Rolls-Royce aglow after bagging Chinese nuclear contract

Power systems developer Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation to supply its Spinline digital safety instrumentation and control (I&C) technology for the modernisation programme of the Ling Ao nuclear power plant.

By MoneyWeek

published 18 October 2012

in Features

The contract covers the modernisation of the Neutron Instrumentation Systems for reactor units 1 and 2 of the Ling Ao Power Plant. The original analogue platforms will be replaced with the latest digital safety technology that was installed in the plant's newer phase II reactor units 3 and 4.

Benoit Chabre, President, Instrumentation and Control at Rolls-Royce said: "We are a world-leader in safety I&C and our neutron instrumentation technology will be deployed in each of China's current and planned fleet of 22 CPR-type reactors."

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The Neutron Instrumentation System is a safety-critical I&C system that ensures the integrity of the nuclear reactor. The system uses Rolls-Royce's Spinline technology to enable utilities to optimise the safety, availability and maintenance of nuclear power plants.

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