innovating, developing and pioneering together
successfully meeting the challenges of the world’s evolving tritium management needs
from integral participation in CANDU reactor research and development to the design and manufacturing of tritium management solutions for medicine, laboratories, homeland security and small modular reactors.
a proud history and bright future
John Robinson, Founder and CEO, with over 50 years of specialized nuclear expertise, established Tyne Engineering with the mission to provide optimal solutions to the world’s complex and changing tritium management challenges.
Tyne Engineering has a long history in fuel handling, starting with the fusion industry in Canada through the Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology Project (CFFTP) which began in the early 1980’s. The Canadian government, at the time, was focused on tritium handling for fusion and Tyne Engineering, under a different name, was invited to take part in the research and development.
Canada’s subsequent interest in CANDU heavy water reactors gave way to an abundance of information about tritium as a by-product of the CANDU reactors. Since then, Tyne Engineering has extended its expertise and knowledge in tritium management to laboratories and nuclear power stations around the world.
Tyne continues to design and manufacture custom process systems as well as instrumentation and controls for the nuclear industry. Tyne also supports the nuclear industry through demonstrated expertise in areas of commercial grade dedication, plant obsolescence and decommissioning.
With the expansion of nuclear technologies in sectors such as medicine, environment, homeland security, research and development and small modular reactors, the need for unique tritium management solutions has evolved. Tyne Engineering has consistently been there, meeting these challenges with valued solutions premised on their history of expertise and experience combined with their innovation and design skills. Tyne has focused interest in three main areas: process systems, instrumentation and controls and commercial grade dedication. The process systems division is frequently involved in tritium handling projects such as designing and manufacturing getterbeds and gloveboxes. Tyne also manufactures related components such as PEM electrolyzers used in the production of hydrogen species from water into gaseous form that can be treated for the isolation of tritium in CECE systems or isotopic separation systems. The instrumentation and controls division designs and manufactures components specific to nuclear power plants and nuclear applications as well as electronic circuit design. Tyne’s commercial grade dedication division has successfully qualified thousands of items currently in use by nuclear industry clients worldwide.
Tyne is extensively involved with tritium handling projects including designing and manufacturing tritium lights disposal systems, and tritium storage, purification and measurement systems, all of which are customized to the specific circumstances of their customers. This capability makes Tyne Engineering particularly useful for adaptations of tritium handling systems in projects such as small modular reactors (SMR), specifically molten salt reactors, where unique circumstances give rise to the development of specialized measuring or process equipment.
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Our Mission and Values
At Tyne, we nurture strong relationships within our team and with our customers. We are committed to quality and driven by the innovation that is required to meet the complex challenges of our future.
quality unsurpassed
our strong client and partner relationships
our dedicated team of professionals
innovation and design
driven to contribute to a safer future
commitment to our values
our team and facilities
transforming ideas into passionate pursuits and great experiences
at tyne, we practice effective communication and foster appreciation and honesty which has resulted in a thriving work culture and a successful company.
We achieve our success by developing a culture that values the contributions of our team of diverse and talented staff, customers and partners. We are strengthened by encouraging passion and curiosity. We are dedicated to professional development and advancement through commitment and mutual respect.
Tyne’s world class manufacturing facility is controlled, clean, and is perfectly suited for use in the manufacture of high vacuum, low leakage stainless steel systems and electronics. Our team of welders are highly qualified to perform TIG, MIG, SPOT, and automatic tube welding. Our engineers are experts in high pressure and temperature systems, vacuums and cryogenics and have extensive experience with manufacturing and modifying complex circuit boards and electronic modules. They are highly skilled in materials and sealing techniques for systems designed for hydrogen and oxygen service and radioactive substances.
CERTIFICATIONS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
confidence in our standards and quality
Quality Assurance is a vital part of Tyne’s philosophy and methodology. Tyne is certified to perform safety-related work for the Nuclear Industry in areas of design, procurement, manufacturing, testing and servicing.
- ISO9001:2015
- 10CFR50AppB (Quality Assurance for Nuclear Power Plants)
- 100CFR21
- ASME NQA-1
- EPRI-NP-5625 (for Commercial Grade Dedication)
- CSA-N285.0 (for Nuclear Pressure Retaining Items, certified by TSSA)
- CSA-B51 (including TSSA Certification to ASME Section VIII Div 1, ASME B31.3, ASME B31.1)
- CSA-N286.7-16 (Quality Assurance for Safety-Related Computer Software)
- CSA- N299.1 (Items and Services for Nuclear Power Plants)
Quality management is an essential feature and plays an integral role in every project conducted by Tyne Engineering.
Our carefully developed QA procedures and manuals, certified to ISO 9001:2015, meet the needs of an extensive work scope from design through manufacturing and operation. We have been successfully audited by COG, through CANPAC, to CSA N299.1 and by AECL to the same level.
We have been approved independently by TSSA to design, build and repair piping systems and pressure vessels to ASME VIII Div 1 and B31.3. We are fully licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to handle depleted uranium. Extending our certification further, our TSSA certification applies to work performed both in-house and remotely.
Our QA manual includes research and development, allowing for unique flexibility during innovative planning. Our detailed developmental quality assurance program allows us to provide solutions to the challenging demands of the evolving nuclear industry by ensuring unsurpassed consistency and quality in the components and process systems we design and manufacture.
In keeping with our QA procedures, every project begins with a project plan referencing related design, manufacturing, quality assurance and development plans. Our rigorous standards ensure our products and services are leading the industry and exceeding our customers expectations.
Clients and partners
solving your complex challenges together
Building lasting relationships and partnerships with our clients is an integral part of what we do.
Our clients can expect excellent team responsiveness and attention to detail. We combine our industry expertise with innovation to determine the best solutions to our clients’ complex needs. We focus on completing successful projects in a timely, cost effective manner while maintaining unsurpassed quality. We extend the highest level of professional dedication to our clients’ requirements. We seek to foster strong partnerships with the ultimate goal of current and future success. Tyne has worked extensively with a large number of organizations and government departments including AECL, OPG, Bruce Power, Gentilly 2, Pt. Lepreau, KHNP, SNC Lavalin, DOE and DND. We are ideally suited as a supplier and partner to larger organizations in the fields of commercial grade dedication, reverse engineering and general nuclear related design and manufacturing.
A few of our many projects contributing to our experience in the nuclear and commercial dedication fields include:
- Design and registration of skid-mounted process systems – AECL CRNL.
- Design and manufacture of Data Computer Center (DCC) cable assemblies for Bruce Nuclear Power Plant
- Nuclear safety-related power supplies for Emergency Shutdown System #2 and Data Computer Centers
- In-Core Flux Detector Amplifier, Trip Test / Alarm Control Unit (SDS2) for Embalse Nuclear Generating Station
- Portable Analyzer Carts for Feedwater Oxygen and Helium Cover Gas for Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
- Response Time Monitor for Power House Emergency Venting System – Ontario Power Generation
- Calibration of Remote Temperature Detectors – Bruce NPP
- Pressure Authority Registration of Flow Meters (obtain CRN Number and become Manufacturer of Record) – Bruce NPP
- Design and update of Periodic Inspection Program – Pt. Lepreau Nuclear Power Plant
- Stack Monitoring Equipment. Design, build and refurbishment – Bruce NPP
- Oxygen Analyzer Skid – Wolsong Tritium Removal Facility
- Design, build of Isotopic Separation System – Ontario Hydro Technologies
- Design, build of Advanced Oxidizer – OHT
- Design, build, install, commission and operate complete tritium extraction plant– NSSI
- Design. build of tritium handling glove box and equipment – KEPRI and AECL
- Tritium laboratory design – Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corporation
- Titanium Storage Beds – KHNP
