18 Jan (NucNet): The UK-based engineering and industrial company Altran is leading a consortium of Moltex Energy and the University of Bristol which will explore the feasibility of designing a nuclear control system using wireless technology.
Altran said in a statement that it had been awarded funding for the project, known as ICON, by Innovate UK, a public body established in 2004 to fund business-led innovation.
Altran did not release figures for the funding, but an Innovate UK document says the funding is for £29,963 and the total cost of the project £59,926.
According to the document, the ability to remotely-power and securely communicate control responses and asset information within a nuclear plant can make control systems more robust and “secure to external influences, such as plant sabotage or loss of electrical power”.
