Rolls-Royce has been awarded a significant contract by
ESFAS is a critical safety nuclear Instrumentation & Control (I&C) system which automatically manages safety features such as the isolation of main steam lines, main feedwater and emergency feedwater.
In this project, Rolls-Royce will partially replace the existing analogue systems with a digital system using its Spinline technology.
'The onsite installation will be carried out within planned outages in 2020 and 2021, without any impact on their duration. Furthermore, the modernised system will be integrated into the existing Long Term Service Agreement between
The renewed system will be designed, manufactured, tested, installed and commissioned by the Rolls-Royce I&C centre of excellence based in Grenoble,
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Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
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The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills.
In Grenoble, the nuclear Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) business of Rolls-Royce employs nearly 550 people, who design, manufacture, install and provide long-term support for I&C solutions, installed on nearly 150 reactors worldwide, including all the operating nuclear reactors in
Spinline is Rolls-Royce's digital technology dedicated to safety I&C systems. Spinline is installed on more than 90 nuclear reactors in the world and has been chosen to be deployed on some the main I&C programs in the world (modernisation of the 900MW and 1300MW reactors in
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