EDF's DUS Project/Diesels d'Ultime Secours, France

Securing new buildings in France

Électricité de France (EDF), the largest energy producer and supplier in France, has developed an action plan approved by the ASN (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire - Nuclear Safety Authority) in response to the devastating consequences of the Fukushima accidents (March 2011).

In order to increase the resilience of the French nuclear facilities, each power plant receives an additional emergency power building. As part of this requalification plan, SOMMER was awarded the contract for the building protection of 42 new buildings at various locations throughout France.

 

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SOMMERs security gates and security doors (interior and exterior doors) meet requirements and qualification measures to guarantee earthquake, fire and/or tornado safety

The basis for this is provided by elaborate simulations in combination with load tests on real constructions, which were realised in cooperation with renowned institutes. Once again, this example shows the extraordinary solution competence of the in-house development department - new developments on behalf of the customer are our core competence.

Of the 58 plants in France, 42 buildings are equipped with separately arranged generators, which are secured with SOMMER doors and gates - order volume 6.2 million EUR. Contract partners are the major French general contractors such as VINCI, Léon Grosse, Bouygues and Neveu. Inside the building, SOMMER is installing 14 single-leaf and double-leaf fire doors. In addition to the specified fire and environmental protection properties, the external tornado doors (1-leaf and 2-leaf) also fulfil defined impact loads from tornado events. The generator's insertion opening is closed with an object protection door with dimensions of 4.5 m x 5.3 m and a construction weight of approx. 6 t, which was also designed to meet the specified tornado requirements

Execution period
2016 until 2019

Client
Bouygues (BGY) - (8 DUS), Leon Grosse (LGN) - (16 DUS), Campenon Bernard (CBN) - (18 DUS)

Requirements
Earthquake, tornado, fire protection, airtightness, explosion

Products
Tornado doors, Tornado doors, Fire doors, Industrial doors DIT

Security
Building protection of 42 new buildings at various locations throughout France

Solution
Security gates and security doors guarantee earthquake, fire and/or tornado safety (previous elaborate simulations in combination with load tests on real constructions realised in cooperation with renowned institutes)