The eB for Nuclear application suite includes solutions specifically tailored to the highly regulated nuclear industry. Consisting of six integrated solutions based on configuration management principals, design engineering, compliance, information management, performance improvement, knowledge management and training.

eB for Nuclear helps ensure that nuclear plants comply fully with Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO®) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC guidelines).

Overview

The life cycle of nuclear facilities includes licensing, construction, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning. eB for Nuclear is an integrated suite of information management solutions that ensures the integrity of controlled information by uniquely managing its connectivity to all other relevant information throughout the Iife cycle of any nuclear facility. It captures, stores and manages structured data and unstructured content, including records, specifications, engineering drawings, procedures, reports, emails, design documents and licensing documents, and identifies and relates this content through object modeling to physical items such as equipment, systems, structures and components.

eB nuclear applications are designed to comply with Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) industry guidelines and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations wherever applicable. Each application is designed and implemented with the support and guidance of a nuclear customer to ensure the solution meets the needs of the business. The eB Nuclear Application Suite consists of Compliance, Design Engineering, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Performance Improvement and Training.

Business Values

The legal operation of a facility is based on the agreed license guided by federal, stated and industry regulations to ensure safe operations of a facility. The inability to comply within the operating license and regulations will have significant cost implications to the company and could have safety implications to workers and the community. Nuclear facilities take great care to ensure they have governance policies in place for compliance. eB for Nuclear consists of a suite of applications that have been developed to comply with regulatory requirements and industry best practice guidelines.

Trustworthy information
The information managed at nuclear facilities share human, material and data resources across the complete enterprise. Within this highly regulated industry information is a important asset to the operation of a plant and it is critical that this information be trustworthy. Knowing that the information assets are trustworthy provides confidence in the information and this holds significant business value.

Visibility to information
eB’s ability to model information and build relationships between objects creates an ecosystem of relevant information that can be viewed in context. Increased visibility to critical information and high levels of data integrity reduces risk, increases safety, improves work efficiency and helps reduce outage times.

Proven solution for COLA (Construction and Operating license application)
eB is being used by consortiums consisting of Power Utilities and Reactor Designers/Manufacturers who are brought together as virtual enterprises to jointly prepare, review and ultimately submit complete Construction and Operating License Applications (COLA) for new plant builds to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This is being supported on a global basis from a remote operations center. eB effectively serves as the collaboration portal while providing the enterprise information management features required to maintain security and accuracy.

Provide oversight for new plant construction
Nuclear Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies are using eB to manage large project requirements structures related to power generation and waste treatment facilities which are required to comply with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs). One key factor in maintaining cost and controlling schedules is to understand the impact that change may have on the bridged information, including compliance and regulatory requirements. eB’s intrinsic ability to produce change effects analyses ensures that the true impact to project timelines, quality requirements and costs are fully visible, allowing decisions to be made with clear understanding of their impact.

Design Basis available to operations and maintenance
Nuclear facility owner/operators are using eB for Nuclear to maintain and protect the Engineering Design Basis of their facilities as well as comply with day-to-day federal and regulatory requirements related to the operations, maintenance, safety/security and environmental impact requirements. The License Basis documents, fully integrated with the Master Equipment List (MEL), form the basis of maintaining the design baseline and providing compliance information throughout the nuclear life cycle.

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