Thunder España at World Nuclear Exhibition | |||||||
October 2014 | |||||||
The first edition of the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) took place in Paris on October 11-13. The massive event for the global nuclear energy sector drew almost 500 exhibitors and over 7,000 visitors from 71 countries. Thunder España Simulación participated in a joint stand with the other members of the Nuclear Industry Cluster of Cantabria under partial sponsorship from the regional government.
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Race against fracking in Cantabria | ||||||
October 2014 | |||||||
Runners from Thunder España sponsored athletic club took part on a non-competitive race across some of the rural areas that have been targeted by oil and gas companies for fracking explorations in the region. The activity wanted to bring attention to the need of protecting the territory against the damage to the environment and risks to the population of hydraulic fracturing.
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Work anniversary | ||||||
September 2014 | |||||||
September marked the 5th work anniversary for Senior Engineer Beatriz Vidal at Thunder España Simulación. She joined the company on the initial year of operation and since then her job has become a crucial piece in the software development area. She was congratulated with a small anniversary party and a present intended for her second favorite activity after programming: rock climbing.
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Glass panel simulator upgrade project | ||||||
June 2014 | |||||||
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (Maryland, USA) was of one of the first sites to incorporate a full-scope glass panel simulator, or glasstop simulator, into their training program in 2010. Since then, fifteen other glass panel simulators have been developed with ThunderEdit graphical editor and delivered to American plants. Now, a comprehensive simulator upgrade contract recently awarded to Corys Thunder Inc. includes an order for the upgrade of the original Calvert Cliffs glass panel simulator graphics so they can benefit from the multiple enhancements and new features added to the editor in these years. Among others, main areas of improvement have been: graphics rendering (anti-aliasing, vector graphics, scalability), multi-touch input support, navigation, integration of fully functional digital controllers and peripheral systems and support for embedded external applications.
The new glass panel graphics are being developed in Santander by Thunder España and are scheduled to be declared Ready For Training in the fall.
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