RCM Technologies has extensive
experience in completing Equipment Qualification (EQ) projects. RCM
Technologies’ full-time staff of EQ specialists is one of the largest and most
qualified in the industry. Individual backgrounds include engineering, program
management, manufacturing, and component testing. We provide a full range of EQ
testing services, including material evaluations, aging studies, seismic
qualification, and equipment qualification testing services. All of our EQ
engineers are well versed in the use of RCM’s material database and software
specifically designed to perform a full range of EQ-related calculations. The
System 1000 is the most sophisticated software of its kind in existence and has
been purchased by the NRC, as well as a number of utilities in the U.S., Canada
and Europe.
RCM’s Equipment
Qualification Services include:
Procurement
specification preparation and materials management
EQ
sustainability programs
Seismic
qualification
EQ
personnel training
EQ/Harsh
Environment List preparation
Program
and procedure development
Licensing
consulting
Preparation
of EQ assessments, including EQ maintenance activities
System 1000
The RCM Technologies (RCM) System 1000
is a web based advanced equipment qualification analysis program that assists
in the performance of detailed engineering evaluations in accordance with NRC
mandates. The System 1000
Materials Aging and Radiation Effects Library (MAREL) contains Arrhenius and
Radiation data, qualification information and supporting documentation, and is
the most sophisticated system of its kind available in the industry today.
RCM's MAREL is a significant advancement in
the understanding and utilization of thermal and radiation aging information
for Equiptment Qualification (EQ) applications.
The System 1000 program complies with the RCM Quality System and
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B.
The System 1000 will greatly enhance
the overall engineering efforts of any EQ program by providing a fast,
efficient, and economical answer to aging and radiation analysis specifically,
and overall equipment qualification efforts in general. The user-friendly, computerized system of
databases and calculation modules will enable your engineering staff to perform
EQ assessments based on previously documented aging test programs. Non-metallic materials can be analyzed to
establish testing programs and thermal aging test parameters for components.
Analysis of potential replacement materials can be performed to optimize
choices when designing equipment or justifying material substitutions in
previously qualified equipment.