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SNC-Lavalin has a long history of developing and delivering systems tasked to perform inspections in high hazard radioactive
environments
Remote Inspection SystemsAssess, retrieve and provide data
Nuclear
Operations and Maintenance
To meet our customer’s regulatory and operational commitments during periodic inspections, SNC-Lavalin’s suite of remote inspection systems provides customers with a full assessment of their assets. Our remote inspection systems assess conditions, assist in the retrieval of hazardous materials, and provide the data necessary that provides our customers an independent assessment of the plant conditions and performance
Robust systems mobilized worldwide
Our fleet of destructive and non-destructive examination (NDE)systems comprise robust systems that have been mobilized worldwide to support the nuclear markets, and some utilities. Operated remotely, our systems are designed for wet and dry environments, proven to sustain the pressure and temperatures associated with reactor and nuclear facility inspections.
Our systems capabilities include:
> NDE inspection of fuel channels deploying ultrasonic, eddy current, and Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) technology in submerged and pressurized environments
> Submersible camera technology capable of performing accurate measurements between objects located in large vessels
> Remote visual inspection and debris retrieval systems designed to operate in highly radioactive environments
> Vibration technology designed to locate and relocate interfacing components
> Material sampling technology capable of retrieving and handling radioactive metal samples for metallurgical analysis
Key design benefits
Remote system operation removes workers from hazardous environments during operation
> Global expertise in the logistics of mobilizing equipment> NDE expertise, most notably in the fields of ultrasonics and
eddy current> Robust systems and experienced resources minimize
outage durations > Extensive experience with the selection and deployment of
radiation tolerant camera systems> Hundreds of worldwide deployments during station outages,
nuclear reactor refurbishments, and unplanned situations
> Removes workers from hazardous environment
> Minimize outage durations
> Provides independent assessment of the plant conditions and performance
Figure 1—Our CT-LISS inspection system is deployed vertically from the reactivity mechanism deck of CANDU® reactors. It enters the moderator system (heavy water) to inspect reactor internals and measure the distance between critical components.
Figure 2—Our Advanced Fuel Channel Inspection System (AFCIS) is a “wet” system capable of storing a closure plug and delivering inspection tooling into flooded channels. The system is delivered in both horizontal and vertical applications and acquires data using eddy current (ET), ultrasonic (UT), and LVDT technology. The system has been deployed worldwide since 1999.
Figure 3—Our material sampling technology has been deployed to CANDU® sites worldwide for over two decades and is capable of collecting multiple samples in circumferential or radial orientations in flooded fuel channels, reducing the overall process time. SNC-Lavalin’s patented technology eliminates the guesswork associated with identifying and retrieving samples, providing 100% certainty to our customers.
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