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Nuclear - Risk Management

Risk management plays a major role in nuclear safety and underpins both regulatory and commercial power plant operation. Using a systematic identification of the potential hazards and evaluation of their consequences and frequency, we can produce a quantitative assessment of plant risk, effectively measuring cost and risk.

ABS Consulting provides services to the nuclear industry that take an integrated approach as to risk assessment, analysis, review and management for natural, man-made and operational hazards.

Probabilistic Risk Assessment - Including application of all common PRA software (e.g. CAFTA, RISKMAN, Risk Spectrum, Saphire, etc.)
Probabilistic Safety Assessment
All Modes Risk Assessment
Risk-Informed Applications - Including Maintenance Rule, NEI Initiative 4(b) - Risk-Managed Technical Specifications, NEI Initiative 5(b) - Risk-Informed Surveillance Frequency Control Program, Risk-Informed Inservice Testing Program, Risk-Informed Inservice Inspections Program (e.g. RI-ISI of Piping using ASME Code Cases N-560, N-578, and/or N-716), and 10 CFR 50.69 - Risk-Informed Graded Quality Assurance Program impelementation and update.
External Events Risk Assessment - Including Seismic, Flood, Wind and Fire Analyses, and associated Spatial Interactions Database Development, Implementation and Support.
Security Risk Assessment
License Extension
Power Uprate Support
PRA Update
Data Analysis - Including common cause failure analysis and Bayesian updating.
Human Reliability Analysis - Including EPRI HRA Calculator Assessments
Peer Review - Including PRA "gap" analyses based on ANS, ASME, IEEE, NFPA and/or other industry standards, and NRC Regulatory Guide 1.200.
Training in Risk Assessment and Applications
Level 1, 2 and 3 Analysis
Risk-Informed Performance-Based Asset Management
Risk-Informed Preventive Maintenance Program Optimization
Risk-Informed Evaluation of Capital Improvement Programs
Risk-Informed Spare Parts Analyses
SAMA Evaluation Support
"Living" PRA Program Development, Implementation and Documentation Support
Outage Scheduling Cost-Benefit-Risk Analysis
Operations and Maintenance Cost-Benefit-Risk Analysis
Economic Alternatives Cost-Benefit-Risk Analysis
Risk Trade-off Case Studies
Plant Availability Prediction Modeling and Improvement Option Case Studies
Plant Efficiency (Heat Rate) Modeling and Improvement Option Case Studies

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