The Vallourec subsidiary, Valinox Nucléaire, will deliver premium tubes for a life extension project for the Bruce Power nuclear plant
Valinox Nucléaire, specialized in tubes for nuclear power plants, has signed an important contract with the Canadian company BWXT Canada Ltd. as part of the ambitious life extension plan for the Bruce Power nuclear plant.
Bruce Power is located in Ontario, 250 km north-west of Toronto. It has eight reactors, two of which underwent life extension programs a few years ago. Vallourec will produce tubes for eight steam generators in the 822 MW unit 6.
These nickel alloy tubes are first cold-pilgered then heat treated, before undergoing very thorough controls. They are finally bent in accordance with strict tolerances. For this order, Vallourec has developed tubes that specifically meet the technical and design criteria for Canadian CANDU® reactors. They will be manufactured from April 2017 onwards, and will occupy one of the two Montbard production units for several months.
