Scientech offers extensive experience in nuclear plant operation, management and assessment. Our staff members have previously served as nuclear plant operations managers, plant managers, chief nuclear officers, mentors for senior nuclear managers, members of several nuclear plant safety review committees, and leaders for numerous nuclear plant peer reviews. Our background and experience are well suited to assist plants with a myriad of services including:

• Independent assessment of nuclear plant activities
• Participation on nuclear safety review committees
• Assistance in the preparation of regulatory submittals
• Seminars or assistance in hands-on ways to enhance self-assessments, management of operational safety and managing change
• Operating experience program development
• Assistance in reviewing and resolving specific plant operational issues
• Assistance in preparing for and responding to inspections, particularly peer inspections

• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Plant thermodynamic cycle analysis
• Thermal and hydraulic flow analysis
• Reverse engineering
• Valve engineering / analysis
• Safety system design / testing
• Pipe stress / support design
• Structural / FEA analysis
• Waterhammer / transient analysis
• Seismic evaluations, SQUG
• Erosion / Corrosion (E/C)
• Flow accelerated corrosion (FAC)
• 2D & 3D CAD (IDEAS / AutoCAD / Microstation
• 3D Plant design (Autoplant / Plant Design Space
• Stress analysis / design / ASME code
• AUTOPIPE / ADLPIPE /CEAPIPE
• Structural analysis / design / AWS, AISC, ACI codes
• PD STRUDL / GT STRUDL / STAAD
• Finite element & CFD analysis / design (ANSYS)

• Mechanical & Electrical Outage support services
• AOV / MOV Services
• Valve Repair Services
• I&C Services
• LLRT and ILRT Support Services
• Welding and Machining Services
• Project Management Services
• Project Staff Augmentation
• Project Planners and Schedulers

• Project Engineering / Management
  • Cost/Benefit evaluations
  • Conceptual designs
  • Design change package development • Construction / acceptance testing
  • Project close-out
  • Power up-rate projects
  • Decommissioning projects
    
    
• Plant Assessments
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Problem Investigations
  • Root Cause Evaluations
  • Detailed Engineering, Design, and Analysis
  • System Performance Assessments
  • System Performance Evaluations
  • In-depth knowledge of ASME, IEEE, and Industry Standards
    
    
• Document Evaluations
  • Valve Cv, in-rush, consumption, pressure integrity, seismic, weak-link, torque, thrust
  • Systems / structures / components / equipment
  • Water-hammer and transient analysis
  • Structural and finite element analysis (FEA)
  • Erosion / corrosion evaluation / prevention / component and system rehabilitation,
  • Buried pipe refurbishment technologies
  • ASME code design reports - piping / valves / pumps / pressure vessels