MOTA Corporation - News & Events

February 16, 2009 - Siempelkamp Nuclear Technology, Inc. Purchases
MOTA Corporation, USA

Siempelkamp Nuclear Technology, Inc. which has its North American headquarters in Walnut Creek, CA, announced that it has purchased the USA operations of MOTA Corporation.
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MOTA announced today the sale of its UK subsidiary, MOTA Europe Limited (MEL), to Siempelkamp Nukleartechnik GmbH located in Krefeld, Germany.
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May 15, 2007 - MOTA Completes the CVNPA Parr Reactor Facility Component Removal

MOTA successfully completed the segmentation, removal, and packaging of the reactor components and associated material and systems at the CVNPA Parr Reactor Facility located in Jenkinsville, SC. The project duration was approximately 14 months and utilized MOTA's well-proven custom designed mechanical segmentation tooling. In total, the components contained over 1,000 curies of activity and had contact dose rates in excess of 90 R/hr. Segmentation was completed with no spread of contamination, minimal generation of secondary waste, and an estimated exposure total of 12 person rem achieved.
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June 2, 2006 - MOTA Completes Mechanical Segmentation of Rancho Seco Reactor Internals

MOTA, working with Transnuclear Inc., safety and successfully completed the 'first-of-a-kind' mechanical segmentation and packaging of the reactor internals at Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station in California. The 14-month project commenced in March 2005 using custom-designed equipment that incorporated mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic technologies in unique applications to mill, cut, and shear the large reactor internals.
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February 21, 2006 - MOTA Part of Successful University of Michigan D&D Award

MOTA, a member of the CH2M Hill Team, has recently been awarded a subcontract for the University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning. MOTA's scope of work will be to assist in the development of segmentation and packaging plans for high activity equipment located within the reactor pool. MOTA will also be responsible for the design, fabrication, and operation of specialty segmentation tooling for this equipment, as well as the planning and segmentation of the reactor pool structure.

November 9, 2005 - Project Update - SMUD Rancho Seco Reactor Internals Segmentation

MOTA's specialty segmentation equipment has been successfully deployed to accomplish major tasks at Rancho Seco. The C-HORCE was used to free the core support shield and reduce the roughly 16-ft thermal shield and core barrel cylinders into 6 segments, completing its final cut on Friday, November 4. The BMT removed 1000 bolts, the two BeaST tools removed 64 baffle former plates, and all GTCC components have been safely packaged within the GTCC basket. The 38i reduced the core support shield into eight 45-degree segments that have been packaged and removed from the reactor building. The 38i has also made to date 44 cuts on the thermal shield and core barrel cylinder segments with 43 40-degree segments safely packaged within the 8-120 liners. A combination of 38i cutting, diamond wire sawing, pole saw cutting, and plasma arc cutting has reduced the plenum assembly into packageable sized components and is targeted to be complete by November 17th. That will be nearly 480,000 out of 550,000-pounds of the scoped reactor internals processed and packaged.

November 4, 2005 - MOTA Awarded Contract for Removal of Reactor Components and Materials

MOTA has been awarded a contract from South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G), acting as an agent for Carolinas-Virginia Nuclear Power Associates (CVNPA), for the removal of components and materials from the Parr Site Reactor Building. This 17 MWe pressurized heavy water tube reactor prototype is located in Parr, South Carolina, about 25 miles northwest of Columbia. Used for research, the reactor began operation in December 1963 and was permanently shut down in January 1967. This phase of decommissioning is slated for completion in December 2006.
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MOTA has been issued a Radioactive Material License by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). This license allows MOTA to take possession of radioactive material for the purpose of site remediation in the state of Ohio. Use of the license requires prior approval by ODH for each project to be performed. For additional details regarding the application and conditions of the radioactive material license, please contact: info@motacorp.com.

MOTA has been issued Radioactive Material License No. 801 by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC). This license allows MOTA to use, process, remediate, and maintain radioactive material at project sites within the state of South Carolina and may be used in other agreement states or in Nuclear Regulatory Commission jurisdiction states under their respective terms of reciprocity. For additional details regarding the application and conditions of the radioactive material license, please contact: info@motacorp.com.

The University of California has awarded a contract to MOTA Corporation for the Technical Area 21 (TA-21) Redevelopment Planning at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). MOTA will provide program planning and cost estimate and schedule development for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, integrating facility decommissioning with environmental restoration activities. The first phase of this planning effort will be a full review and evaluation of the planning documentation related to the Operable Unit (OU) 1106 master redevelopment plan previously prepared for LANL. Based on this evaluation, logic-linked redevelopment plan schedules and cost estimates will be developed for the work packages.

March 17, 2004 - MOTA Completes Segmentation and Removal of Millstone Reactor Upper Grid

MOTA successfully completed the segmentation and removal of the Greater than Class C (GTCC) top guide interior grid structure from the Millstone Unit 1 Nuclear Power Station. The project was the result of a very effective cooperative team effort by Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., the owner of Millstone Unit 1; Transnuclear, Inc., the project prime contractor; MOTA; and Duratek Services, Inc.
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(Presented at ANS DD&R 2007)

ó This paper received the "Best Paper Award - DD&R Division Sessions"

Mechanical Cutting of Irradiated Reactor Internal Components (paper, poster)
(Presented at Waste Management 2007)

ó This poster session received the "Best Poster Presentation and Paper ANS Award" (shown right)

WM07 Best Paper Award to MOTA Corporation

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