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Nuclear Power

Thanks to a continuous research effort for more than 30 years and to numerous well-instrumented test facilities, EDF R&D has accumulated solid technical skills in topics related to long-term operation such as ageing of materials (steel, concrete, polymers, etc.), circuit chemistry, thermal-hydraulics and mechanics.

Risk management

  • Increasing the reliability of your complex industrial systems
  • Human and organisational factors in your high-risk activities
  • Managing the risks to your asset portfolio
  • Optimising your maintenance investments
  • Planning your operations more efficiently through innovative methods
  • Choosing the right algorithm for your operational decisions
  • Managing the risk of your industrial infrastructures with CYPH-R
  • Evaluating the seismic risk and facility resistance
  • Promoting the territorial rooting of your industrial project and the stakeholder dialogue

Mechanics, materials, thermohydraulics

  • Testing your equipment subjected to vibrations
  • In-depth control of your mechanical simulations
  • Welding: design of instrumented tests - weldability
  • Developing your repairs and coatings using additive manufacturing "Cold Spray"
  • Ultrasound testing of your complex equipment
  • Assessing your equipment in two-phase flows
  • Testing your rotating machines in disrupted environments
  • Calibration of flowmeters under cofrac accreditation
  • Gleeble thermo-mechanical simulator tests

Electric equipment

  • Improving the Reliability of the Rotors of your Generators
  • Testing your equipment subjected to vibrations
  • Improving the reliability of the rotors of your generators
  • Controlling the availability of your rotating machines
  • Validating the design and reception of transformers
  • Protecting your equipment against electrical transients
  • Calibration of flowmeters under cofrac accreditation
  • Power tests and high voltage tests
  • Study and expertise of cable connections

Environmental protection

  • Water & infrastructures: measuring and characterizing your environment
  • Optimizing your chemical treatments to conciliate performance and environment

 

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