Ultra bags British Energy contract

2nd Feb 2010 07:30

Defence industry supplier Ultra Electronics has won a contract for nuclear sensors from British Energy. The contract is worth more than £20m, and is for the long term supply and management of neutron flux detectors to a number of reactors in the British Energy fleet.Ultra will be required to validate the existing designs, ensuring they meet modern standards, and will also be tasked with building and supporting all four variants of high temperature neutron flux detectors for EDF Energy subsidiary British Energy.‘The national need for secure sources of energy supplies drives investment in extending the service lives of existing reactors as well as building new plant. Ultra is positioned to benefit from this investment,’ claimed Ultra’s chief executive Douglas Caster.