ABB and SimGenics to develop nuclear energy simulation tech

They will support the development and provision of engineering, training and distributed control system simulators for the nuclear energy industry, primarily in North America

ABB and SimGenics have joined forces to develop simulation-based solutions for training, testing and verification of nuclear plant operations.

They have signed a memorandum of understanding to support the development and provision of engineering, training and distributed control system (DCS) simulators for the nuclear energy industry, primarily in North America.

The agreement will allow the two companies to explore how they can support the greenfield power generation industry predominantly, including complete plant process model and simulation across conventional large nuclear power plants, small modular reactors (SMR) and advanced modular reactor (AMR) facilities.

The simulators can be used onsite at operational nuclear power plants as engineering and training systems as well as being installed at offsite research and development centres for testing and validation purposes.

Per Erik Holsten, President of ABB’s Energy Industries division said: “Against the backdrop of growing energy demand, nuclear power offers a reliable, low carbon solution as part of the future energy mix.

“Partnerships are instrumental for advancing modern, advanced nuclear technologies and comprehensive simulation and training capabilities will be crucial to enable capacity growth in nuclear power as part of the future energy ecosystem.”

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