Tecnatom has been awarded a contract for the in situ performance of leak testing on HEPA and active carbon filter banks for the ventilation systems of Cernavoda nuclear power plant, in Rumania. The service will consist of measuring the efficiency of the particle filters of these systems. The work is part of the framework contract … Read more
The activities awarded to Tecnatom by the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad) for the 17th refuelling outage at the country’s Laguna Verde nuclear power plant were completed on January 10th last. The scope of the activities included the diagnosis of 70 motor and air-operated valves, the functional testing and maintenance of 84 … Read more
Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi and Tecnatom have signed a contract for the supply of an automated inspection system based on the ultrasonic technique and comprising a robot mounted on a linear rail. This automatic inspection equipment will allow for the application of pulse-echo techniques using phased array technology and will be used for the detection and characterisation … Read more
The Tecnatom Internal Personnel Dosimetry Service (IPDS) has been awarded a three-year contract by the Spanish radioactive waste management company Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos, S.A. (ENRESA) for the control of internal dosimetry for the workers involved in the dismantling and decommissioning of JoséCabrera nuclear power plant. The contract is for three years and will … Read more
On January 28th last, the representatives of Enusa, Tecnatom and the Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute (SNPI) formalised the signing of an important framework agreement for cooperation in the field of nuclear fuel inspection systems and equipment. In keeping with this agreement, the three companies undertake to work jointly and collaborate preferentially with a view … Read more
Tecnatom has upgraded the full-scope simulator of Cofrentes nuclear power plant to incorporate the new digital turbine-driven pump and feedwater control system. This upgrading allows for training on the simulator and verification of the response of this new system prior to its implementation at the plant, scheduled for the next refuelling outage. For several months … Read more
The new “Tecnatom News” comes about with a new name, image and contents. The new bulletin, which replaces the solidly established “Tecnoticias”, has been created with the objective of bringing the activities of Tecnatom and its group of companies closer to a growing number of clients, furthering the spreading of news on its projects and … Read more
Gas Natural Fenosa has awarded Tecnatom the development of a simulator for its Tuxpan combined cycle plant. This plant, located in Veracruz (Mexico), is based on Mitsubishi technology and consists of 2 groups with a total power output of 980 MWe. The simulator will be developed using Tecnatom in-house technology and will provide a high … Read more
El proyecto ITER es uno de los proyectos de inversión más grandes del mundo, en el que colaboran más de 35 países con el objetivo de demostrar la viabilidad de la fusión nuclear como fuente de energía inagotable. Para ello se está construyendo uno de los dispositivos de fusión por confinamiento magnético más grandes del mundo, en el que se probarán tecnologías, materiales y regímenes físicos integrados necesarios para la producción de electricidad basada en la fusión.
Tecnatom forma parte del proyecto aportando la creación de la plataforma de simulación de lo que será el simulador de la sala de control de ITER, la integración de modelos existentes desarrollados por distintos suministradores, la integración del sistema de control CODAC, el desarrollo de modelos adicionales, así como el mantenimiento y la formación en la plataforma.
