Forgemasters wins nuclear deals

COMPONENTS for the civil nuclear power programme in South Korea have been completed by Sheffield Forgemasters International.

The engineering specialist has supplied forgings for the reactor coolant pumps in South Korea’s new wave of nuclear power plants.
 
The seven figure sum contract provided safety critical components and Sheffield Forgemasters said the win further highlighted its role as a key manufacturer for the international civil nuclear supply chain.
 
Jenna Graseley, nuclear forgings sales manager at Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering, a subsidiary of Sheffield Forgemasters, said: “The order was for forgings for seal housings and covers for Westinghouse designed reactor coolant pumps at the Shin Kori project, part of the South Korean nuclear power programme.

“There was a lot of pressure to deliver this contract on time and we even exceeded expectations by early completion.”
 
The contract was to create eight sets of components, each set made up of two forgings weighing in at three and a half tonnes.

Graham Honeyman, chief executive of Sheffield Forgemasters, said: “Sheffield Forgemasters is servicing a global nuclear power market, which is expanding to feed a significant shortfall in power generation capacity across the globe.

“There are less than 10 companies in the world capable of this type of civil nuclear power manufacturing.”