This project has successfully created ten new jobs for former weapons personnel from the VNIIEF nuclear weapons research establishment in Sarov by expanding production of vibration control and monitoring systems in an existing business. The systems involved are used to measure vibration in turbines and generators at power plants. The company is currently working on developing control systems for rotating machines, including vibration measurement systems and vibration analysis algorithms for every Russian power plant turbine and generator, including nuclear power plants. Such algorithms need to be adjusted regularly by characterising the vibration signatures of various system components. At the start of the project, the company only had the capacity to manufacture one or two systems per year. The project has helped to expand this capacity by increasing both staff and equipment.

The market for power plant control and monitoring systems is expanding as the Russian Government has embarked on a programme to construct 12-15 new nuclear reactor units. Each unit could provide orders for new vibration measurement and control systems worth £ 1-2 million. In addition, some 28 existing Russian reactor units do not yet have such systems. Agreements have already been signed with one Indian and four Russian power plants. The company is an experienced exporter and has sold systems to twelve countries. Negotiations are currently underway with potential customers in China and Ukraine. The CNCP project was approved in November 2006.

Final audit showed that the Beneficiary had fulfilled all of itsw obligations in full and over fulfilled its obligations as concerns job creation (11/10 jobs for former employees of VNIIEF created vs 10/10 planned).

The project has been completed successfully.