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| SGT JV receives power industry honors  Washington Group International announced that two nuclear projects performed by SGT LLC, its joint venture with Areva NP Inc., have been recognized by the power industry with awards for world-class performances. SGT steam generator replacement projects won the Platts Global Energy Award for 2006 Energy Construction Project of the Year and Power Engineering magazine's 2006 Nuclear Project of the Year. This marks the second year in a row an SGT project has earned Power Engineering honors for best nuclear project.Platts, a respected information company in the energy industry, selected the record-breaking AmerenUE Callaway Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 Steam Generator Replacement as the 2006 Energy Construction Project of the Year. SGT's replacement of four steam generators at the Callaway plant in Fulton, MO., exemplified project execution excellence. This project set the world record for any steam generator replacement breaker-to-breaker outage duration. Safety was paramount on the project. At completion, more than one million hours had been worked without a lost-time injury, and the outage was completed with no recordable injuries. The Entergy Arkansas Nuclear One steam generator replacement and reactor vessel closure head replacement project in Russellville, Ark., was selected as Power Engineering's 2006 Nuclear Project of the Year. SGT established a new breaker-to-breaker outage record for replacement of Babcock & Wilcox once-through steam generators, completing the work with no lost-time accidents. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |