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| Cegelec to upgrade control systems at EDF nuclear power plants Electrical engineering group Cegelec as part of a consortium with Data Systems and Solutions (DS&S), a wholly-owned Rolls-Royce subsidiary, will upgrade part of the instrumentation and control systems from thirty-four 900-megawatt units at nine of EDF's 20 nuclear power plants in France over the next 15 years. The contract, of which the amount has not been disclosed, involves upgrading the concerned units to a digital control system that meets the reliability and safety standards necessary for the operation of a nuclear unit. Cegelec will be responsible for programming and installing two of the most important control systems in a nuclear power plant - the control rod drive control system (RCS), which controls the reactor core, and the in-core instrumentation system (RIC), which measures reactor core neutron flux. DS&S will engineer, supply and integrate the RCS, while Cegelec will engineer and supply the RIC. Computer engineers and experts at Cegelec in Belgium will manufacture the RIC equipment and program both systems, and all the equipment will be installed by members of Cegelec's CEM division in Grenoble, who regularly carry out missions at nuclear power plants across France. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |