Presentation of the Studsvik Group Studsvik’s mission is to supply qualified services characterized by innovation, efficiency and safety to the international industry. STUDSVIK focuses on the international nuclear power industry and offers qualified services in waste treatment, decommissioning, engineering and services and operating efficiency. Operations are divided into five segments: , , , USA and Global Services. Customers consist mainly of operators of nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities. PRESENTATION OF THE STUDSVIK GROUP

Our offer

Studsvik offers a broad and competitive portfolio of services for nuclear facilities in operation or being decommissioned. Our offer refl ects customers’ needs and includes waste treatment, decommissioning, engineering and services, and operating effi ciency. The company has developed 11 key offerings in these areas.

Processing of On-site waste services Studsvik offers treatment of low and inter- Waste treatment is also carried out at custo- mediate level waste at its own facilities in mers’ own sites; for example characterization, Studsvik outside Nyköping in Sweden, and sorting and packaging of waste, stabilization in Erwin and Memphis, in the US. and solidifi cation of wet waste, compacting of Another facility is being built in Workington, dry waste and measurement of radioactivity in UK, where Studsvik is licensed to process waste before treatment and recycling. low level waste. The facilities in Sweden process dry and metallic waste, mainly from Engineering and consultancy services The Group’s 11 offerings are based on customer needs and every nuclear facilities in Europe, by incineration Engineers and consultants with experience offering covers a number of products and melting. The Erwin facility treats wet of the nuclear industry are currently in short and services. waste using the unique Studsvik-developed supply and will be for some time to come. pyrolysis process. Studsvik offers expert support in waste management and decommissioning, as well In Memphis, low level waste is reduced in as all related areas such as health physics and volume using other methods. The purpose environmental issues. We also offer engine- of waste treatment is mainly to achieve ering and advisory services covering design, volume reduction and stabilization of nuclear safety, fuels, core and materials. waste before fi nal disposal. Health physics services Personnel at nuclear facilities are at risk of ex- posure to ionizing radiation. Work in classifi ed environments always requires measurement and analysis of radiation levels, with minimi- zation of doses. Studsvik offers health physics services, including supervision and planning, and manufactures and services personal dosi- meters that register radiation doses.

Transport and logistics The movement of radioactive material is subject to strict national and international re- gulatory frameworks. Studsvik transports waste and other material to and from customer facili- ties; in the US mainly using its own trucks.

Decommissioning services The decommissioning process is long and com- plicated. Studsvik’s services cover everything from feasibility studies, planning and project management to practical dismantling and subsequent waste management.

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Operational and outage support reduce fuel and material related operational Service and maintenance requirements disruptions, secure the service life of mate- in a nuclear power plant are substantial. rials and counteract and reduce radioactive All systems and components in classified dose loads in nuclear power plants. environments need frequent maintenance and cleaning to guarantee safe operation Nuclear fuel analysis software throughout the lifetime of the facility. Fuel is a substantial cost item for nuclear Studsvik can offer mechanical servicing, power plants. Consequently, there are con- decontamination (removal of radioactivity) siderable gains to be made from optimizing and general property maintenance at fuel consumption. Studsvik’s software for nuclear facilities. optimizing reactor operation is a world leader. The software includes applications Fuel and materials performance for in-core fuel management, core monito- Both fuel rods and other material associated ring, transient analysis, simulators and ana- with a reactor are subject to severe strain lysing spent nuclear fuel. They are used for during operation. To ensure that fuel and both the licensing and design of light water fuel cladding retain the properties required reactors and real time calculations for for secure and stable operation for as long reactor operation. as possible these properties are tested in Studsvik’s laboratories. Tests of materials to Design and build check durability in various operational situa- When customers need customized facilities tions and conditions over the full lifecycle are or equipment Studsvik can take overall also conducted in Studsvik’s own laborato- responsibility for designing and supplying a ries. Studsvik also offers tests in a reactor en- solution. We also upgrade and modernize vironment in collaboration with the Institute existing facilities. Our areas of expertise for Energy Technology IFE in Norway. include waste facilities, special equipment for dismantling, and ventilation systems. Materials integrity and water chemistry We also manufacture customer-specified Crack growth measurements and other equipment for new nuclear power plants, corrosion studies are conducted on non- for example. irradiated and irradiated material in order to

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Our operations

Interest in expanding nuclear power is increasing in many parts of the world. New reactor types are being developed and older facilities phased out.

Power-generating reactors are being with waste and residual products. This modernized, older reactors decommissioned creates a demand for Studsvik’s processing and new reactors built and planned. At methods for radioactive waste for final the same time waste from civil and military disposal or free release and recycling. Sweden research programs must be taken care of. In United Kingdom many countries there is a shortage of space Power producers are increasingly Germany for storage and final disposal of low and developing their processes, streamline intermediate level waste and storage costs operations and optimize power extrac- USA are high. This creates a market for qualified tion from fuel. Studsvik’s software for fuel Global Services services where Studsvik is at the forefront of optimization and core monitoring, and development. services such as laboratory testing of fuel and materials, are world leaders. The need There is a demand in the nuclear power for consulting and service is increasing, and industry for responsible methods of dealing Studsvik is a strong player there too.

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The moderization programs in Swedish Dry organic waste such as protective nuclear power plants continue to gene- clothing, plastic and paper are reduced in rate business for Studsvik. The German volume by incineration. and UK markets are also expected to Sweden have large amounts of waste to be Studsvik’s operation has recently been United Kingdom processed. extended and large components, such Germany as steam generators and reactor vessel Studsvik’s facilities in Sweden treat low and heads, can now be processed there. USA intermediate level waste from Europe. The Using Studsvik’s treatment methods, up to Global Services aim is to compress and stabilize the waste and 95% of the material in these components recycle metals that, after free release, can be can be reused in the industry. used again as raw materials for industry. The UK waste treatment market is growing. Metallic waste is decontaminated, segmen- In order to best meet demand, Studsvik is ted and melted. In that way the radioactivity building a treatment facility in the UK which is separated and the amount of residual will complement the facilities in Sweden. waste minimized.

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Since the new Nuclear Decommissioning Demand for Studsvik’s services comes not Authority (NDA) was formed in the only from the NDA, but also from the pri- United Kingdom, extensive cleanup vate nuclear power industry in the UK and operations have been started in the from the defence industry. Sweden country’s nuclear facilities. This provides United Kingdom new opportunities for Studsvik, which Through a combination of acquisition and Gemany has established a strong base in this organic growth, Studsvik has expanded its market in a short timespan. consultant role and is currently able to offer USA specialist services in several areas. Studsvik Global Services In 2005 Studsvik established operations in is also a partner in the UK Nuclear Waste the United Kingdom and quickly became Management consortium, which has signed one of the leading actors in decommissio- a multi-year contract to operate the United ning and waste management. Most of the Kingdom’s low-level nuclear waste deposi- operations are conducted at the customers’ tory. facilities, but some waste from the UK is processed in Sweden. Studsvik is building a facility for treating metallic waste in Workington, near Sellafi eld. It will become operational in early 2009.

Germany is the base for Studsvik’s Studsvik has an engineering workshop in European operations. Here the focus Germany. Several methods and systems is partly on decommissioning facilities, have been developed there, including and partly on technical and maintenance methods for cutting pipes from the inside Sweden services for nuclear power plants in in radioactive environments. This makes United Kingdom operation. it easier to work when pipes are close Germany together or when a middle pipe needs to Operations also include contracts in be cut without damaging the surrounding USA neighboring countries, such as Switzerland, material. The workshop in Germany also Global Services Belgium, France and the Netherlands. developed Studsvik’s system for deconta- Studsvik’s customers include all the nuclear minating building surfaces. power plants in Germany, as well as research facilities, universities and fuel factories. Through acquisition and organic growth, Studsvik has successively built up an exten- Waste from the German market is treated in sive consulting business in fi elds such as Sweden and residual products containing all health physics and safety analysis. the radioactivity from the original material is subsequently returned to the customer.

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Operations in the USA are dominated at relatively low temperatures without by three of Studsvik’s key offerings: releasing harmful substances. processing of radioactive waste, on- site waste services and transport and Other organic waste, low-level metal Sweden logistics services associated with waste scrap and dry waste is treated in Memphis. United Kingdom management. Apart from this, there are trucks that take Germany care of the logistics for both facilities. Customers in the USA are mainly from the Studsvik’s specialist skills in transportation USA commercial nuclear power industry and also of hazardous material are also offered as an Global Services include research institutions and nuclear independent service to the nuclear power power producers in Canada. industry.

Studsvik has its own facilities in Memphis Studsvik has taken a market initiative and and Erwin in the State of Tennessee. Wet offers, in cooperation with Waste Control low level and intermediate level waste is Specialists (WCS) in , a competitive treated in Erwin using the Studsvik-patented storage alternative based on treatment THORSM pyrolysis technology. THORSM ensu- of waste in the Studsvik Erwin facility and res that organic material can be destroyed storage at the WCS facility in Texas.

Studsvik is one of the world’s foremost plants use Studvik’s fuel optimization independent suppliers of fuel optimiza- software and core monitoring. In practice tion software, materials technology and Studsvik is the only independent player in analysis. These services are gathered in the market. Other software is supplied by Sverige the Global Services segment. the fuel manufacturers themselves. Storbritannien Tyskland Global Services offers services in operating Studsvik is one of the world’s foremost effi ciency. Testing and analysis of nuclear independent suppliers of tests, exami- USA fuel and material, corrosion and water nations and analyses of nuclear fuel and Global Services chemistry studies and fuel optimization material. The examinations are conducted software are a few examples. at Studsvik’s laboratories in Sweden in cooperation with the Institute for Energy About half of the world’s nuclear power Technology in Norway.

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Our facilities

Studsvik has its own facilities in Studsvik outside Nyköping in Sweden and in Erwin and Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Another facility is now being built in Workington in the United Kingdom, where Studsvik is licensed to treat low-level waste.

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WASTE TREATMENT WASTE TREATMENT The melting and incineration facilities in The Erwin facility treats wet low-level and Studsvik process dry and metallic waste intermediate-level waste using the unique by incineration and melting. The waste is Studsvik-developed pyrolysis process THOR. mainly from nuclear facilities in Europe. With their own harbor, the facilities are Other organic waste such as metallic low easily accessible for shipments. level waste is treated in Memphis. The faci- lity has the capacity to process large metal MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY components such as turbines and steam Radioactive material is tested in the Hot Cell generators. Laboratory to ensure that fuel and fuel clad- ding retain the properties required for safe UNITED KINGDOM and stable operation. The work is carried Studsvik is building a facility for treating out in seven concrete cells and in two lead metallic waste in Workington, near Sellafi eld. cells using manipulators. The facility will become operational in early 2009. There are 26 autoclave positions in the Autoclave Hall. Crack growth measurements and other corrosion studies on both irradia- ted and non-irradiated material are carried out in the autoclaves. Mechanical testing and microscopy in lead cells are carried out in the Irradiated Materials Laboratory. With

1. View of Studsvik’s facility in the help of mechanical testing, irradiated Nyköping. structural material and cladding can be 2. The Hot Cell Laboratory. characterised and operating conditions and 3. Studsvik’s facility in Erwin. 4. Studsvik’s facility in Memphis. transients can be simulated.

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SWEDEN FRANCE SWITZERLAND USA Studsvik AB Studsvik SAS Studsvik Scandpower Suisse GmbH Studsvik Scandpower Inc. P.O. Box 556, SE-611 10 Nyköping Centre d’Affaires EURIPOLE Klausenstrasse 21 1087 Beacon Street, Suite 301 Visiting address: V Trädgårdsgatan 38, 17 rue de Sancey CH-5525 Fischbach-Göslikon Newton, MA 02459-1700 Nyköping ZA des Vauguillettes III Switzerland USA Tel: + 46 155 22 10 00 F-89100 SENS Tel: + 41 79 319 1501 Tel: +1 617 965 74 50 Fax: +46 155 26 30 00 France Fax: +1 617 965 75 49 Tel.: +33 3 86 66 60 75 UNITED KINGDOM Studsvik Nuclear AB Fax: +33 3 86 66 60 76 Studsvik UK Ltd Studsvik, Inc. SE 611 82 Nyköping Unit 14, Princes Park 5605 Glenridge Dr, NE Visiting address: Studsvik JAPAN Fourth Avenue Suite 705 Tel: +46 155 22 10 00 Studsvik Japan Ltd Team Valley Trading Estate Atlanta, Georgia, 30342 Fax: +46 155 26 30 70 Nakamura Bldg. 3F Gateshead USA 2-7-14 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku Tyne & Wear NE11 0NF Tel: +1 404 497 4900 Studsvik Scandpower AB Tokyo 150-0002 United Kingdom Fax: +1 404 497 4901 Stensborgsgatan 4 Japan Tel: +44 191 482 1744 SE-721 32 Västerås Tel: +81 3 5464 3771 Fax: +44 191 482 1747 Studsvik Processing Facility Tel: + 46 21 41 57 70 Fax: +81 3 5464 3708 Memphis, LLC GERMANY 2550 Channel Ave ALARA Engineering AB NORWAY Studsvik Scandpower GmbH PO Box 13143 Stensborgsgatan 4 Studsvik Scandpower AS Rathausallee 28 Memphis, TN 38113 SE-721 32 Västerås P.O. Box 15 DE-22846 Norderstedt USA Tel: + 46 21 44 80 761 Gåsevikveien 2 Germany Tel: +1 901 775 0690 NO-2027 Kjeller Tel: +49 40 3 098 088 10 Mobile: +1 901 775 0629 Norway Fax: +49 40 3 098 088 88 Tel: +47 648 445 30 Studsvik Processing Facility Fax: +47 648 445 31 Studsvik GmbH & Co. KG Erwin, LLC Karlsruher Str. 20 151 T.C. Runnion Rd DE-75179 Pforzheim Erwin, TN 37650 Germany USA Tel: +49 7231 58695 01 Tel: +1 423 735 6300 Fax: +49 7231 58695 02 Fax: +1 423 743 0794 A p r i l ,

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