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Thales to enhance UK nuclear power station emergency response with new Deployable Communication & Information System
November 2013 by Marc Jacob
Thales UK announces it will provide a Deployable Communication
& Information System (DCIS) capability for EDF?Energy Nuclear
Generation Limited (EDF?Energy NGL) in a contract worth £5 million.
Following the Fukushima event in Japan, EDF?Energy NGL undertook a
rigorous assessment of the resilience of its fleet of UK nuclear power
stations against the highly unlikely occurrence of an extreme weather
or other natural event. Part of a suite of safety enhancements is the
provision of a mobile emergency response capability that could be
deployed should such an event occur.
The Deployable Communication & Information System will provide a
deployable containerised capability to monitor critical plant systems
and relay essential data through a resilient communications network.
The system will allow operators to access, monitor, communicate,
analyse, and act upon the critical data. Ultimately, the system will
provide emergency response decision makers with the information that
they need to make the best possible decisions.
Thales has extensive experience in delivering safety critical, resilient
communication and information systems to critical infrastructure,
including nuclear energy facilities, around the world.
Key points
? A £5 million contract
? 5 sets of containerised
Deployable Communication &
Information Systems to be
provided by 31st March 2014
? Enables emergency response
decision makers to make the
right decisions, at the right time
