Greg Wilkett, Fluor-BWXT President and CEO
PIKETON, Ohio -- May 4, 2023 -- In April, crews anchored 50-foot tall steel H-frames to concrete foundations at a new electrical substation for the Portsmouth site. Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth’s (FBP) new substation will be “right-sized,” easier to maintain, and much smaller than the nearby X-530 Switchyard that it will ultimately replace.
Michels Power Inc. employee Brandon Gee helped install H-frame structures for the new X-555 substation being built at the Portsmouth site.
The X-555 substation will eventually be connected to power lines from the new switchyard American Electric Power (AEP) is building near the West Access and Perimeter Road intersection.
Michels Power Inc. began construction of the new substation in January.
“This was the first Department of Energy project that Michels Power Inc. had been involved with and they adapted quickly to the site’s Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) policies and completed the project with no injuries or incidents,” Construction Manager Dave Lipinski said.
Power lines to the substation will end at the H-frames until the rest of the electrical equipment is installed.
Once completed, the X-555 Substation will utilize 138 kV from the AEP switchyard instead of the existing 345kV transmission lines coming in from multiple locations. In addition to the H-Frames, Michels safely installed a ground grid, a Trenwa trench system for the electrical cables, and a large underground concrete vault for Alternating Current (AC) power.
For information about Fluor-BWXT, please visit www.fbportsmouth.com.
The new substation will be “right-sized,” easier to maintain, and much smaller than the nearby X-530 switchyard that it will eventually replace.
Michels Power Inc. employee Ramiro Benitez helps install two 50-foot H-frame structures lifted with a 38-ton crane and anchored to concrete foundations. Power lines coming into the substation will end at the H-frames until the rest of the electrical equipment is installed.
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About Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth LLC
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) and BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) (NYSE: BWXT), two world-class companies with significant Ohio experience, formed Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth LLC (FBP) to address the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) needs at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio. Jacobs Engineering, another global leader in industrial and environmental projects, provides support. Fluor-BWXT employs 1,800 workers who bring unparalleled experience, insights, and lessons learned from across the DOE complex. The Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth mandate is to clean up the Portsmouth Site safely and compliantly, provide strong uranium stewardship and partner with local communities to achieve a sustainable economic future. For more information, visit www.fbportsmouth.com.
