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July 2013 Issue 06
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Control solutions for EDF Energy go live
Pictured L-R: Dale Reeves, Tracey Francis, Adam Willden, Jade Hughes, Rob Clewes, Ian Preece
Heysham)&)Hartlepool)power)stations’)systems)commissioned Capula has successfully completed the installation and
the plant basements.
and Hartlepool power stations on behalf of EDF Energy
commission and safety case support using compliant
We delivered the Hybrid Electronic Analogue
operational experience, adhering to EDF’s CTS standards
commissioning of protection systems at both Heysham
Nuclear Generation.
Temperature Sensing (HEATS) system as part of EDF’s PLEX (plant life extension) programme. Designed to
meet a safety integrity target of SIL1, the system is crucial to continued station operation and protects
equipment from rises in temperature and humidity in Heysham power station Photographer: Rwendland (Wikipedia)
Capula’s
scope
included
the
design,
build,
components with emphasis approval and proven
Five years in a row: Capula gets 100% for National Grid
Support)KPI)score)maintained
Capula is celebrating after achieving a 100% score against a series of key performance indicators (KPI)
on our Post Delivery Support Agreement (PDSA) with National Grid for the fifth consecutive year.
Capula provides cost effective service level
throughout.
support to National Grid, optimised against cost for
have demonstrated through analysis and performance
distributed across around 60 sites in England and
Since the completion of commissioning, the systems
that they have met their safety integrity target of SIL 1.
“Capula has developed an excellent working relationship
with
EDF
Energy and their design
house over the course of
this project, helped in no
our entire substation Control & Monitoring Systems Wales.
Last renewed in 2012, the current PDSA contract
is based on NICAP-equivalent Bay Solutions (National
Integrated Control and Protection) existing on the National Grid network.
“To achieve a 100% performance score is no
small part to our flexible
mean feat and we were very pleased when we first
support day or night where
Managing Director, “To have now achieved it five
Principal Safety Systems
Capula’s approach to our support services and our
approach
to
required”
said
providing Capula’s
Engineer Joe Ames.
achieved this in 2009,” said Roger Turner, Capula’s years in a row is outstanding and testament to excellent relationship with National Grid.”
INSIDE: Severn Trent Water Mountain Challenge • OSIsoft Conference • Drax control contracts
Capula conquers the Mountain Challenge There were aching limbs aplenty around the Capula
Engineer Leo Wheeler, “I’d done the 20 mile route as
offices completed the Severn Trent Mountain Challenge,
on the day and I’ve got the blisters to prove it!”
offices in July after nearly 40 staff from several of our
raising £2,443.98 for WaterAid in the process.
The Challenge was set in the Peak District across the
seemed to really enjoy it, while those who didn’t are
through sponsorship and donations. WaterAid has
team building experience!”
improved hygiene and sanitation since its conception in
WaterAid and is pleased to have supported their
helped over 17 million people gain access to safe water, 1981, and works in 27 countries worldwide.
Despite temperatures in the high eighties on what
was the hottest day of 2013 at the time, Capula’s teams all managed to complete their challenges during the well–organised event.
“I’m really pleased I did it, but I think I under-
estimated how difficult the challenge would be,” said
Andy completes swim at third attempt!
Capula’s Andy Thwaites (left) is celebrating after finally
Andy, who is based at our Westlakes office in Cumbria,
attempts were thwarted by rotten luck in 2012.
Swim in a time of 33 minutes and 24 seconds.
His attempt to participate in the Great North Swim
Swim was derailed by water pollution!
Steven Haygarth have raised more than £1,200 towards
leukaemia.
Pat King, Sam higham, Neil White, Dave Biddington,
Dave Scott, Mike Collins, John Howie.
www.justgiving.com/teams/capula
used at Capula. What’s more, we operate a companywide graduate training programme consisting of a
series of standard short courses for all graduates. All
programme (previously featured on BBC One) which
staff are encouraged and supported towards achieving
providing them with tailored training and the
Chartered Engineer status.
sees us take on talented individuals every year. We
opportunity to work on large scale, high value projects which are vital to the continued business operations of
finalising their2013/14 lecture programme, of which
Leo Wheeler, Jorge Vicente. Bottom left L-R: Ian Preece,
Graduate job opportunities at Capula Capula has a highly successful graduate recruitment
Capula is the sole sponsor.
Top left L-R: Dave Cartlidge, Jade Hughes, Paul Warnaby,
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
of graduate recruitment fairs in the second half of 2013.
The Nuclear Institute North West branch is close to
fundraising efforts on this event.
To date, he and his swimming partner
We are currently finalising plans to exhibit at a number
Medical uses for nuclear technology
Capula has been a longstanding supporter of
Andy was inspired to take part and collect
sponsorship after his mother was given the all-clear from
But it was definitely a case of third time lucky as
interested in hearing about it – it’s been an excellent
successfully completed the mile-long Great Manchester
last year was ruined by adverse weather conditions, while his backup plan of completing the Great Scottish
“The office was buzzing afterwards,” said Project
Administrator Jade Hughes, “those who took part
Dark Peak area of Derbyshire, with teams walking 10,
20 or 30 mile routes and raise money for WaterAid
completing the Great Manchester Swim, after two
part of the training, but the heat really took it out of me
further accreditation where relevant, particularly Recruitment fairs already confirmed for Capula are:
our clients.
16 Oct University of Wolverhampton
Capula is a member of the National Skills Academy for
17 Oct University of Bath
professional development of our people. Graduates will
30 Oct Lancaster University
development lifecycle, from specification, design,
06 Nov University of Birmingham
As reported in previous issues of positivenergy,
Nuclear and as such is committed to the continued
be specifically trainied in all aspects of the systems
programming and testing, through to documentation
and commissioning. We provide full training in the
specific software or hardware/design/drawing packages
16 Oct Staffordshire University
29 Oct University of Huddersfield
05 Nov University of Sheffield
21 Nov University of Central Lancashire
Check www.capula.co.uk for further announcements.
The opening lecture has been confirmed and will
see Dr Prakash Manoharan of Christies Hospital give a fascinating talk on the Medical Applications of
Nuclear Technology on Tuesday 8 October.
Held at The Centre, Birchwood Park in
Warrington, the lecture will get underway at 6.30pm
and refreshments will be provided beforehand from 6pm. The event is free and open to anyone who wishes to attend.
new fuel waste processing safety systems health monitoring radiological surveillance materials trackin
News from around the Nuclear industry source: www.world-nuclear-news.org
UK RESEARCH FACILITY OPEN FOR BUSINESS
DEMOLITION OF WINDSCALE CHIMNEY STARTS
COMPANIES JOIN FORCES TO BRING VVER TO UK
The UK has opened a new £20 million facility that aims
Work to demolish the 110-metre tall chimney of the
Rosatom, Fortum and Rolls-Royce have agreed to work
that knowledge to industry.
the UK's Sellafield site.
pressurized water reactors in the UK. A memorandum
to deliver world-leading nuclear research and transfer The Dalton Cumbrian Facility (DCF) has been funded investment
by
the
UK's
The chimney is the first of two built at Sellafield to
together to investigate building Russian-designed VVER of understanding signed by the UK and Russia will
Nuclear
service reactors solely for making weapons-grade
of Manchester's Dalton Nuclear Institute. Located near
The first reactor pile was damaged beyond repair
work towards a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of a
released were caught by filters in the chimney, and fol-
commercial contracts have been signed by the parties.
and the chimney sealed at the top.
and expertise. Rosatom's VVER reactors currently
by
joint
first Windscale plutonium-producing pile has begun at
Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and the University Whitehaven, the new research centre is a core
component of the National Nuclear Users Facility which was announced earlier this year as part of the UK government's nuclear industrial strategy.
Research at the DCF will focus primarily on
radiation
science
and
nuclear
plutonium for Britain's nuclear weapons program.
by a fire on 10 October 1957. Most of the radionuclides
lowing the fire, the contaminated filters were removed, The access to where the filters had been located in
engineering
Pile 1's chimney has now been opened to enable
accelerator, and also boasts computer modelling
underway to demolish the chimney's filter-holding
decommissioning. The facility has its own particle capability,
large-scale
experimental
laboratories,
dismantling work to begin.
Work is currently
underpin the work.
The trio of companies are to begin preparatory
VVER-type power plant and site licensing. First The companies bring together various experiences
operate in 11 countries. Fortum brings to the table its experience of construction, operation and maintenance
of VVERs at the Loviisa plant, which has operated for
over 30 years, while Rolls-Royce contributes expertise
structure. There is 500 tonnes of structural materials
as a provider of technology and services to the nuclear
inspection equipment. The DCF also incorporates
section of the chimney alone. Some 66 tonnes of
regime and its network of suppliers as a leading
the National Nuclear Laboratory Central Laboratory at
walls of the section. Over 5000 tonnes of materials in
closely with Rolls-Royce since the two companies signed
irradiation facilities and associated analytical and academic access to the active research facilities within the nearby Sellafield site.
including steel work, bricks and masonry in the filter
brickwork has already been removed from the external total will need to be removed during the demolition.
industry as well as knowledge of the UK licensing
engineering company. Rosatom has been working a memorandum of understanding in 2011.
What else is happening at Capula?
TWO CONTROL CONTRACTS AT DRAX
benefits of improved collection, utilisation and
Engineering Services (SES) for work at the Drax Power
carbon,
Capula has won two contracts with Shepherd Station in North Yorkshire.
The first contract will see us design, manufacture,
configure, supply and commission a Schneider-based control system for the new biomass storage facility.
The second contract will also involve Capula
providing a Schneider-based control solution - this time
visualisation of network data, in the areas of: low asset
management,
planning,
network
operations and control. Mike Collins (Business Sector Head for Utilities & Industry) and Alistair Frith (Senior
and demand in the area more effectively.
Capula has been awarded a contract by Scottish Hydro
eventual transport of the fuel to the boilers of the three
of an OSIsoft PI System solution on their Northern Isles
New receipt, storage and distribution systems are
project is being developed by SHEPD in association with
being constructed at Drax Power Station. This development is part of its transformation into a
predominantly biomass-fuelled generator through the
burning of sustainable biomass in place of coal.
OSISOFT EMEA USERS CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Capula will be delivering a presentation at OSIsoft’s
PROVIDES
OSISOFT
SHEPD’S NINES PROJECT
PI
SOLUTION
ON
FOR
Capula has been chosen to centrally manage Telemetry
behalf of STW and their existing Lot 1 Framework
Association and Shetland Heat Energy and Power.
The intricate project is a £34m investment supported
by Ofgem and will apply new technology to better
balance the energy usage in Shetland in an approach as yet untried elsewhere in the world.
Between now and 2016, the NINES project aims to
more efficient control whilst maintaining security of
(Monday 16 September) - will demonstrate the business
HUB
several local stakeholders including Hjaltland Housing
customers that demonstrate the business value they
Transmission & Distribution workshop on Day Zero
MANAGEMENT
management hub for telemetry outstations across the
systems in a number of domestic homes across the
Capula’s presentation - to be delivered during the
STOCK
SEVERN TRENT WATER
New Energy Solutions (NINES) project in Shetland. The
The Conference will bring together the latest OSIsoft
have achieved using the PI System.
TELEMETRY
outstations for Severn Trent Water (STW).
reduce customers’ energy consumption through
PI System information coupled with presentations from
Solutions) to allow SHEPD to balance electricity supply
Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD),for the configuration
forthcoming EMEA Users Conference, held in Paris,
France from 16-19 September.
around the Shetland Isles. This will interface with the
study during the session.
recently developed for UK Power Networks as a case
The Common Systems will deal with the reception of fuel
converted generating units.
and combining it with demand information from homes Active Network Management (provided by Smarter Grid
CAPULA
from storage, while the Unitised Systems will control the
sources such as wind speed, gust, direction, temperature
Engineer) will use the Distribution Network Visibility tool
for the boiler distribution system, which consists of two
sections – the Common Systems and Unitised Systems.
Capula will build and configure an OSIsoft PI System
as a central data repository, taking data from various
We’ll provide a centralised procurement and stock
STW estate. They will be purchased and managed on suppliers for AMP6.
The agreement, which commenced in July 2013 and
runs to the end of AMP6 in 2020, offers STW the
benefit of reducing their overall delivery risk in terms of
equipment availability. Having stock available will
improve delivery programmes.
We will also assist in the assessment, identification,
promotion and installation of more efficient heating
trial and selection of alternative telemetry solutions.
Islands, reduce the maximum peak demand through
improved
supply, and facilitate an increase in the proportion of
electricity that comes from renewable sources by substituting thermal generation with renewable
generation via wind turbines.
“Better planning of volume requirements will enable efficiencies
in
factory
assembly
and
distribution,” said Business Development Director Simon Coombs, “This in turn allows cost savings to be passed
on to the end client. Capula’s expertise with telemetry
systems allows us to add genuine value as STW’s
strategic ICA partner.”
ng life extension power generation defence EC&I design and manufacture IT solutions support services
NEW APPOINTMENTS Capula remains
committed to recruiting suitably
CAPTION
! n o i t i t e p com
qualified and experienced (SQEP)
staff - particularly for our work in the
nuclear industry. We are therefore
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pleased to welcome a number of new
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faces to the company:
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featuring
Alan Sookrah (Business Development
Gary Fenton joins Capula as a Lead
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Engineer based in our dedicated
recent night out go-karting?
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E-mail your suggestions to
Simon Dodd arrives as a Senior Project Manager. Richard Snell takes
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after completing a BSc in Computer
caption printed in the next issue.
and
the winning entrant will have their
up the role of Graduate Engineer
Science at Staffordshire University.
Closing date for entries:
Samantha Sheffield also joins us as a
Friday 27 September 2013
Graduate Engineer in our Westlakes
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IN BRIEF
office, following the completion of
her degree in Applied Computing at the University of Cumbria. Steve
Fletcher is an experienced Senior
Engineer who joins us at Beacon House, while Ian Meredith moves
across from his role as Business
Development
Manager
on
the
Alan Sookrah
Generation side of our business to
take up a similar position in Capula’s Nuclear Services Division.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following
individuals who recently completed
their CCNSG Safety Passport courses
successfully:
Tom
Waite,
Simon
Broadhurst, Matthew Rowland, Jan
Ellis, Richard Green, Jason Roper,
Dariusz Tomsia, Neil Collingwood, Paul Allcock, Paul Radley, Dave Watts,
Russ Hemmings, Simon Coombs and
Leo Wheeler. The aim of the CCNSG Safety Passport Scheme is to ensure a
basick knowledge of health and safety for all site personnel to enable them,
after
appropriate
site
induction, to work on site more
safely with lower risk to themselves and others.
The winning suggestion for last issue’s competition came from Dave Watts, a Business Development Engineer at our head office
Getting to know you... in Stone: “This is the last time we order stationery from that lot - I can’t even stick this behind my ear!”
This issue: Joanne Litt, Office Manager at our Westlakes office in Cumbria What was the last film you saw?
I partied with Billy Idol once when I was
and fast cars. Need I say more?
What has been the scariest thing to
What are you like at the dentists?
I don’t have any. I couldn’t stand any
I was about 18 and left alone in London
there they told me it’s possible they may
What was the last band you saw live?
and didn’t know the name of the hotel I
Fast and Furious 6 - The Rock, Vin Diesel What are your pets called?
hairs or fluff!
The Courteeners.
Where do you go to relax?
Steve Brau nd (01785) 827106 steve.braun d@capula.co.uk
on a night out, with no phone or money
was staying at!
when you get a few minutes?
I’m a proper 90’s raver!
book!
dislocate my jaw while taking my molar out! Ouch!
What do you miss most about being a kid?
My BMX and showing off my tricks to all
Get rid of all the tax dodgers!
still am!
What’s your biggest claim to fame?
I’m usually ok, but the last time I was
will knock out some awesome shapes -
What’s the first thing you would do if you were Prime Minister?
There is a reason you have two ears and
one mouth!
Are you a good dancer?
Fabulous! Put any dance tune on and I
I can’t sit still long enough to read a
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the neighbours! I was a real tom boy. I What was your favourite TV show as a child?
Grange Hill – Just say ‘No!’ Loved it.
Who was your celebrity crush when you were younger?
James Dean or any of the Brat Pack – Rob
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