ABG war durch seine Tochterfirmen auch in der Nukleartechnik aktiv und hat bei vielen AKW Projekten (CN) mit qualifizierten und zertifizierten Mitarbeitern weltweit wichtige Komponenten gefertig, Sicherheitstechnik geliefert, und Wartungsarbeiten ausgeführt, wie man in der Auflistung sieht.
ABG Inabensa - Manufacturing Division
Nuclear Activities
Abengoa has been involved, since its establishment, in the nuclear sector and its companies participated extensively in the Nuclear Power Plant Construction Program
And it has extensive references in activities as varied as:
Electric installations
High, medium and low voltage equipment; instrumentation and control.
Insulated and non-isolated cable trays and bar ducts.
Power, control and lighting cables.
Indoor and outdoor substations.
Assistance services during testing, inspection and repair operations at plants.
Mechanical installations
Piping.
Supports.
Insulated and non-isolated bar ducts.
Generator benches and auxiliary diesel and emergency skids.
Manufacturing (Design, supply and installation)
Control boards and consoles.
Auxiliary panels for reactor protection systems.
Sample taking equipment.
Power and distribution boards.
Motor Control Centers.
Medium voltage cabinets.
Insulated phase bar ducts.
Dry epoxy resin encapsulated transformers.
Electronic power equipment (rectifiers, excitation systems, etc.).
All pursuant to the applicable standards (IEC, IEEE, NEMA, UDE, KTA, MIL, etc.) and the requirements of each project, following the carrying out of the corresponding classification tests.
Control and Instrumentation (Design, supply and installation)
Telecommand, control and automatism electronic equipment.
Radioactive and non-radioactive sampling systems.
Remote control systems.
Safety and monitoring equipment.
Hydraulic control.
Alarm systems.
Other Services (Design and supply of specific safety equipment)
Emergency and safety diesel systems.
Batteries and chargers.
Excitation systems.
Maintenance.
Seismic and environmental classifications.
Supply of special cables pursuant to IEEE 383 and 323.
Current Situation
In spite of the significant decline in recent years in the construction of nuclear power plants worldwide, which has affected all the activities in the sector considerably, Inabensa continues to maintain a highly specialized technical team and the corresponding homologations and this has enabled it to continue to offer, uninterruptedly, global solutions for the supply of safety and standard equipment such as medium voltage cabinets, control panels and consoles, motor control centers (MCC), power and distribution boards, bar ducts, and all types of auxiliary panels, battery chargers, etc.
Inabensa currently has a Quality Assurance System implemented according to standards Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA)-1:1994, 10CRF50 Appendix B, UNE 73401:1995, ANSI standards and ASME Codes, which is audited periodically for homologation purposes and accreditation as a provider of nuclear suitable equipment, both safety (Class 1E) and commercial, from General Electric Nuclear Energy (GENE) and the Group of Proprietors of Spanish Nuclear Power Plants.
Of note among the company’s references in the nuclear sector over the last three years are the following supplies and works:
Trillo Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Substitution of head breaker on two protection and one emergency bars.
Electric supply panels.
Annual inspection during the recharging of bars and associated 10 kV, 660 V 380/ 220 V equipment, with the participation of a team with more than 25 members.
Disassembly, installation and testing of battery ducts.
Supply of spares (MCC skips, relays, cable, thermocouples, contactors, etc.).
Almaraz NPP:
Supply of two consoles for the control room.
Supply of a control panel for tests.
Labor for inspection purposes.
Inspection of grouped phase bar ducts.
Supply of three 6.3 kV cells.
Supply and installation of grouped phase bar ducts for connection of a new start-up transformer.
Vandellós II NPP:
Supply of 88 MCC skids ((Class 1E) and spare parts.
Ascó-Vandellós NPPs:
Spares (SD skids, grounding clips, backup insulators, extraction spindles, contactors, connectors, etc.
GENE ABWR type NPP:
Main Control Room Panels (simulator, units 1 and 2).
Remote Shutdown Panels (simulator, units 1 and 2).
FMCRD Relay Logic Panels (units 1 and 2).
Scram Solenoid Fuse Panels (units 1 and 2).
Single HCU Scram Test Panels (units 1 and 2).
Balance of Plan Liquid Sampling and Analysis Systems (units 1 and 2).
Meteorological Control Panels.
Numac Panels (Fiber Optic Panels, ATIP & MRBM Panels, PRM Panels, RCIS Panels units 1 and 2).
NMS Panels (Neutron Monitoring Systems Panels units 1 and 2).
Prototypes of these panels have been subjected to short-circuit, heating limit verification and seismic tests in authorized laboratories pursuant to IEEE-323 and IEEE-344 standards.
In addition, the company is present in different nuclear energy related national and international forums such as the Spanish Fusion Platform, Project ITER, and is participating in the “Supplier Workshop” (organized by GENE to collaborate in the development of a new simplified ESBWR reactor), etc.