Nuclear Plant Services Brochures
» Nuclear Plant Services Overview
This 16-page Nuclear Plant Services brochure describes all Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. (SI) services for nuclear power plants, including PWRs, BWRs, and CANDU® units. Support services detailed in the full-color brochure include reactor internals management, fabrication oversight, leak-before-break evaluations, license renewal, management of aging buried piping, NEI 03-08 and materials degradation management programs, new plant consulting, nondestructive examination, and more. Engineering services include structural and stress analysis, fracture mechanics analysis and risk assessment, materials/metallurgical/corrosion evaluations, piping analyses, root-cause failure analyses, and others.
This 16-page Nuclear Plant Services brochure describes all Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. (SI) services for nuclear power plants, including PWRs, BWRs, and CANDU® units. Support services detailed in the full-color brochure include reactor internals management, fabrication oversight, leak-before-break evaluations, license renewal, management of aging buried piping, NEI 03-08 and materials degradation management programs, new plant consulting, nondestructive examination, and more. Engineering services include structural and stress analysis, fracture mechanics analysis and risk assessment, materials/metallurgical/corrosion evaluations, piping analyses, root-cause failure analyses, and others.
» Structural Integrity Overview
A new eight-page, full-color brochure offers an overview of all SI services, including SI's consulting engineering services for the nuclear, fossil, and pipeline industries, and specialized services for SI's Canadian clients. The brochure also includes a description of SI's Expert Solutions services for utility, industrial, legal, and insurance clients.
A new eight-page, full-color brochure offers an overview of all SI services, including SI's consulting engineering services for the nuclear, fossil, and pipeline industries, and specialized services for SI's Canadian clients. The brochure also includes a description of SI's Expert Solutions services for utility, industrial, legal, and insurance clients.
» ASME Code Case N-716
This one-page brochure briefly describes Risk-Informed In-Service Inspections (RI-ISI) as well as RIS_B™, a new streamlined RI-ISI methodology that can result in fewer inspections with no increase in plant risk. The associated ASME Code Case N-716 is discussed. SI played a key role in development of RI-ISI and RIS_B (Risk-Informed Safety-Based) methodologies by EPRI®.
This one-page brochure briefly describes Risk-Informed In-Service Inspections (RI-ISI) as well as RIS_B™, a new streamlined RI-ISI methodology that can result in fewer inspections with no increase in plant risk. The associated ASME Code Case N-716 is discussed. SI played a key role in development of RI-ISI and RIS_B (Risk-Informed Safety-Based) methodologies by EPRI®.
» Managing Buried Assets Programs for Nuclear Plants
SI's two-page brochure discusses the challenges involved in nuclear power plant relicensing, specifically those of managing buried assets to avoid corrosion for an additional 20 years of service. The brochure details SI's Managing Aging Piping (MAP) program for buried assets.
SI's two-page brochure discusses the challenges involved in nuclear power plant relicensing, specifically those of managing buried assets to avoid corrosion for an additional 20 years of service. The brochure details SI's Managing Aging Piping (MAP) program for buried assets.
» Materials Science Center
This one-page brochure on SI's state-of-the-art Materials Science Center highlights the wide-ranging capabilities of the Austin, Texas facility, including laboratory and on-site failure investigations, material evaluations, engineering and failure analyses, and nondestructive testing. Some of the Materials Science Center's particular specialties include optical metallography, quantitative microstructural analyses, fractography, scale and deposit analyses, metal chemical analyses, cryo-cracking, and in-place metallography and replications.
This one-page brochure on SI's state-of-the-art Materials Science Center highlights the wide-ranging capabilities of the Austin, Texas facility, including laboratory and on-site failure investigations, material evaluations, engineering and failure analyses, and nondestructive testing. Some of the Materials Science Center's particular specialties include optical metallography, quantitative microstructural analyses, fractography, scale and deposit analyses, metal chemical analyses, cryo-cracking, and in-place metallography and replications.
» Nuclear Plant Products, Services and Contacts
This two-page brochure lists SI's nuclear products and services along with all the key contact people for each service we provide.
This two-page brochure lists SI's nuclear products and services along with all the key contact people for each service we provide.
» Turbine Generator Overview
This 24-page brochure describes all Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. (SI) Turbine & Generator Assessment services. These include rotor bore machining & surface conditioning; rotor bore inspection; inspection of solid rotors (no bore); generator shaft keyway cracking; steam turbine rotors - blade attachment inspection; inspection of Westinghouse HP turbine inlet sleeves & nozzle chambers; turbine & valve casing crack sizing; steam turbine rotors - disk keyway/bore inspection; economical rotor 'dovetail' inspection alternative for TIL 1292; generator rotor retaining ring inspection; steam turbine/generator rotor forging life assessment; LPRimLife for Windows; generator dovetail analysis; generator retaining ring life assessment using EPRI RRing-Life; turbine & generator engineering consulting; turbine steam chest life assessment; rotor material characterization through miniature samples; material science; and vibration monitoring, testing, & analysis.
This 24-page brochure describes all Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. (SI) Turbine & Generator Assessment services. These include rotor bore machining & surface conditioning; rotor bore inspection; inspection of solid rotors (no bore); generator shaft keyway cracking; steam turbine rotors - blade attachment inspection; inspection of Westinghouse HP turbine inlet sleeves & nozzle chambers; turbine & valve casing crack sizing; steam turbine rotors - disk keyway/bore inspection; economical rotor 'dovetail' inspection alternative for TIL 1292; generator rotor retaining ring inspection; steam turbine/generator rotor forging life assessment; LPRimLife for Windows; generator dovetail analysis; generator retaining ring life assessment using EPRI RRing-Life; turbine & generator engineering consulting; turbine steam chest life assessment; rotor material characterization through miniature samples; material science; and vibration monitoring, testing, & analysis.
» Ultrasonic Phased Array Examination of High-Density Polyethylene
This one-page SI brochure describes the challenges associated with maintaining metal piping, and how the nuclear power industry is selectively beginning to use High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) piping for non-safety related applications.
This one-page SI brochure describes the challenges associated with maintaining metal piping, and how the nuclear power industry is selectively beginning to use High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) piping for non-safety related applications.
CANDU is a registered trademark of CANDU Owners Group, Inc. RIS_B, RRingLife, LPRimLife, and SAFER-PC are trademarks of the Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Technical Papers
- Flow-Accelerated
Corrosion (FAC) in Conventional Fossi Units:
Cycle Chemistry Influences and Management Approach - Flow-Accelerated Corrosion in Fossil and Combined Cycle/HSRG Plants
- Assessments of HRSgs - Trends in Cycle Chemistry and Thermal Transient Performance
- Assessing and Controlling Corrosion in Air-Cooled Condensers
- High-Density Polyethylene Piping Butt-Fusion Joint Examination Using Ultrasonic Phased Array
- How Repeat Situations Lead to Chemistry-Related Damage in Conventional Fossil and Combined Cycle Plants
- Ultrasonic Phase Array Examination of Butt-Fusion Joints in High-Density Polyethylene
