Alfredo García Fernández, better known on the web as @OperadorNuclear, has just brought out a new book, “Nuclear energy will save the world”. After years of anonymity, we now know at last who he is, we love his book and, as at Tecnatom we are very curious, we have a pile of questions to ask … Read more
The Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI) has awarded Tecnatom a contract for support in the areas of decommissioning and radioactive waste management. SNERDI is a technology company, a subsidiary of the Chinese public company SPIC (State Power Investment Corporation), which has been involved in the development of the Chinese nuclear programme for … Read more
In these times of living alongside the COVID-19 virus, when the cleaning and sterilisation of materials and surfaces are activities of vital importance to minimise the threat of people infecting each other, there is an interesting application of ionising radiations that is also vitally important. It has been known for many years now that ionising … Read more
As is always the case on April 23rd, we are celebrating International Book Day. This is a very special occasion as we rejoice in reading on the very date that marks the deaths of Shakespeare, Cervantes and the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. This year, with the magic of books having disappeared from the streets … Read more
Nuclear power plants are permanently involved in a continuous process of safety enhancement and all international events are analysed in order to identify the best methods for improvement. In the wake of the Fukushima accident, the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council requested the country’s nuclear power plants to undertake a series of improvements to their installations … Read more
Nuclear industry has a strong commitment with safety and therefore it has a strong regulation. Standards and legislation of the nuclear industry Almost every country that produces nuclear power has local regulations and legislation with their own requirements, covering all stages of the lifecycle of nuclear installations. Fortunately, conformance with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Sub-Committee … Read more
Nuclear fusion energy promises to be an additional alternative when it comes to electricity production free from greenhouse gas emissions. This has meant that various countries are collectively developing a (ITER) fusion reactor, aiming to prove the technical viability of this type of energy. This is something which Tecnatom and others have been working towards … Read more
The Brazilian Angra 2 nuclear power plant has chosen the Tesis+ data acquisition technology for the modernisation of its full-scope simulator. Tesis+ is a data acquisition interface developed by Tecnatom for applications requiring high data traffic volumes, such as the signals of a nuclear simulator. The Angra 2 simulator, a replica of the control room … Read more
A visitor to a control room in a nuclear power plant can find tables and drawers that, at first glance, could seem to be from any type of office. The tables have monitors, keyboards, telephones, and other computers and communications devices atop them; and the drawers house drawings and documents. It´s like any other office. … Read more
In terms of the great world challenge of trying to mitigate global warming, the use of renewable energies like wind energy and solar power is something that will be unquestionable; but a technology to back up those types of energy is necessary for when weather conditions prevent energy generation by those renewable sources. To that … 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.
