Testing Services
As the largest independent test laboratory in the U.S., NTS offers the broadest range of nuclear environmental testing. State-of-the-art facilities and capabilities for safety-related qualification and dedication including:
- Equipment Qualification to IEEE-323 (Standard for Qualifying Class 1E Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations)
- Seismic simulation to 35,000 lbf, single axis, dependent biaxial, and independent triaxial to IEEE-344 (Recommended Practice for Seismic Qualification of Class 1E Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations)
- Vibration aging and fatigue studies, up to 40,000 lbf
- EMI/EMC testing and analysis to EPRI TR-102323 (Guidelines for Electromagnetic Interference Testing in Power Plants) and Regulatory Guide 1.180 (Guidelines for Evaluating Electromagnetic and Radio-Frequency Interference in Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control Systems)
- Software V & V to IEEE Standard 7-4.3.2 (Criteria for Digital Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Generating Stations)
- Materials identification and testing
- Mechanical aging
- Normal or accident radiation exposure
- Reliability simulation, and evaluation (MTBF)
- Thermal aging testing and analysis
- Vacuum testing, leak detection
- Climatics: temperature, humidity, salt, sand, dust, solar radiation and fungus
- Finite Element Analysis, ANSYS, NASTRAN, Super Sap
- Nuclear steam accident, LOCA, HELB to 600°F (315°C) / 300 psi
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