With the support of BNFL and UKAEA since our inception in 2002, ARC now has a continual presence on site for our clients. Whether this be the design authority or support of safety analysis and documentation, ARC has consultants with recognised expertise to support such facilities.
The UK Nuclear Industry is currently under threat from a decreasing skill base of suitably qualified and experienced personnel with nuclear specific safety and engineering skills. ARC has a well-respected, experienced team of consultants that are flexible to the needs of the marketplace.
ARC consultants have a wide range of experience of managing and producing nuclear safety cases and have lead or significantly contributed to the following high profile nuclear projects in the last few years:
Rolls-Royce Vulcan NRTE DSMP1 Pond Facility Safety Case and STF NSRP Safety Case projects
BNFL Sellafield B205/B211/B212/B213 Continued Operational Safety Report projects
British Nuclear Group (Magnox) and British Energy (AGR & PWR) Nuclear Safety Cases
Sellafield Ltd B38 Asset Care and Retrievals
HMS Trafalgar and Class Plant Lifetime Extension Safety Case Upgrade project
AWE Burghfield Assembly Facility project
Devonport D154 9-Dock Refuelling Safety Case
ARC consultants have followed career paths from a variety of industry backgrounds, meaning that we can respond rapidly to specific issues relating to our client’s needs. We have an organisational culture and style that provides optimum flexibility. This sets us apart from our competitors and enables us to establish partnerships with our clients, built upon mutual trust, in which ARC consultants and clients work closely to develop cost-effective and innovative solutions. This is why some of the world’s most successful companies consistently turn to us for support.
Clients
The nuclear industry is a competitive business environment, but we believe with our unique streamlined business practices and flexible mode of operation we can offer the most competitive rates to our clients, whilst still providing world class service. The talented range of consultants within ARC have provided professional services to the majority of the organisations actively supporting the UK Nuclear Industry, and include
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Amec |
BAE Systems |
Sellafield Ltd |
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Halcrow |
MoD |
Rolls-Royce |
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AWE |
DML |
Jacobs Engineering |
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NIREX |
UKAEA |
British Nuclear Group |
Services
ARC provides an extensive range of technical services to the nuclear industry, including:
- Safety Case Production and Management
- Hazard and Operability Chairing/ Scribing
- Fault Tree and Event Analysis
- Radiological Consequence Assessment
- Fault Frequency Assessment
- Failure Modes & Effects Analysis
- Engineering/ Design Substantiation
- Hazard Analysis
- Deterministic Safety Assessment
- ALARP Assessments
- Probabilistic Safety Assessment
- Human Factors Assessments
- Reliability, Availability & Maintainability
- Independent Peer Review
- Fire & Explosion Risk Assessment
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Safety Integrity Level Assessment
- Design Review & Verification
Projects
Project: Hunterston 'A' Decommissioning Site, Intermediate Level Waste Store
Client: British Nuclear Group
ARC have provided Safety Case production services, project management and design management support to the ILW store project including:
Production of the Pre-Construction Safety Report (PCSR)
HAZOP Level 2 Studies
Production of a Fault Schedule
Safety Assessments
Engineering Design Substantiation
Demonstration of SFR compliance
Safety Management Arrangements
Compliance with Decommissioning Safety Principles
Production of the Pre-Inactive Commissioning Report (PICR)
ARC produced the PCSR for the design and construction of an Intermediate Level Waste store at the Hunterston A and are currently producing the Pre Inactive Commissioning Report (PICR). This is a development of the PCSR to allow the Inactive Commissioning of the ILW store to proceed.
Project: B38 Asset Care and Retrievals
Client: Sellafield Ltd
Abbot Risk Consulting provide a team of experienced consultants and associates supporting both retrieval and asset care projects for B38 in the following areas:
• Development of the B38 Retrievals Safety Case Overview Strategy Report and preliminary Hazard Management Strategies.
• Development of the B38 Periodic Safety Review (PSR).
• Provision of safety and managerial support to a number of B38 Asset Care and restoration projects.
• Production of Operational Safety Memorandums (OSMs) and Pre-Commencement Safety Reports (PCSRs) in support of Category B/C Plant Modifications.
Project: Engineering Substantiation for ATO 89
Client: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Dounreay
ARC carried out detailed engineering substantiation to meet the requirements of a modern standards safety case for this project. Walkdown and assessment of the present state of the plant were carried out.
Engineering judgement over the future use of the plant over the next ten years were provided based upon a comparison of the plant against modern engineering standards, the operating history, the maintenance regimes, and the physical status of the plant. The services provided were in support of the building services in the ATO89 facilities at UKAEA Dounreay. ATO89 is the license holder for the auxiliary services in the fuel cycle area at Dounreay, including services ducts, changing facilities, ventilation stacks etc.
Project: Active Solvent Disposal
Client: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Dounreay
ARC was responsible for the writing of the Safety and Environmental Overview Report and the Preliminary Safety Report for the disposal of radioactive TBP/OK and other waste oils at Dounreay. These tasks were carried out at site and involved liaising with the designers producing the concept design for the facility.
ARC also coordinated a Desktop Hazard Identification exercise to identify potential hazard with the earliest stage of the concept design to identify potential accident scenarios for the categorisation and provide safety insight into the concept design at an early stage.
Contact
For information relating to ARC’s capabilities within the Nuclear field please contact Jon Baggs in our Edinburgh office or by e-mail
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