional presence of representatives of the Spanish companies Tecnatom and Enresa. The Spanish delegation had the opportunity to present its experience and capabilities in front of the Brazilian nuclear fuel company INB, the Angra NPP and its operator Eletronuclear and the nuclear regulator CNEN.

Enusa has learnt from its Brazilian partners about the current situation and needs of the Brazilian nuclear market, and it has identified multiple cooperation opportunities in the nuclear fuel business.

meetiNG at CNeN headquarterS fuel SemiNar with etN iN rio de jaNeiro

riNGo vÁlvulaS: aPi 6a ball valve for total - may 2013www.ringospain.com

Ringo Valvulas gets a contract for the supply of API 6A ball valves for the renewal of water injection circuit of the F15-A platform in the North Sea.

This project has been designed by the engineering departments of TOTAL and TECHNIP.

Once assembled and prior to shipment, these valves should be tested with nitrogen at 103MPa (1035bar) pressure.

riNGo vÁlvulaS iN the ruSSiaN NuClear market - may 2013www.ringospain.com

Ringo Válvulas has been awarded with a contract to supply 8 Gate valves DN800 600#, nuclear class 2 to Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (Russia). This contract consolidates Ringo Válvulas position in the Russian nuclear market, since it is already manufacturing a project including control valves for Beloyarskaya NPP.

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riNGo vÁlvulaS: titaNium ball valve for duNliN Pla-tform uk - may 2013www.ringospain.com

Ringo Valvulas has obtained a contract with AMEC Natural Resources (EWA) to supply Titanium B381 F2 Ball valves. These valves will be installed offshore line located in Dunlin Platform, North Sea UK.

Valves are designed for a fluid with 1,2 % Sodium Hypoclorite content and they will be supplied in special delivery period of 6 weeks.

riNGo vÁlvulaS: CoNtrol valveS for total hollaNdmay 2013www.ringospain.com

Ringo Valves has booked an order for control valves with hydraulic actuators and control system for Total E & P Nederland (TEPNL) for the project: Water Purification & Injection System on riser of well #2 & #5 on F15-A platform in The Netherlands.

The Control Valves will be installed for the water purification system to dissolve the deposition of salt. There are level control valves to control the liquid level in the Deaerator, flow control valves to control the fuel gas to the deaerator and pressure control valve to control the pressure of the deaerator.

These valves are designed with Ringo Valvulas Multistep trim. This is a multi-staged trim which is specially designed for low and medium flows combined with medium to high pressure drops. With this outstanding design the total pressure drop across the valve is splitted in several smaller, decreasing pressure drops. In this way erosion or cavitation, and therefore wearing of the plug and seat, are avoided.

riNGo vÁlvulaS: SuCCeSSfully ComPleted qualifiCatioN ProGram for kvaerNer & aker SolutioNS - may 2013www.ringospain.com

Ringo Valvulas have successfully completed the qualification program for Kvaerner & Aker Solutions with a rating of 92/100. This excellent rating gives Ringo Valvulas the status of “Approved Supplier” in both companies on a Global basis, thus enhancing opportunities for export.

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