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Nuclear cables delivered❍ The Shin Kori Unit 3 nuclear power plant in Korea
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Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2015 8
RSCC Nuclear Cable has completed
delivery of safety-related replacement
cables (class 1E) for the Shin Kori Unit
3 nuclear power plant as part of a $13
million award by Korea Hydro Nuclear
Power (KHNP).
RSCC was selected to replace cables
at two APR-1400 reactors in
November 2013 and now marks the
first installation of 60-year qualified
nuclear cables anywhere in the world.
“RSCC is proud to have achieved this
milestone in the qualification and
manufacturing of the world’s highest
quality cables, under the most
challenging circumstances of scrutiny
and delivery for KHNP,” said Steven
Bonnell, president of RSCC Wire &
Cable.
RSCC has delivered more than a
million feet of cable to meet the urgent
demand for qualified replacement
cables.
More than 1,000 reels of low and
medium voltage power, instru-
mentation and control cables have
been air-freighted from JFK Airport,
USA, to Korea over the past six
months.
Each reel was inspected several times
during and after manufacturing in the
USA and again several times before
and after installation at Shin Kori.
“Shin Kori’s cables have undergone
more quality inspections than any
other cable in the nuclear industry and
KHNP has been one of RSCC’s most
conscientious customers in the more
than 40 years that we have been
supplying nuclear cables,” said Corey
McDaniel, vice president Asia.
RSCC passed a series of equipment
qualification (EQ) tests to ensure the
cables will withstand the most
challenging circumstances 60 years
into the future.
The cables installed at Shin Kori are
claimed to be the first ever to meet
such stringent EQ requirements,
demonstrating the ability of RSCC’s
cable to withstand harsh conditions
that include extreme temperatures,
pressures, steam and radiation.
RSCC cables have been installed in
more than half of Korea’s reactors and
in every reactor in the USA and most
major US government nuclear facilities.
RSCC nuclear cables are sold
internationally to countries where the
highest safety standards are
demanded, including the UAE, China,
Taiwan, Canada, Mexico, and
throughout Europe and South America.
RSCC states it has qualified
safety-related cables for more nuclear
applications than any other company
in the world.
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