Bechtel National Selects Jacobus and PlantSpace for Hanford Project.PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1998-- Engineering Software to be Employed by the Largest Environmental Engineering Firm to Immobilize im·mo·bi·lize v. 1. To render immobile. 2. To fix the position of a joint or fractured limb, as with a splint or cast. im·mo Radioactive Waste radioactive waste, material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents a serious health hazard (see radiation sickness), disposing of such material is a Jacobus, a Bentley Strategic Affiliate, Thursday announced that Bechtel National Inc. (BNI BNI Business Network International BNI Business Networking International BNI Bank Negara Indonesia BNI Bechtel National, Inc. BNI British Nursing Index BNI Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix, AZ) ) and BNFL BNFL British Nuclear Fuels LTD Inc. have selected PlantSpace(R) Design Series for detailed engineering of a tank waste remediation system (TWRS TWRS Tank Waste Remediation System TWRS True Wave Reduced Slope ) for liquid radioactive wastes at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site The Hanford Site is a facility of the government of the United States established to provide plutonium necessary for the development of nuclear weapons. It was established in 1943 as the Hanford Engineer Works, part of the Manhattan Project, and codenamed "Site W. in eastern Washington
BNI's services are provided to BNFL Inc., which was awarded the $6.9 billion contract in August to safely immobilize the waste. "BNI has proven expertise in completing complex engineering challenges of this size and scope," says Chris Wilding, project automation manager for BNI. "We're very confident that the use of sophisticated engineering software -- PlantSpace -- will enhance our ability to deliver a quality engineering project." Over the project's initial 24-month extended design phase, the integrated project team will develop a preliminary design for the TWRS; construction will begin in 2000 with hot operations slated to begin 2005. The initial software acquisition for the project comprises 70 MicroStation(R)-based engineering licenses with a mix of PlantSpace Design Series and PlantSpace P&ID. Engineering seats are expected to grow to over 300 in number in the detail engineering phase. The multi-year Hanford project is among the largest of its kind in the U.S. "PlantSpace will enable the delivery of a sophisticated plant data model, integrated with BNI and BNFL Inc. enterprise databases," says Chris Burrows, BNFL Inc. project manager. "This will help ensure smooth plant construction, startup and operations." During the Cold War period, the U.S. government used the 560-acre Hanford site to produce plutonium and other nuclear materials for top-secret defense purposes. The project encompasses immobilization Immobilization Definition Immobilization refers to the process of holding a joint or bone in place with a splint, cast, or brace. This is done to prevent an injured area from moving while it heals. of millions of gallons of highly radioactive wastes, created as a byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. of plutonium production. About Bechtel National Inc. Bechtel National Inc., the government contracting arm of Bechtel Group Inc., has more than 6,000 personnel currently working on more than 75 active projects in 36 states and 11 countries, generating more than $1 billion of revenue annually. The company is ranked at the top of Engineering News Record magazine's list of the "Top 200" environmental firms in the U.S. The Bechtel group of companies has provided engineering construction and related management services to customers in some 140 nations on all seven continents. Bechtel had revenues of $11.3 billion in 1997. About BNFL Inc. BNFL Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of BNFL (British Nuclear Fuels plc), is a full-service nuclear waste management, decommissioning Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from operational status. Some specific instances include:
The loading, moving, and unloading of materials. The hundreds of different ways of handling materials are generally classified according to the type of equipment used. company. The combination of its advanced technologies, management capabilities and record of accomplishment--based on more than 50 years experience of its parent company--allow BNFL Inc. to provide integrated nuclear services to both commercial and federal customers. Since its inception in 1990, BNFL Inc. has won nearly $2.5 billion in contracts, including major contracts at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford, Idaho, Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. , Rocky Flats and Savannah River Sites. BNFL is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with offices in Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Tennessee, Washington and Washington, D.C. About Jacobus, a Bentley Strategic Affiliate Jacobus Technology, a Bentley Strategic Affiliate, offers software products and services to the process and power industries. Provider of Plant Continuum solutions and PlantSpace object-oriented plant engineering software, Jacobus is regarded as a premier life-cycle solutions provider by plant owners/operators and engineering, procurement and construction  The introduction to this article is vague. To comply with Wikipedia's guidelines, it should be improved. firms worldwide. The company provides applications for computer-aided plant design and engineering, 3D real-time design review, construction simulation, project information management and global engineering on the Internet and corporate intranets/extranets. Jacobus headquarters are in Gaithersburg, Md. Jacobus can be reached by telephone at 301/926-0802, FAX at 301/926-2313, email at info@jacobus.com, and World Wide Web at www.jacobus.com. About Bentley and Bentley Strategic Affiliates Bentley Systems Inc., is a worldwide leader in engineering software and user services. The Bentley Continuum(TM) is the company's comprehensive engineering IT strategy comprising products, services and strategic affiliations. The company now serves over a quarter million professionals in building/plant engineering, geoengineering and mechanical engineering. With revenues over $150M annually, Bentley was listed as the second largest privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. on the 1998 Softletter 100 and named to the 1998 Upside Hot 100. Bentley's MicroStation desktop and ModelServer(TM) Internet/intranet/extranet-based products are used at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms. They form the software foundation of well-known buildings, roadways, machines and industrial plants around the world. The Bentley SELECT(SM) technology and service subscription program now reaches over 150,000 users. Bentley Strategic Affiliates provide project services and the world's best and most interoperable engineering applications to Bentley users. Bentley's Strategic Affiliate program involves an intense technical and business collaboration with, as well as corporate investment in, a select number of focused, luminary developers. Bentley Strategic Affiliates include GEOPAK, providing civil engineering software and advanced traffic management systems for worldwide transportation projects; HMR HMR Hazardous Materials Regulations HMR Human Resources HMR Home Meal Replacement HMR Hamrun (postal locality, Malta) HMR Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal, Canada) , developing advanced imaging for engineering and geoengineering; Jacobus Technology, offering products and services for plant engineering and design; NetSpace Systems, providing solutions to utility and telecommunications companies managing distributed engineered assets and municipal geoengineering solutions; and WorkPlace System Solutions, providing asset-centric engineering information management. More information about Bentley and Bentley Strategic Affiliates is available at www.bentley.com. Bentley, MicroStation and PlantSpace are registered trademarks; Bentley Continuum and ModelServer are trademarks; and Bentley SELECT is a service mark of Bentley Systems Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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