Nuclear capabilities profile
A world leader in valve design
and manufacturing
Left to right, front row: Christian Schweiger, Nicole Asselin, A.K. and Tom Velan.
Second row : Bert Nilsson, Sharon Rodriguez, and Rob Velan. Third row: Milan
Istvan, and Jun Gong. Fourth row: Stan Isbitsky, Tom Lawlor, and Paul Major.
Fifth row: Alfredo Costantini and Dipa Patel.
Leading the way...
Velan is one of the world’s
largest manufacturers of
industrial steel valves,
recognized as a leader
in quality and innovation.
Founded by A.K. Velan in
1950, our company leverages
advanced engineering capa-
bilities and innovation to con-
tinuously expand our offering
of industrial valves.
Today, Velan gate, globe,
check, ball, triple-offset, knife
gate, and engineered severe
service valves are installed
throughout the world, han-
dling diverse applications in
cogeneration, fossil, nuclear
power, oil and gas, refining
and petrochemicals, chemi-
cals and pharmaceutical,
Sales offices for the nuclear power market
VELAN INC.
7007 Cote de Liesse
Montreal, QC
H4T 1G2 Canada
Tel: +1 514 748 7743
Fax: +1 514 748 8635
Visit our website at www.velan.com
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power plant, Velan has been
selected by most of the
world’s leading engineer-
ing construction firms and
industrial end users. A long-
standing commitment to qual-
ity has kept Velan at the fore-
front of industry standards.
Velan holds all major
industry certifications and
approvals. Many prominent
companies have established
partnerships or global supply
agreements with Velan.
A global manufacturing
leader
pulp and paper, LNG and Velan uses the latest automa-
tion technology, including
cryogenics, marine, mining,
CNC machines and many
water and wastewater, and
HVAC industries. special-purpose transfer
machines, enhanced by
Engineered solutions proprietary production tech-
niques. Thanks to a wide
Velan’s Engineering Group
range of equipment, we can
has vast experience,
efficiently handle highly
sophisticated software, and
customized orders as well as
testing tools that enable us to
large production runs.
find solutions to any customer
challenge.
Total quality commitment
Whether it is for valves to
handle liquid helium at -458°F Velan is totally committed
(-272°C) in the world’s largest to offering products and
particle accelerator at CERN, services that exceed
Geneva; four-way switch customer expectations.
coker ball valves to handle All Velan valves are designed
one of the refining industry’s and manufactured with an
toughest services; or valves emphasis on low emissions,
for main steam isolation ser- safety, simple maintenance,
vice in an operating nuclear ease of operation, and,
above all, long, and reliable
service life.
Velan Valve Corp. VELAN S.A.S VELAN NUCLEAR CHINA
94 Avenue C 90, rue Challemel Lacour, OFFICE
Williston, VT F 69367 Lyon Cedex 7 Suite 1209, Jin yu Building
05495-9732 USA France No. 100 Xisanhuan North Road
Tel: +1 802 864 3350 Tel. : +33 4 78 61 67 00 Haidian District, Beijing
Fax: +1 802 865 3030 Fax : +33 4 78 72 12 18 100048, China
Tel: +86 010 8855 7598
Fax: +86 010 8855 7597
Velan AT A GLANCE
History
•• Founded in 1950
Sales
•• Over $500 million
People
•• Over 2,000 employees
Product line
A world-leading range of
valves across all major
industrial applications:
•• Cast steel gate, globe,
check, and ball valves
•• Forged steel gate, globe,
check, and ball valves
•• Triple-offset butterfly valves
•• Knife gate valves
•• Severe service valves
•• Bellows seal valves
•• Steam traps
Quality
All major certifications and
approvals
•• ASME N stamp and NPT for
nuclear valves (since 1971)
•• ISO 9001 (since 1991)
Currently certified to
ISO 9001:2008
•• PED
•• GOST (TR and RTN)
•• API 6A and API 6D
•• TA-Luft
•• Quality programs fully
compliant with ISO-9001,
NCA 4000, ASME NQA-1
and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B,
surveyed by ASME and
audited by NUPIC, Northrop
Grumman Newport News,
DCMA, utilities, architect/
engineers, and other
organizations from
around the world
Headquartered in Montreal,
Velan has several
international subsidiaries
For general inquiries:
Tel: +1 514 748 7743
Fax: +1 514 748 8635
www.velan.com
VELAN NUCLEAR RUSSIA
OFFICE
5, Yuzhnoportovaya Street
Moscow
115088, Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 665 62 79
Serving the nuclear and fossil power
generation industries
With an installation base cov-
ering over 300 nuclear power
plants and over 4,000 thermal
power plants, and installed
valves with over 40 years of
uninterrupted nuclear service,
Velan has become a market
leader in power industry
valves.
We offer a complete line of
forged and cast steel gate,
globe, check, ball, butterfly,
and bellows seal valves
in sizes up to NPS 64
(DN 1600), with or without
electric or pneumatic
actuators. Velan valves
are designed specifically
for reliable, low fugitive
emissions service in power
plant applications.
Velan valves represent over
fifty years of evolutionary
improvements that have
helped us perfect our designs.
Central to Velan’s power
valve technology is our use
of rugged forged valve bodies
offering greater strength and
longer service life.
Another key feature of Velan
valves is our emphasis on
simple maintenance, such as
y-pattern bonnetless globe
valves with in-line replace-
able packing glands, or our
RAMA globe valve with in-line
replaceable seat.
Velan also manufactures ball
valves, with metal or resilient
With 1,476,426 sq. ft. (137,163m2)of
production space in fourteen specialized
manufacturing plants, Velan is a true
global manufacturing force.
Velan’s nuclear valve product line
A Velan bolted bonnet valve in a
PHT transfer system.
seats, capable of handling
applications to ASME Class
4500, including a new power
ball valve design that fea-
tures a forged body, available
in sizes up to NPS 4 (DN 100).
Furthermore, Velan offers a
variety of engineered valves
for special services in nucle-
ar power plants, including
bellows seal gate and globe
valves, main steam isolation
valves, valves for sodium-
cooled fast breeder reactors,
and engineered valves for
uranium enrichment.
Velan’s vast offering of valves
is well positioned for high
performance in virtually every
nuclear power application.
One of Velan’s three production centers with ASME ‘N’ stamp credentials, this
plant in Montreal, Canada houses 170,000 sq. ft. (15,800 m2) of production space
Gate valves
NPS 1/4  – 64 (DN 8 – 1600), ASME classes 150 – 4500
Catalogs: vel-ps, vel-sfv, vel-csv
Globe valves
NPS 1/4  – 24 (DN 8 – 600), ASME classes 150 – 4500
Catalogs: vel-ps, vel-sfv, vel-csv
Check valves
NPS 1/4  – 36 (DN 8 – 900), ASME classes 150 – 2500
Catalogs: vel-ps, vel-sfv, vel-csv, vel-DPcv
Y-pattern valves
NPS 3/8 – 4 (DN 15-100), ASME classes 1690 – 4500
Catalogs: vel-KGV
Metal-and resilient-seated ball valves
NPS 1/4  – 24 (DN 8 – 600), ASME classes 150 – 4500
Catalogs: Vel-bv, vel-ms, vel-pbv, vel-te, VEL-GPBV
Torqseal™ triple-offset valves
NPS 3 – 48 (DN 80 – 1200), ASME classes 150 – 600
Catalogs: vel-bf
Proquip dual-plate check valves
NPS 2 – 60 (DN 50 – 1500), ASME classes 150 – 2500
Catalogs: vel-DPcv
Bellows seal valves
NPS 1/2 -12 (DN 15-300), ASME classes 150-2500
Catalogs: vel-BS
Main steam isolation valves
NPS 6-34 (DN 150-850), ASME classes 600-900
Product Catalogs: vel-ps
Steam traps
0 – 2600 psi (179 bar), 1,100ºF (593ºC)
Catalogs: vel-st
devoted to manufacturing Velan’s most sophisticated valves.
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Velan in nuclear power:
a historical perspective
standards in the seventies
through a cooperative,
developmental program
including qualification testing
with Électricité de France
at their R & D facility in
Renadier.

The 70s
In 1971, Velan became the
first valve manufacturer to
earn an ASME N stamp for
nuclear valves.

A Velan nuclear valve catalog in Velan Rateau, a 50/50 joint

the 1970s promotes forged valves venture with GEC Alsthom,
for nuclear service. was established in 1974 to
with pre-compressed packing help Velan produce and
rings and live-loading; service valves for France’s
leakproof body-bonnet joints, growing nuclear industry.
including stronger body-
bonnet flanges with higher The 80s
bolting torques; and the use
The company expanded in
of forged bodies for valves
1989, with the acquisition of
as large as NPS 24 (DN 600)
the French company Serseg,
for greater structural integrity
Schlumberger’s nuclear
and increased resistance to
Velan supplied the first contract for nuclear bellows seal valves in 1958. and high performance valve
fatigue–a feature that is still
division, and again in 1999,
The nuclear pioneer unique to Velan today.
designed the first emission- with the acquisition of
Our involvement in nuclear free bellows seal valves for We raised our valve Bouvier-Darling.
energy goes back to the fifties, nuclear service and supplied technology to even higher
suppling valves for experi- 8,500 to Oak Ridge National
mental reactors that were Laboratory’s research reactor.
precursors to the Navy and
commercial nuclear programs.
To date, Velan valves have The 60s
been installed on more than In the sixties, Atomic Energy
950 U.S. Navy and NATO ships, of Canada and Velan engaged
submarines and all U.S. Navy in a cooperative development
nuclear aircraft carriers. program to establish new
levels of safety, reliability
The 50s and maintainability of nuclear
Velan pioneered many valve valves and electric actuators.
technology innovations that Developments that came
later became industry stan- from this initiative included: a Velan on the first nuclear submarine, “Nautilus”, now a sanctuary for early
dards. For example, Velan redesigned packing chamber Velan valves at the Groton, Connecticut naval base.

Milestones: 1950 1956 1958 1971 1974 1978

Velan in the A.K. Velan Stainless steel Velan supplies 8,500 Velan received Joint venutre New Velan
Nuclear founded Velan bellows seal globe bellows seal valves as a company in France with plant
Power Industry. Engineering. valves to A.E.C. to the Oakridge the 1st nuclear Alstom, to focus established
Westinghouse for nuclear fuel “N” stamp. on nuclear in U.S.A.,
the 1st nuclear enrichment plant. industry. Williston, VT.
submarine, Nautilus.

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A wide range of valves
Velan remains committed to
providing new solutions for
an ever-evolving industry.
Our triple-offset Torqseal™
valve, introduced in 2001,
has consistently proved its
value in nuclear service.
The company further
strengthened its position in
2007 with the acquisition of a
majority interest in Segault,
a major supplier to plants as
well as the French nuclear
navy. These acquisitions
added many new products to
the Velan nuclear valve line,
including instrumentation
valves, solenoid valves, and
safety valves.
Velan has also developed a
range of valves for sodium-
cooled fast breeder reactors,
in which the fluid itself is
used to perform the seal.
During this process, liquid
sodium is cooled in the upper
part of the cover extension to
freeze along the upper part of
the stem; the frozen sodium
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of several nuclear-powered Nimitz-class
aircraft carriers standardized on Velan valves and steam traps.
1979 1984
Velan ERV Velan patents
block valve unique Y-pattern
prevents bonnetless globe
3-Mile Island valve design.
meltdown
catastrophe.
acts as a continuous packing,
thereby ensuring a perfect
level of tightness.
Global reach
Today, Velan’s global reach
make us the ideal choice for
supplying nuclear valves to
the industry. With four state-
of-the-art manufacturing
centers certified for nuclear
valve production, and over
100 people in engineering,
QA/QC, and customer service
functions, we are ready to
handle the requirements of
the most demanding nuclear
orders.
Velan valves in a cooperative program for qualification testing with Électricité
Our international sales de France at their R & D facility in Renardière.
organization and partnerships
with key stocking distributors
such as Areva-NP Inc.,
ensure that substantial
amounts of valves and
parts are readily available.
Areva-NP Inc. stocks Velan
ASME III Class 1 small forged
gate, globe, and check valves;
they are also embarking on Mr. A.K. Velan was presented with a framed illustration of this next-
a ball valve and bellow seal generation USS Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear aircraft carrier by Northrop
program. Grumman Newport News in honor of “his dedication to supporting the
construction of our nation’s warships.”
Velan’s North American and installed on all U.S. Navy
European service departments and French nuclear aircraft
have vast experience working carriers and 37 U.S. and 22
with customers in the nuclear French nuclear submarines
industry, for on-site mainte- (of which five are under
nance, or many other services. construction).
Currently, Velan nuclear valves
have been installed or are on
order in well over 300 nuclear
power stations in 27 countries.
Velan nuclear valves are also
1991 1996 2004 2007 2010
Velan is Velan becomes A.K. Velan was Acquisition of Expansion in France
first North a publically named Nuclear majority interest of plant and equip-
American valve traded company, Valve Pioneer in Segault, a major ment, specializing
manufacturer to listed on the by Valve World supplier of nuclear in nuclear valve
obtain ISO 9001. Toronto Stock (Maastricht, Holland) . control valves. production.
Exchange.
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Velan quality focus assures
performance and safety
Furthermore, Velan’s
comprehensive Quality
Assurance Program is fully
compliant with NCA 4000,
ASME NQA-1 and 10 CFR 50
Appendix B. Velan’s nuclear
quality programs have been
surveyed by ASME and
audited by NUPIC, Newport
News Shipbuilding, DCMA,
nuclear utilities, and other
organizations—such as
Framatome-ANP and Black
& Veatch—from around the
world. An ASME ‘N’ certificate. Velan holds
ASME III certification for three
We have a history of North American plants.
meeting and exceeding the
Flow testing on a NPS 10 (DN 250) class 1500 forged bolted cover swing exacting requirements of our
check valve.
integrity to withstand a
customers. All Velan valves seismic event of prescribed
undergo the stringent, code- magnitude.
Quality control
prescribed non-destructive
Velan has held ASME ‘N’ products, Velan adopted a testing regimen before they A further example of Velan
and ‘NPT’ certificates of Total Quality Management are shipped to customers. nuclear valves’ superior
authorization for our North Program, aimed at improving In addition, for nuclear reliability comes from
American production facilities production processes in 1990, applications, certain valves simulated line rupture
since 1971. Constantly working and was awarded ISO 9001 also go through destructive tests. At the cost of about
to improve the quality of our status the following year. testing in order to prove $500,000, a major North
the performance of the American utility carried out
product line. closure tests on a Velan
forged NPS 8 (DN 200) ASME
To meet a particular Class 1500, fast-closing
customer’s needs, a NPS 20 (20 seconds) electrically
(DN 500) Velan ANSI 1500 actuated isolation valve to
fast operating main steam simulate a Loss of Coolant
gate valve was subjected to Accident (LOCA). The energy
seismic simulation test. The dissipated during each
test program consisted of discharge of 2,129,570 lb/h
hot and cold cycling, biaxial was dramatic.
resonant searches, biaxial
random multi-frequency The accompanying
testing with design nozzle vibrations caused a local
loads applied, and cold earth tremor, but the Velan
cycling tests performed valve shut off perfectly
during seismic simulation. during all sixteen closure
Eighteen uniaxial strain tests, with little wear
gauges were mounted on exhibited during subsequent
the stem, crotch and other examinations.
critical areas, and strain
data was recorded. It was
demonstrated that the
valve possessed sufficient
functional and structural
Diagnostic testing at elevated temperature.

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MOV Qualification Test
Program
Velan has been in the fore-
front of qualification test-
ing for valves to address
issues raised in the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission’s
Generic Letter 89-10.
GL 89-10 required operating
nuclear utilities to identify
critical MOV’s and re-analyze
the actuator’s ability to close
the valve in a “worst case”
design/operation condition
as in a LOCA. In addition,
the utilities have called upon
Velan to reavaluate the
ability of valves to withstand
higher operating thrust end
torque valves dictated by the
GL 89-10 considerations.
One of the corollary actions
initiated to assure proper
actuator and valve sizing
and integrity was a MOV
Qualification Test Program
that verified proper actuator/
valve function at extreme
design limits.
As a primary supplier to
nuclear power, Velan has
participated heavily in this
testing, qualifying a wide
range of MOV’s for a variety
of applications in operating
plants.
Velan completed a com-
prehensive test program
for Duke Energy at Wyle
Laboratories, the results of
which were presented at
the 2002 ASME/NRC Valve
Symposium.
Velan has been in the forefront of
qualification testing for valves to address
issues raised in the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission’s Generic Letter 89-10.
In this series of tests, a Preconditioning stem factor C.O.F. Preconditioning valve factor
Velan Class 900, 8”x 6”x 8” 0.16
Point of maximum thrust
0.6
(mean seat diameter)
flex wedge gate valve with a
Open COF
0.55
Close COF
0.14 0.5
Limitorque SMB-1-60 electric
Stem C.O.F.
Valve Factor
0.45
actuator was submitted to a Preconditioning 0.12
stem factor C.O.F.
0.4
Preconditioning valve factor
0.35
series of inspections and 0.16
tests. Point of maximum thrust
0.1 0.6
(mean seat diameter)
0.3
Open COF
0.55 0.25
The loop isolation and blow-
0.14 0.08
Close COF
0.5 0.2
down test (shown below) was 0 3 6 9 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Stem C.O.F.
Valve Factor
0.45
Number of strokes Test number
designed to demonstrate 0.12
the 0.4
0.35
capability of the valve to0.1iso- Two graphs from the Wyle 0.3
late sections of the nuclear test report results show the 0.25
0.08 0.2
plant in the unlikely event0of 3preconditioning
6 9stem factor
12 and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
valve factors based on the mean
a catastrophic loss of coolant Number of strokes Test number
seat diameter.
accident.
The flow interruption test Valve Performance Validation by Full
with saturated steam (shown Differential Pressure Flow Interruption
below) is just one segment Testing (Blowdown Testing) Procedures:
of a suite of tests designed to
• A comprehensive pre-test inspection.
prove that the valve will close
under extreme accident con- • Static pressure stroking of valve to develop performance
ditions and to demonstrate baseline characteristics.
resistance of the valve to • Disk and seat preconditioning.
pressure entrapment, thermal
binding and seismic loading.
• Three full differential steam flow tests @1050 psig
and 240,000 lbm/hr flow.
The valve was designed and • A pressure locking test.
fabricated in accordance
• A thermal binding test.
with Velan’s ASME Nuclear
(Close hot - open cold and close cold - open hot)
Certificate of Authorization
and stamped per Section III, • A hot static, seismic deflection test.
Class 2 requirements. Duke • Comprehensive post-test inspection.
Energy procured this valve to
their newly developed MOV Test results in all categories surpassed requirements.
Specification that incorporat-
ed requirements gleaned from
operating experience, the
input of Velan design engi-
neering and EPRI-PPM data.
These valves are currently
installed and providing excel-
lent service at Duke Energy’s
Oconee Nuclear power plant.
Loop isolation and blowdown test with hot pressurized water of Velan
electrically actuated NPS 8 (DN 200) Class 900 regular port loop isolation
valve. The water flashes to steam in a starburst pattern as it blows down to
atmosphere.
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Engineered solutions
computational fluid dynamics
and three dimensional solid Specific Engineering
modeling, help Velan design Capabilities Include:
superior quality valves that
meet the most demanding • Valve design
performance requirements. • 3-D modeling
We have two R&D facilities, • Stress analysis and
with steam boilers and finite element analysis
superheaters, flow loops and • Weak link analysis
cryogenic test stands.
In addition, we are engaged • Application engineering
in advanced research in • Flow analysis using
metal spray technology, using computational fluid
the services of independent dynamics
laboratories for abrasion,
sliding wear, bond strength • Seismic qualification
Power Ball valve heat transfer analysis.
testing, scanning electron • Thrust and torque
microscopy and x-ray calculation
Engineering diffraction.
• Actuator sizing
capabilities Velan has a longstanding • Root - cause failure
history of partnering with analysis
major Architect/Engineers
Combining over 50 years • System upgrades
and Electric Utilities to
of experience in critical
develop innovative solutions • Risk analysis
applications in the nuclear,
for their valving needs.
chemicals, oil and gas, • Custom testing and
coker and mining industries, test data analysis
Velan nuclear valves are
Velan has brought together a (NDT, x-ray review,
built to last, often having
team of over 50 professional UT testing, etc.)
gone decades with minimal
engineers who form the core
maintenance performed. • Validation of retrofit
of the Engineering Design
Velan delivers valves with Group. Advanced software changes
preinstalled thrust and torque applications, including
sensors, signal conditioners and finite element analysis,
cabling (smart stems).

Velocity Field
A. Acceleration over disc B. Deceleration of flow at stagnation point C. Vortex behind the seat D. Wake with vortices

C. VELOCITY
(m/s)
A.

B. D.

C.

A computer simulation of flow through Velan Torqseal ™ triple-offset valves destined for nuclear containment isolation service.

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Next generation
nuclear valves
Field service Specific Field Service
To address the unique, capabilities Capabilities Include:
critical application Our over 50 year history of sup-
requirements for Duke • Commissioning
ply to the nuclear industry has
Energy’s Oconee Nuclear developed our expertise in a • Troubleshooting
Power Station, Velan complete range of valve mainte- • Witness start-up
designed special NPS 1½ nance and other field services.
(DN 15) gate valves to • Forensic engineering
accommodate actuators At Velan, we take aftermarket • Process, start-up
capable of withstanding service seriously, maintain- sequence study
31,000 lbf thrust in both ing a high level commitment • Valve repair,
directions. This design to support our products in the refurbishment and
incorporates hardfaced field. Our Manager of Field upgrading
guides (wedge and body), Engineering Services supervis-
rounded leading edges of all es a staff of highly trained tech- • Sales of tooling and
seating and guiding surfaces nicians qualified to evaluate lapping equipment
(per the EPRI guidelines) and reported issues and, working
specially designed backseat, with the owner’s engineering/
seat rings, bore profile and maintenance personnel, effect
barrel style yoke. corrective action.

Duke Energy’s Dave King Our technicians are industry

wrote, “overall, the entire professionals, with years of
main steam valve replace- valve and customer service
ment project has gone well experience to draw from in
and has been a model that solving application issues that
we will follow in future may arise. Clear, compre-
replacement motor operated hensive reports are prepared
valve projects.” detailing activities and the
scope of service calls made.
A next generation gate valve Every service issue reported is
developed by Velan to meet the documented and maintained in
requirements of a major North
a database, which is periodi-
American utility.
cally reviewed to determine if
trends are evident. Keeping the
owners/ users of Velan prod- In-line seat removal and seat welding
ucts satisfied is part of the key and lapping, performed in association
to our success over the years, with global field services.
and our service group takes
pride in continuing and support-
ing that tradition of excellence.

At Velan, we take aftermarket service

seriously, maintaining a high level
commitment to support our products.
Velan used computational fluid dynamics to improve the flow characteristics
of this NPS 4 (DN 100) globe valve.

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The leading choice
for nuclear service
Velan valves became the
standard for many of the
world’s largest nuclear
energy programs, with an
installation base that includes
98% of American and French
units, and all British and
Canadian units. Our valves
are installed in all worldwide
Candu (PHWR) stations, in
a majority of PWR and BWR
stations, and in many other
reactor types including GCR,
AGR, LGR, VVER, HTGR and
LMFBR.
Yonggwang nuclear power station in South Korea. Velan valves are installed
in many of South Korea’s nuclear power stations. Overall, Velan valves have
been installed or are on order
in over 300 nuclear power
stations in 27 countries.
Nuclear valves from a package of over 5,000 valves destined for the
Taiwan Power Lungmen station.
Our valves are installed in all worldwide
Candu (PHWR) stations, in a majority of
PWR and BWR stations, and in many other
reactor types including GCR, AGR, LGR,
VVER, HTGR and LMFBR. Large-size bellows seal valves ready to be shipped to a nuclear plant in China.
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In countries with growing
nuclear programs, Velan
continues to be a leading
choice for complete nuclear
valve packages. Velan valves
were the choice for the
majority of South Korea’s,
China’s, and Taiwan’s units.
Velan has, for example,
enjoyed a long and mutually
beneficial relationship
with Korea Electric, whose
installed nuclear capacity is
second in Asia only to Japan.
From Kori 1, which began
operation in 1978, to the
prestigious Yonggwang units
3 and 4, which were designed
and constructed mainly with
domestic technology.
 There is no substitute
for experience
Since its founding in 1950,
Velan has worked with the nuclear
power generation industry to
innovate and improve valve
technologies for the world’s nuclear
power plants, marine propulsion,
and other steam-driven systems.

Today, Velan continues to be an integral

supplier to the industry, renowned for its
dedication to safety, reliability, and long
service life. We have delivered valves
to over 300 nuclear power stations—
representing two-thirds of the
world’s operating units.

What’s more, our forged nuclear valves

are installed in virtually every nuclear
plant in the U.S., Canada, France, Korea,
and China, and on U.S. and French Navy,
nuclear aircraft carriers, and submarines.

Velan. Quality that lasts.

+1 514 748 7743
www.velan.com

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 The most comprehensive line of industrial forged and cast steel
gate, globe, check, ball, butterfly, and knife gate valves and steam traps.

ASME pressure classes 150–4500 in carbon, alloy, and stainless steel

CAT-SFV CAT-BG VEL-PS VEL-BS VEL-CRYO

CAT-CSV VEL-API-603 CAT-KGV VEL-PQCV BRO-FLBABV

CAT-BF CAT-SAS-CTORQ VEL-MS CAT-PBV VEL-CBV

CAT-BV CAT-GPBV CAT-SAS-CFLEX CAT-SAS-CCON CAT-ST

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Velan has several
international subsidiaries. For general inquiries:
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