ENGINEERING PRESENT AND FUTURE

SOCOIN is owned by the Spanish industrial group UNION FENOSA, the third largest utility in the country, and embodies all the knowledge and experience that the Group has acquired in the operation of its facilities. This knowledge enables SOCOIN to operate successfully in all the lines of business in which it develops its activities.

It provides high added-value integrated solutions in the energy field related to the design, development, operation and maintenance of electricity generation facilities, and electricity and natural gas transmission and distribution.

SOCOIN offers the capacity and experience of an engineering firm and an efficient multi-disciplinary consultancy based on the definition, development and performance of large projects. The company has incorporated the most advanced systems and technologies based on the latest generation of data processing tools to design and manage the projects.

The strategy of SOCOIN is based on the confidence in the quality of the services provided. Our professionals have been trained and possess the practical experience necessary to manage the projects, both on the national and international market. Any activity is done in close collaboration and with the active participation of the client and partners to better suit their needs.

Nuclear Division

An important activity of SOCOIN is the development of nuclear projects. The Nuclear Division has been working significantly in the nuclear field, developing process technologies, which have been successfully applied in large scale nuclear installations.

With a wide experience in plant operation and engineering support, its main abilities and expertise focus in the following areas and products, in which offers project management, engineering, consultancy, licensing and training support:

• Nuclear safety
  • Probabilistic safety Assessment (PSA), and its applications
  • Availability and reliability analyses
  • Lifetime management
  • Operating experience and root cause analyses
  • Human factors and safety culture
  • Cost-benefit analyses based on PSA
• Nuclear engineering
  • Thermal hydraulic analyses
  • Neutronic calculations
  • Accidents analyses
  • Full and partial scope simulators, for engineering support and training
  • Fuel management
• Operation and maintenance
  • Operation support
  • Design modifications
  • Simulation and modelling
  • Procedures and Guides for normal operation, emergency and severe accidents management
• Radiological protection
  • ALARA studies
  • Environmental radiological monitoring
  • Radiological reports
  • Shielding calculations
  • Contamination dispersion models
• Radioactive waste
  • Radioactive waste management
  • Treatment, conditioning and compliance documentation
  • Waste volume reduction and recycling
  • Materials decontamination and clearance
  • Waste characterization
• Decommissioning
  • Project management
  • Basic and detailed engineering
  • Licensing documentation
  • Plant radiological characterization
  • Plans for dismounting, dismantling, materials and radioactive waste management
  • Environmental impact study
  • Restoration plan
  • Spent fuel management
  • Independent fuel storage facility

Our main clients are:

In Spain: Spaninsh nuclear power plants (José Cabrera NPP, Trillo NPP, Almaraz NPP, Vandellos II NPP), Nuclear Regulatory Body (CSN), National Radwaste Company (ENRESA), Spanish Power Generation Industries Association, UNESA, CIEMAT.

Abroad: Bohunice NPP (Slovak Republic), South Ukraine NPP, Dukovany NPP (Czech Republic), Kozloduy NPP (Bulgaria), CEA (France)

All of this makes SOCOIN a very specialized company in the integrated management and development of projects with a great technological approach.

Our biggest strengths

SOCOIN Ingeniería y Construcción Industrial S.L.
Centro Empresarial La Finca
Pº del Club Deportivo nº 1, Ed. 5
28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) SPAIN

Tel: +34 91 257 8000
Web: www.socoin.es
e-mail: socoin@socoin.es
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