Enusa and Tecnatom have carried out the first inspection of nuclear fuel using the new SICOM SIPPING IN-CAN equipment. This equipment has been developed for the detection of fuel assemblies affected by leakage of some kind after having been stored in the fuel pool for several years. This is a portable system especially designed for … Read more
Tecnatom has participated in two events in the railway sector. At “Middle East Rail 2016” the most important rail system event in the Middle East and Africa, which was held in Dubai (Arab Emirates), Tecnatom was present along with other Spanish companies from the sector on the group stand of Mafex (Spanish Rail Association), of … Read more
Tecnatom participated in the 19th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT), a world-class event specialising in non-destructive testing and its application in different sectors of the industry that was held this year in Munich (Germany). More than 2,200 experts and 350 exhibitors registered for this important fair, with more than 857 papers presented during the … Read more
code of conduct document, a guideline on the behaviours and attitudes to which the entire company personnel are committed, since adhesion to and strict compliance with it are compulsory. This code establishes the criteria that govern activities and conduct in management and in decision-making, the aim being to achieve our objectives while taking into account … Read more
Tecnatom presents its Report on Activities for the 2015 financial year, which includes information on the most relevant aspects of the Business Group during the year. The Report contains the consolidated financial figures for both Tecnatom S.A. and all the Tecnatom Group subsidiaries. It also provides information on the operation of the company’s areas of … Read more
On June 3rd last, the qualification of Tecnatom technicians as ultrasonic technique PDI programme analysts for reactor vessel closure head penetration J-weld inspections was successfully completed. This milestone means compliance with the technical criteria established in appendix VIII of section XI of the ASME Code. This qualification was carried out at the EPRI (Electrical Power … Read more
Tecnatom has won an international call for bids for the supply of valves to Krsko nuclear power plant, in Slovenia. The supply relates specifically to safety-related check valves ranging in size from 6” to 12” for the Slovenian plant’s alternative residual heat removal system (ARHR). These valves are to be manufactured in accordance with the … Read more
Tecnatom has completed the activities performed during the 28th refuelling outage at Trillo nuclear power plant and the 23rd such outage at group 2 of the Ascó plant. The 23rd refuelling outage at group 2 of Ascó nuclear power plant began on April 30th. A novelty on this occasion was the surveillance of power cables, … Read more
A few weeks ago the activities awarded to Tecnatom by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) for the 14th refuelling outage at group 2 of the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, in Mexico, came to an end. The scope of Tecnatom’s intervention in this outage focussed on valve diagnosis, the maintenance and functional testing of … Read more
The Spanish national radioactive waste management company Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos (ENRESA) has awarded Tecnatom a new contract for its low and intermediate level waste disposal centre at El Cabril, in the province of Córdoba. Specifically, the scope of the project consists of the preparation, performance, evaluation and documentation of the flow distribution and … 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.
