Edgardo Ferro, Ph.D. and Ruben Carzoglio

Nuclear Supplier Upgrades Controls Increasing Efficiency, Production

What to keep and what to replace were among decisions made during a major control system upgrade at a large supplier to the nuclear-power industry. Empresa Neuquina de Servicios de Ingeniería S.E. (ENSI) operates the industrial heavy-water plant—owned by the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission—selling 200 metric-tons/year of reactor-degree virgin heavy water, a strategi...