Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) UK Ltd recently achieved a significant nuclear power decommissioning milestone for Sellafield Ltd by safely completing a nuclear diving project in its oldest legacy pond, the Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP), located in Cumbria, England. Through the development of specialized processes, equipment, and trials, UCC [...]
UCC Completes TVA Browns Ferry Project for Carbon - Free Energy Generation Underwater Construction Corporation recently performed critical cooling discharge structure cleaning at the 3.8-gigawatt TVA Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Athens, AL, to keep this facility operating at maximum efficiency. In a July 25, 2022, article in [...]
Large Area coating application of all underwater surfaces in a nuclear power plant transfer canals and spent fuel pools. 10" Paddle Bio-Dur Lt Ivory Coating 7" Grinders with Swirl - off Wheels and Diamond wheels for surface preparation Suction [...]
Completed approximately 14,000sqft. of coating application inside a Nuclear power plant. Time to complete 8 months. 25' high 8' x 4' stainless steel stage 10" paddles dual component coating application tools swirl-off wheels 7" diamond wheels 8" Daewoo pnuematic grinders DESCO dive [...]
In the spring of 2013 Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) worked with a Midwest nuclear station to develop a repair plan for the sites raw water intake structure. In July 2013 the formal award was given whereby the mobilization of UCC’s crew and work vessel the “Salvor” began. The intake crib [...]
Underwater Coating Application to Seal Cracks (Nuclear Power Project – applicable to any industry with concrete infrastructure) The concrete roof slabs of SSW Basins A and B demonstrated full thickness cracking of the concrete slab covering a large portion of each basin. The roof slab extends below the water line [...]
Nuclear Storage Basin – Radioactive Sludge and Debris Removal Underwater removal & packaging of highly radioactive material (DOE Decommissioning Project – applicable to both government and commercial nuclear facilities) Over 300 dives were performed with no skin contaminations. Radiological conditions were extreme with contact dose rates in the sludge ranging from [...]
Reactor Internal– Various failures and Modifications Underwater Welding and Cutting on Safety related Stainless Steel Components (Nuclear Power Project) UCC completed their first Steam Dryer repair in 1983. Since then UCC has made various repairs or modifications to BWR Steam Dryer. To date, UCC has performed more than 30 different projects [...]
Standby Service Water Basins – Protective Coating failure Underwater Coating Application to evaluate corrosion and repair coating defects on carbon Steel (Nuclear Power Project – applicable to any industry with coated carbon steel in immersion service) Underwater coating repair in commercial nuclear plants is an accepted maintenance approach. Some of the [...]
Standby Service Water Basins – Protective Coating failure Underwater Coating Application to repair coating defects on carbon steel pipe (Nuclear Power Project – applicable to any industry with coated carbon steel in immersion service) Coated carbon steel pipe in two concrete emergency cooling water basins demonstrated extensive coating failure and corrosion [...]
