Engineering support to the operation of Santa María de Garoña
Spain
IDOM carried out the technical support to the operation of Santa María de Garoña nuclear power plant focusing on four engineering disciplines;
- Electricity: This refers to all the electrical systems of the plant, including power generation, distribution, and control. It encompasses everything from transformers to backup systems such as diesel generators.
- Instrumentation: This includes sensors, transmitters, control, and monitoring systems that measure variables such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, etc., which are essential for the safe operation of the plant.
- Mechanical: This covers mechanical equipment and systems such as pumps, valves, heat exchangers, turbines, etc., which are part of the energy generation process.
- Structures: This refers to the physical support elements such as buildings, pipe supports, platforms, and metallic or concrete structures that ensure the physical integrity of the plant.
These disciplines were applied across various departments of Nuclenor to provide technical support, including: electrical maintenance, mechanical maintenance, instrumentation maintenance, engineering, mechanical engineering, structures, systems and training.
The works consisted mainly in the following tasks:
- the design and development of Design Modifications (MD),
- technical and economic feasibility studies of the MDs,
- analysis of operating experience,
- training of Nuclenor staff in the field of instrumentation maintenance,
- seismic validation studies on structures (piping and component supports),
- and complete system studies (e.g. fire safety).
