Paris, 22 November 2006
Cegelec, an international group providing technological services to companies and public authorities, 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.
With more than 30 years of experience, Cegelec has built up capabilities in instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants. A recognized expert in industrial automation, Cegelec is supported by experienced teams in the nuclear process in general and in instrumentation and control systems upgrading in particular. Cegelec has upgraded combustion turbine instrumentation and control systems at seven of EDF’s nuclear power plants in 2003.
Contact :
Jean-Louis Erneux
Cegelec Communications Department
Tel. +32 2642 30 70
jean-louis.erneux@cegelec.com
www.cegelec.com
