Services to the Commercial Nuclear Sector

Contact Details:

Nigel Thornton Director, Nuclear

Atkins 920 Memorial City Way Suite 700 Houston,Texas 77024 Cell: 832.247.3330

Nigel.Thornton@atkinsglobal.com www.atkinsglobal.com

Neal McCraw Senior Account Executive

Merrick & Company 1001 Morehead Square Drive Suite 530 Charlotte, NC 28203 Cell: 704-576-5094

Neal.Mccraw@merrick.com www.merrick.com

Michael R. Corum Vice President, Charlotte Operations

Nuclear Safety Associates 7400 Carmel Executive Park Suite 120 Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 Cell: 803.603.2349

Michael.Corum@nuclearassociates.com www.nuclearassociates.com

Introduction to Our Teaming Arrangement

Atkins, together with Nuclear Safety Associates (NSA) and Merrick, has formed a new partnership to offer the commercial nuclear sector a full range of technical and project services.

services to the commercial nuclear sector >

Multinational reach, local knowledge... Together, our team represents one of the world’s largest employers of professionally qualified staff, with operations focused in a number of key geographical markets including North America, the UK and Europe, Middle East and India, and Asia Pacific. With over 4,000 staff in North America and 18,000 employees worldwide, wherever we operate we apply both our local knowledge and our multinational strength.

For clients this means engaging with a single entity capable of delivering the full range of program, project, and technical skills without the need for complex supply chain arrangements.

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Envir

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Nucle

ar Safety and Application

of NRC Regulation

Innovative Multidiscipline Engineering Design

World Leading Project Management

Atkins • Merrick • NSA

Atkins Atkins is one of the world’s leading engineering and design consultancies. We have the breadth and depth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects. This is why we were chosen as the official engineering services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In short, Atkins is:

• The world’s 14th largest global design firm (ENR 2012).

• The largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe (Svensk Teknik och Design 2011).

• Ranked as one of the top 3 firms in the United States (ENR 2012).

We are a preeminent supplier of technical and project services to the UK nuclear sector, having been involved for more than 50 years in the new build, operations, and decommissioning of the UK nuclear facilities. As trusted advisors to UK government, regulators, and operators, Atkins is uniquely placed to offer innovative and highly regarded skills to the U.S. market.

We are at the forefront of the nuclear market, now winning commissions in emerging nuclear countries such as UAE.

In the United States, Atkins currently supports nuclear energy clients by providing the full spectrum of environmental and water resource services. Faithful+Gould, a member of the Atkins Group, is one of the world’s largest consultancies providing project management and cost management services for construction and engineering projects.

Merrick & Company

Building upon 30 years of service to the nuclear market, Merrick & Company’s nuclear team is continually sought out to provide planning, analysis, engineering design, and design-build services for nuclear clients.

Company Highlights

• EMR consistently below 1.0

• Audited NQA-1:2008 Program and ISO 9001:2008 Certification

• 2012 Top Design Firm ENR Ranking #104

• 2012 Top Architectural Firm Architectural Record Ranking #95

• Capital Facilities and Equipment Designed - $14.93B

Merrick’s focus covers the life cycle of the nuclear utility, government and competitive commercial nuclear market place including commercial nuclear plant startup and operations; commercial nuclear business unit executive management; project management; and nuclear facility decommissioning.

Diverse management experience has allowed Merrick to offer engineering and specialty equipment services that include:

• Commercial grade dedication and dedicated equipment supply

• Architectural design, mechanical, civil, nuclear, electrical/I&C engineering

• Equipment qualification testing and system commissioning testing program/plan/ procedure development and execution

• Reverse engineering

• Measurement uncertainty recapture and power uprates

Having consistently demonstrated successful performance, Merrick is well respected within the nuclear community and known as a thought leader among its peers.

Nuclear Safety Associates

NSA is a premier provider of safety, security, and engineering services to the U.S. nuclear industry.

Launched in 2001 with a focus on nuclear criticality safety, NSA offers clients an extensive portfolio of services including nuclear safety and licensing, safeguards, operations, and readiness and security.

With an uncompromising commitment to hiring only the most qualified engineers, scientists, and other professionals in the industry, NSA now numbers more than 150 employees and has developed a reputation for innovative solutions, high levels of client satisfaction, and consistent success.

NSA is unique in its focus on hard-to-find specialty niches, including such diverse areas as nuclear criticality safety, seismic engineering to include fragility curve generation, nuclear explosives safety, and neutral particle transport. The NSA staff averages 28 years of nuclear industry experience and includes well-known subject matter experts. NSA possesses a large suite of computational tools to model neutron and photon transport, fire dynamics, explosion dynamics, radiological and non-radiological release, airborne dispersion and consequence analysis, severe core damage, and more.

Company Profiles

Our Nuclear Skills Sa

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• Cost management• Estimating• Cost planning• Procurement• Quantity surveying• Cost engineering• Procurement Engineering• Commercial Grade Dedication

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• Operations and shift management• Systems engineering• Readiness assist teams• Readiness reviews• Facility start-up• Procedure development and implementation• Implementation validation reviews• Operational readiness reviews• Emergency planning and response• Audits and inspections • Logistics and inventory management• NQA-1 quality program development and implementation• Training design, development, and delivery• Operating experience management• World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) peer review support• Operations surveillance management• In-service inspection (ISI) and quality surveillance (QS) program management

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• Private finance initiative• Contracts consultancy• Dispute management• Development consultancy• Risk and value management• Capital tax allowances• Expert witness• Strategic asset management• Life-cycle costing• Sustainability

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Depth of skills: We take pride in the technical excellence of everything we do. Whether it be the analysis of reactor components or the assessment of the ecological impact of new facilities, our engineers and scientists excel.

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Nuclear Safety, Licensing,

Safeguards & Security

Operation & Readiness

• Nuclear site licensing• Regulatory support• Criticality safety • Nuclear facility safety• Integrated safety analysis• Radiation protection and shielding• Reactor safety• Probabilistic risk/safety analysis and reliability assessment of process/equipment • Chemical safety• Fire and industrial safety hazard assessment• Fire protection engineering • Risk and consequence analysis• Health physics/radiological protection• Human performance assessment

• Security program development and implementation • Personnel security• Information security• Cyber security• Classification and export control• Security risk assessment • Security and awareness training• Physical security feature specification and start-up• Vulnerability assessments• Nuclear materials control and accountability

• Project management• Employer’s agent• Scheduling• Building surveying• Health and safety• Portfolio optimization (financial/asset/resource)• Program and project assurance• Program and project delivery management (delivered client-side or as a managed service)• PMO (delivered client-side or as a managed service)• Enterprise solutions including Primavera implementation

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Program, Project &

Commercial Management

services to the commercial nuclear sector >

• Aerial dispersion modeling• Aquatic dispersion • Groundwater monitoring• Screening tools• Dose assessment (humans)• Dose assessment (non-humans)• PC CREAM software• ALARA Programs and Plans

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• Waste disposal/screening• Integrated waste strategy• Radioactive waste management• Waste characterization• Material performance• Material chemistry

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• Engineering design• Mechanical design• Hydraulic design• Electromechanical design• Mechanical assessment• Design of remote handling equipment• Specification of EOT cranes• Reverse Engineering• FOAK Custom Equipment

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• Process design (conceptual and detailed)• Piping systems and valves• Process control and instrumentation• Materials of construction• Equipment selection and specification• Mechanical design vessels and piping• Waste management• Process safety• Active HVAC design• Testing and commissioning

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Environment &

Waste Management

• Air/noise quality management• Archeological and architectural resource surveys and studies• Ecological surveys• Environmental permitting and compliance• Environmental studies and management• Federal, state, and local agency consultation/coordination• Information solutions and GIS• Water quality modeling/studies• Water rights permitting• Hurricane storm surge modeling• Impingement/entrainment studies• Baseline and impact evaluation• Biological and construction monitoring• Cooling reservoir modeling• Cultural resource surveys and National Historic Preservation Act compliance• Ecological risk assessment• Ecosystem and habitat restoration• Endangered Species Act (ESA) coordination• Federal (Clean Water Act, Section 404) and state wetland delineation, permitting and mitigation• Instream flow and other aquatic studies• Mitigation planning and implementation• NEPA compliance• Site constraints and due diligence studies• Species surveys and habitat assessments• Water quality monitoring• Watershed management planning

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• Reactor core design and fuel management• Reactor physics• Shielding design and analysis• CASMO/SIMULATE, ANC, MCNP• Core start-up and core follow• Independent fuel storage installation• Fuel shipping container design and analysis• Enrichment Processes and Equipment• Fuel Manufacturing Processes and Equipment• SNF Storage and Transport Systems• SNF Cycle Processes

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Atkins • Merrick • NSA

• Civil structural design• Structural assessment• Structural dynamics• Structural materials• Foundations and geotechnical engineering• Structural inspection and appraisal• Seismic analysis and design• Drainage• Highways and bridges• Flood assessment

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• Power systems design, high voltage• Power systems design, low voltage• Field instrumentation and valves• Programmable systems (PLC, SCADA, DCS)• Hardwired systems (relays, solid state)• Layer of protection analysis (LOPA)/SIL assessment and reliability• Equipment validation• EMC/RFI grounding• Field activities

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Engineering & Design

• LiDAR• Hyperspectral Imagery Data Collection and Interpretation• Ortho Imagery, Satellite Imagery• Multi-sensor Data Fusion• High Density Aerial Mapping – Fixed and Rotary Wing Data Collection Methods• Laser High Definition and Standard Surveying Methods• 3D Data Modeling

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Selected Clients

Atkins is as close as a supplier can be to being part of the business; our goals are their goals also.Dave Kendall: Head of EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Fleet Programs

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Introduction to Our Teaming Arrangement

Atkins, together with Nuclear Safety Associates (NSA) and Merrick, has formed a new partnership to offer the commercial nuclear sector a full range of technical and project services.

services to the commercial nuclear sector >

Multinational reach, local knowledge... Together, our team represents one of the world’s largest employers of professionally qualified staff, with operations focused in a number of key geographical markets including North America, the UK and Europe, Middle East and India, and Asia Pacific. With over 4,000 staff in North America and 18,000 employees worldwide, wherever we operate we apply both our local knowledge and our multinational strength.

For clients this means engaging with a single entity capable of delivering the full range of program, project, and technical skills without the need for complex supply chain arrangements.

Plan Design Enable

Compre

hensive

Envir

onmen

tal Expertise

Nucle

ar Safety and Application

of NRC Regulation

Innovative Multidiscipline Engineering Design

World Leading Project Management

Services to the Commercial Nuclear Sector

Contact Details:

Nigel Thornton Director, Nuclear

Atkins 920 Memorial City Way Suite 700 Houston,Texas 77024 Cell: 832.247.3330

Nigel.Thornton@atkinsglobal.com www.atkinsglobal.com

Neal McCraw Senior Account Executive

Merrick & Company 1001 Morehead Square Drive Suite 530 Charlotte, NC 28203 Cell: 704-576-5094

Neal.Mccraw@merrick.com www.merrick.com

Michael R. Corum Vice President, Charlotte Operations

Nuclear Safety Associates 7400 Carmel Executive Park Suite 120 Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 Cell: 803.603.2349

Michael.Corum@nuclearassociates.com www.nuclearassociates.com