Altus innovations - engineering & project management 
Our staff experience has been used at nuclear plants in the UK to provide solutions to overcome technical difficulties within normal and safety critical systems.
Calderhall Power Station, the world's first full scale nuclear station was opened in 1954. Following the failure of one of the diesel generators which provide a back-up supply as part of the 240VDC Essential Supplies System, our staff were contracted to provide an automatic start system for all standby generators.
The existing diesel comprised a Crossley engine driving a Brush DC alternator to provide 2000A at 273VDC to supply the standing station load and charge the 2000Ah 240V batteries in the event of a loss of mains power. The key issues which affected the design and implementation was reliability, ease of operation and the requirement to place no additional demands on site staff.
Altus staff prepared the Plant Safety Papers associated with this, and other systems affected for consideration by the clients.
From this, we designed and manufactured the diesel generator auto start package, following which complete installation testing and commissioning was undertaken.
Various other related works followed on from this contract, all handled in the same manner as previously undertaken.
To undertake safety critical system projects, detailed and thorough technical appraisals of each and every aspect of the project must be considered in terms of risk to the overall safety of the nuclear plant.
Our staff have undertaken these tasks for not just our own projects, but also for other client's projects.
Training in new system operation is undertaken by our staff, and is not limited to only systems that are supplied by us - we offer training in all aspects of technical plant operation.
If you have a project which requires specific safety critical elements to be considered, we will provide the expertise to ensure that a full FMEA is carried out to the relevant standards applicable to your project.