ESR Technology. Engineering, Safety & Risk
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Nuclear
ESR Technology provides engineering, safety and risk management services to a wide range of utilities and power generation companies. Our expertise and technical support has played a key role in enabling customers to operate and maintain their plant more effectively – improving reliability and minimising costs.
ESR Technology has, by virtue of its origins in the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, wide and varied experience of technical, management, and licensing issues that affect the nuclear industry in the UK and worldwide.
We understand that clear demonstration of safety to satisfy internal and external regulators is vital to the smooth operation of large nuclear plants. We know that nuclear companies strive to achieve continuous improvement in safety, reliability and output, and that the electricity supply industry is fiercely competitive.
ESR Technology’s nuclear pedigree enables us to provide technical support for many aspects of operating modern nuclear plants, including:
- Nuclear safety case preparation
- Independent Nuclear Safety Assessment (INSA)
- Nuclear fuel modelling and behaviour
- C&I/software and protection systems: IEC 61508 assessment
- Availability, Reliability and Maintainability (ARM) assessment
- Structural integrity assessment (IoF, R6 etc)
- Non-destructive testing
- Tribology
- Failure assessment
- Thermal hydraulics
- Analysis of source terms and fission product release
- Fire and explosion assessments
- Fusion technology
Our customers in the nuclear sector include licensees, designers and regulators such as:
- British Energy
- British Nuclear Group
- Rolls-Royce/MoD
- Atomic Energy of Canada
- HSE-NII