9/27/2010 Colloquium - Naoshi Tanikawa & Junichi Kawahata

Naoshi Tanikawa
and
Junichi Kawahata

GE Hitatchi Nuclear Energy

Event Info

Title:  Advanced Construction Methods and Application of IT systems to Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Date: Sept 27, 2010
Location: 3105 Etcheverry Hall
Time: 4-5pm

 

Speaker Biography

Naoshi Tanikawa

A national project to develop the next-generation light water reactor has been
started since 2008 in Japan. After 2 years of conceptual design, basic design
of BWR was fixed. Advanced technologies which will apply to Next-Generation.

Junichi Kawahata

State-of-the-art construction methods which are applied in HGNE's latest nuclear plants construction are introduced and the future direction is discussed. IT systems including 3D-CAE which enable us to achieve optimized design, construction and their management of NPP project are also introduced.