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½ð²©ÌåÓý offers steam generator (SG) engineering services in the areas of component design and analysis, chemistry, diagnostics, and materials engineering, with the mission to:

• Provide engineering solutions that extend the life of the SGs, optimize plant performance and reduce the overall cost to maintain SGs, while meeting regulatory requirements
• Integrate engineering with field services to provide coordinated inspection, repair and engineering services to optimize performance and extend the life of the SGs
• Provide best-practice engineering analyses in support of plant performance improvement programs
• Apply leading-edge technology to support utility asset management programs
• Provide industry licensing leadership through development of low-risk licensing strategies

½ð²©ÌåÓý’s SG engineering product portfolio offers a variety of services, including:

Tube Integrity

• ARC development and analysis
• Implementation of NEI 97-06
  • Degradation assessments
  • Conditional monitoring and operational assessments (CMOA)
• Extended inspection intervals
• Wear projection
• Loose parts analysis
• Regulatory Guide 1.121 analysis
• Tube burst/leakage testing
• Tube integrity software

Component Engineering

• Design and qualification of tube plugs, sleeves and stabilizers
• Loose parts weir
• Antivibration bars (AVBs)
• Shell penetrations
• Flow-induced vibration analysis
• Feedwater nozzle and elbow liners
• Steam nozzle flow limiters
• Moisture carryover modifications
• Sludge collectors
• Feedring and J-nozzle replacement
• Closure studs, nuts, washers, covers and gaskets
• Mock-ups
• Design basis documentation
• Level tap relocation

Chemistry Products

• SG maintenance strategies
• Primary and secondary chemistry consulting
• Balance-of-plant (BOP) chemistry consulting
• Chemistry R&D (WOG, CEOG, EPRI)
• Consumable materials compatibility and qualification
• Cleaning process qualification
• Online chemistry monitoring
• Zinc addition

Deposit Management

• Sludge management
• Sludge sample analysis
• Eddy current data management and projections
• Long-term operational assessments
• Corrosion algorithm
• Degradation prediction
• Fouling assessments
• Tube repair forecasts
• Engineering data analysis Web site
• Tube bundle scale profiling
• SG pressure recovery

Materials Engineering

• Metallurgical exams (SG tube exams)
• Corrosion evaluation
• Alloy 600 issues

Management Teams

• Integrated engineering and field services approach to long-term services planning
• Economic analysis
• On-site support
• Secondary side CMOA
• Supplement to utility engineering

Pressurizers

• Engineering support
• Heater replacement
• Analysis