RW Monitor
10/10/2014
IN THE INDUSTRY
International Isotopes has entered into an agreement with the Department of Energy to use its Advanced Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory for the irradiation of cobalt targets for the production of cobalt-60, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. The agreement allows the company to use the reactor for the next 10 years at a fixed price for all cobalt material, with an annual 5 percent escalation in price, the filing said. The agreement began on Oct. 1, and it has an end date of Sept. 20, 2024. International Isotopes can opt out of the agreement, though, at any time upon 180 days’ advanced written notice to DOE. International Isotopes did not return calls for comment on the agreement this week.
MOHR Test and Measurement LLC announced this week that it had successfully installed its EFP-IL Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (SFPI) System at American Electric Power’s Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (D.C. Cook) in Michigan. The technology was developed in response to regulations issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission following the disaster at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station, in which a leak in the spent fuel pool resulted in a fire and further spread of contamination. The SFPI system detects changes in spent fuel pool water level in an effort to prevent this type of accident occurring in the United States. “D.C. Cook is the pilot plant for the installation of our EFP-IL SFPI System as well as our recent NRC audit, so we have gotten off to a great start,” said Brandt Mohr, MOHR chief technologist. “The utility technical staff and our engineers worked well together and completed the project on-time.” Mohr said the primary and backup EFP-IL signal processors, which feature integrated displays, are installed in the plant main control room and connect to passive stainless steel probes in the spent fuel pool through approximately 450 ft. and 650 ft. of coaxial cable.
Robatel Technologies, LLC CEO Teo Grochowski has left the company after overseeing Robatel’s entry in the US market and following the licensing and delivery of the RT-100 shipping cask to Waste Control Specialists and Exelon. Grochowski has begun offering consulting services through his own company, Tallinn Group, and may be reached at [email protected].
