The work of the mechanical and chemical cleaning of superheater dryers of the GSS type carried out by Lainsa in collaboration with Solarca during March at the French nuclear power station of Bugey has been recognised by Electricité de France (EDF) as the “Best Security Work of the first quarter of 2011″. This was part of the programme of the recognition of maintenance suppliers known as “Challenge de Sécurité 2011″.

In early 2011 EDF started the “Challenge de Sécurité” programme, an initiative that aims to reward an exemplary piece of work on security each quarter. The best work is chosen by a panel of judges of the Technical Operative Unit (Unité Technique Opérationnelle, UTO) of EDF after the visits it makes during the execution of the works, assessing different security culture criteria: transparency, the quality of risk evolution and of the preventive solutions applied, staff behaviour, respect for rules, and an attitude of continuous improvement, among others.

Read More

Alain Bugat was president and CEO of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) from 2003 to 2009. He began his career as a research engineer and has succesively held different executive positions in the Ministry of Industry, a software firm and then the CEA. From 1999 to 2003, he was president and CEO of Technicatome, a French engineering company dedicated to the design and construction of nuclear propulsion reactors and research facilities.

Read More