Planning and managing outages is key to high performance. AMEC NSS offers a range of services to assist with outages to ensure that they are always kept to their planned duration at the lowest possible cost. These include:
- Outage planning
- Independent review of outage scope
- Financial modeling to optimize outages
- Inspection and maintenance requirements
- Periodic Inspection Program
- Fuel channels, feeders, steam generators
- Testing and data analysis
- Analysis of shutdown system performance
- Disposition of inspection results
- Preparation of regulatory submissions for restart
- Outage heat sink assessment
- Qualification of new heat sinks
- Assessment of atypical heat sinks for specific ouatge configurations
- Special Projects to Improve Performance
- Longer duration between planned ouatges, planning for 30 to 36 month operating cycles
- Use of shut off rods for GSS