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L-3 MAPPS has reached an agreement with the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to update the full scope simulator at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station with its Orchid® family of simulation products. The project will begin immediately, and the upgraded simulator is slated to be delivered at the end of the year. Recently, L-3 MAPPS completed a similar upgrade to the Fort Calhoun classroom simulator.
“The Fort Calhoun simulator refurbishment is one of L-3 MAPPS’ recent flagship projects and the largest U.S. nuclear power plant simulator replacement in over a decade,” said Michael Chatlani, vice president of marketing & sales for L-3 MAPPS Power Systems and Simulation. “It is gratifying that our hard work paid off and that OPPD is moving ahead with adopting Orchid.”
“We are pleased with the performance of our simulator with L-3 MAPPS software tools and plant models,” added Mark Gutierrez, simulator supervisor at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station.
L-3’s previous generation simulation software development and maintenance tools will be upgraded with L-3 MAPPS’ portfolio of Orchid products, including the Orchid Simulator Executive, Orchid Configuration Manager, Orchid Instructor Station, Orchid Network Loader, Orchid Modeling Environment and Orchid Graphic Editor. OPPD will supply the computer hardware, the required Windows operating systems and other third-party software required for the upgrade. In addition to ensuring efficient communications with the existing simulator control room’s input/output system, L-3 MAPPS will provide a new interface to the emergency response facility data acquisition and display system already on site.
OPPD is one of the largest publicly owned electric utilities in the United States, serving more than 340,000 customers in 13 southeastern Nebraska counties. The refurbished Fort Calhoun simulator, which was declared ready for training on September 6, 2006, services a single Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactor unit at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station located 19 miles north of Omaha. A power uprate is planned in 2012 to boost the 484 MWe plant’s generating capacity by 75 to 80 MWe.
L-3 MAPPS, a division of L-3 Marine & Power Systems, has over 25 years of experience in pioneering technological advances in the marine automation field and over 35 years of experience in delivering high-fidelity power plant simulation to leading utilities worldwide. In addition, the company has more than three decades of expertise in supplying plant computer systems for Canadian heavy water reactors. L-3 MAPPS also provides targeted controls and simulation solutions to the space sector. To learn more about L-3 MAPPS, please visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com/MAPPS.
Comprised of 20 operating companies, L-3 Marine & Power Systems (L-3 M&PS) is a worldwide leader in maritime automation and control, navigation, communications, dynamic positioning, and power distribution and conditioning for the U.S. Navy, allied foreign navies and commercial customers worldwide. With over 86 locations in 18 countries, L-3 M&PS is a cohesive, global partner with extensive capabilities and a proven track record in delivering the highest level of technology, service and integration. To learn more about L-3 Marine & Power Systems, please visit the company's website at www.L-3com.com/MPS .
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs approximately 65,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance, and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on military and commercial platforms. The company reported 2009 sales of $15.6 billion. To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com .
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