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MHI delivers two RSG for nuclear power plant in Belgium |
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Wednesday, 02 September 2009 |
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)
has delivered two replacement steam generators (RSG), a core component of
pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plants (NPP), for the Doel-1 NPP
in Belgium
operated by Electrabel GDF SUEZ, a leading European energy company.
The RSGs, manufactured at
MHI's Kobe Shipyard and Machinery Works, measure 20 meters in height and
weigh roughly 270 tons. According to the companys press release, SGs play a
crucial role in PWRs by transferring the thermal energy generated in the
reactor vessel to a secondary coolant and feeding the resulting steam to a
turbine system to generate electricity. Their pressure-resistant container made
of low-alloy steel, houses approximately 4,800 heat transfer tubes made of a thermally
treated nickel-chromium-iron alloy. |