Commercial Grade Dedication, OBSOLESCENCE AND REVERSE ENGINEERING
providing solutions for the future while extending the safety and reliability of existing nuclear applications
Tyne continues to provide the global nuclear industry with cutting edge products and services, furnishing customized solution to new nuclear applications, such as small modular reactors, specifically molten salt. TYNE ENGINEERING UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINING AND IMPROVING NUCLEAR ENERGY FACILITIES. we WORK closely with our CUSTOMERS to provide SAFE, RELIABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDING PLANT PRODUCTIVITY.
Tyne ideally suited for supplying commercial grade dedication (CGD) services and reverse engineering. Specializing in tritium handling, pressure vessels, pressure piping and instrumentation and controls makes Tyne a leader in CGD performance. Having manufactured and refurbished nuclear stack monitoring equipment, we are also well versed in the environmental restrictions imposed on our customers.
Tyne Engineering has a broad scope of experience in design, manufacturing, and testing to stringent quality levels in the nuclear field. For over 30 years, Tyne has been involved in all aspects of project management, including contract initiation, review and procurement using our own approved vendors list in addition to manufacturing, testing and commissioning. We combine this experience with our technical and innovative skills to provide comprehensive solutions arising from obsolescence and decommissioning. Our experience in the fusion industry provides us with wide and unique capability that lends itself ideally to work associated with modification of outdated or unavailable equipment.
Commercial grade dedication
obsolescence & reverse engineering
Decommissioning and waste management
Tritium processes are exceptional in their variety, frequently applying a combination of cryogenics, high temperatures, vacuum systems and high pressure. These systems are unique and complex, involving measurement, low leakage, critical containment and storage challenges.
Tyne is fully equipped and experienced to meet these challenges with innovation, cost control, partnership and quality.
With over 25 years experience in tritium systems design and manufacturing in the nuclear industry, we are fully aware of the documentation required for proper control both in nuclear power plants and other applications.
We are committed to keeping costs low, comprehensive scheduling, stringent quality assurance practices and furnishing all necessary certifications.
Tyne Engineering is experienced in the planning and application of efficient management for projects of varying size and scope. We are committed to effective scheduling and cost awareness while maintaining the highest level of safety and quality.
In each project we manage, we pay special attention to:
- Quality requirements and levels
- Applicable codes
- Cost efficiency and control
- Comprehensive scheduling
- Subject matter experts staffing
- Subcontracting and supplier sourcing
- Procurement and fabrication
- Inspection, testing and storage
- Drawing, models and documentation
- Management team overview and assurance
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. 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.
- 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)
Tyne Engineering has successfully designed, fabricated, assembled, and installed turnkey modular skid mounted tritium process systems for nuclear applications worldwide. Our methodology:
Conception > Front End > Systems Design > Controls & Automation Engineering > Fabrication > Installation > Start Up & Commissioning > Parts & Customer Service
Our systems are customized and designed to seamlessly integrate into our customers’ required process flow. Benefits include:
- Reduction in overall costs
- Entire process system is ready for installation
- Ideal temporary solutions and remote locations
- Offsite construction and testing reduces onsite costs
- Reduced construction infrastructure at your site
- Portability allows site location flexibility and export solutions
Tyne also specializes in custom built pilot plant design in various sizes for research and development in preparation for full scale production facilities.
Decades of experience lend us the unique capabilities needed to ensure safe and quality products
Welding is an integral part of manufacturing and refurbishing instrumentation and process systems both in existing and new construction nuclear applications.
Tyne’s advanced welding technology and highly skilled welders perform to our approved welding procedures in TIG, stick, stud welding and automatic tube welding.
Our welding qualifications and procedures are designed to meet and exceed nuclear industry standards and requirements.
Tyne understands the importance of appropriate leak testing methods when commissioning nuclear components and systems into service.
We thoroughly test the integrity and leak tightness of technologies used in nuclear applications across multiple industries. Our customers are assured that the components and systems will operate reliably and safely.
Our facilities and specialized engineers are fully equipped to carry out helium leak testing to 1 x 10E-9 atm cc/s. Our strong partnerships allow us to claim full nondestructive evaluation (NDE) performance and manufacturing capabilities.
The performance of advanced vacuum technologies is critical to successful operation of components and systems not only within nuclear power plants (NPP), but also in nuclear applications across industries.
Tyne has been designing and building high and ultra high vacuum systems for the nuclear power industry worldwide for over 25 years. We specialize in LN2 and He cryogenics, having designed and built equipment employing cryotraps and multiple other system technologies.
We are fully licensed to carry depleted uranium. We supply industry leading getterbed technology and also manufacture small test sources including americium 241, and amorphous silicon-bound tritium sources.
Tyne designs and manufactures a broad range of high pressure vessels operating up to 600 psig and temperatures up to 1000°C. We incorporated one such vessel in the design and manufacturing of a combustion chamber/oxidizer we built for Ontario Hydro.
We not only provide custom design of pressure vessels, but we specialize in the design and manufacturing of complex nuclear process systems, pilot plants and modular plants. Our manufacturing complies with all ASME (including pressure vessel code), CRN and PED requirements and standards.
Project Planning
designing, drawing and modeling
fabrication and assembly
testing and compliance
installation and system integration
training, support and commissioning
commercial grade dedication
Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) is a process that allows a commercial grade item (CGI) to be designated for use as a basic component suitable for use in a nuclear power plant and will perform its intended safety function. As such, the commercial grade item is considered equivalent to an item designed and manufactured under a 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, nuclear quality assurance program. At Tyne Engineering, all critical characteristics of the CGI are identified and their acceptability is verified via stringent inspections, tests and analyses, thus rendering the CGI qualified to meet nuclear standards.
dedicating commercial grade items and increasing cost effectiveness for our clients
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Structured CGD Plans
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Superior Industry Certifications and Quality Assurance
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Testing and Validation of Equipment
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Evaluation and Acceptance Tracking and Reporting
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Seismic Testing and Certification
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Mechanical, Environmental, Chemical, Materials Testing and Validation
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Detailed Documentation and Certificate of Compliance/Conformance
Tyne is uniquely positioned to dedicate, store and supply mechanical, electrical and instrumentation components and we have successfully qualified thousands of items to the nuclear industry. We proudly serve nuclear customers in Argentina, Canada, USA, Korea, China, India, Romania, Germany, France, England and many other countries.
Our facilities are unsurpassed in their ability to perform commercial grade dedication (CGD). Our detailed CGD Plans include safety function, environmental requirements, external events, components life and industry experience. Our product testing and validation services include seismic analysis, mechanical testing and electrical testing. We also have a proven quality tracking and reporting system as we are in compliance with 10 CFR50 Appendix B, CSA-Z299.1, ASME-NQA-1, and ISO 9001.
electronic circuit boards . cable assemblies . computer controlled systems . kiosks . I&C . process systems . monitors . vacuums . pumps . blowers . heat exchangers . boilers . recombiners . condensers . chillers . chemical reactors . molecular sieve dryers . cryogenic distillation systems . distillation columns . electrolyzers . getterbeds . isotopic separation systems . cryotraps . pressure vessels . gloveboxes
Obsolescence and reverse engineering
Tyne understand the need to minimize the impact that obsolescence has on plant production and cost. Our extensive designing, drafting, documentation, manufacturing and regulatory capabilities ensure our clients are able to meet the challenges of obsolescence cost effectively and with a superior outcome. Our stringent testing and regulatory standards result in reliable, proven, modern technology.
MINIMIZING CHALLENGES AND extending the safety and reliability of nuclear power plants
TYNE COMES HIGHLY CERTIFIED TO MEET ALL NUCLEAR INDUSTRY STANDARDS. we have the expertise to safely and efficiently meet the challenges facing existing plants.
The obsolescence challenges facing nuclear power plants require proactive, customized solutions to allow for continuing, safe, reliable operation. Choosing the right procurement solution in order to sustain existing nuclear energy facilities is critical. Tyne Engineering has the skill and expertise to target the issues resulting from obsolete parts and need for system upgrades by providing qualified design and manufacturing solutions.
Tyne Engineering is fully equipped and qualified to provide industry-leading reverse engineering services. When previously manufactured products are no longer supported by the original equipment manufacturer or when parts are hard to find or no longer available, Tyne has the experienced capability to repair, redesign or replace it.
We specialize in offering customized solutions to larger obsolescence challenges. Our experience with the design and manufacturing of full process systems allows us to successfully target solutions to more complex issues arising from obsolescence. We work closely with our customers enabling the extension of plant productivity.
Tyne signal processor and display unit redesign
Tyne designed high sensitivity amplifier (down to 1fA)
Tyne replacement cable assembly
Decommissioning and waste management
Our long history of experience in project management, design engineering, manufacturing, testing and certification in nuclear power as well other nuclear applications enables us to provide industry leading technology and support during the plant dismantling process.
an industry leader in tritium management throughout the decommissioning process
CAREFUL COLLABORATION AND TECHNICAL SKILL COMBINED WITH EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION .
When the decision is made to retire a nuclear power plant from service, a safe and cost effective decommissioning process is implemented. Decommissioning involves removal of fuel and equipment not only from nuclear power plants, but other nuclear installations such as research reactors, particle accelerators and isotopic separation plants. Tyne Engineering, with our technical skill and experience along with the necessary nuclear certifications collaborates carefully with customers to achieve a successful decommissioning outcome.
We are equipped with the expertise and knowledge to provide the equipment and services necessary for the safe handling and storage of tritium during the dismantling of equipment. Along with our extensive tritium monitoring systems and products, we are able to provide security and reliability to our clients.
Commercial Dedication, reverse engineering and nuclear applications in action
our many successful projects include:
- Fire-damaged process systems redesign, re-registration – AECL CRNL rig replacement
- DCC cable assemblies redesign, manufacture for Bruce NPP Re-start Project – SNC Lavalin
- Testing and manufacturing – Bruce NPP
- Remote temperature detectors recalibration – Bruce NPP
- Flow meters re-registration (CRN #’s) – Bruce NPP
- Stack monitoring equipment design, build, refurbishment – Bruce NPP
- Oxygen analyzer skid – Wolsong TRF
- Isotopic separation system design, build – OHT
- Advanced oxidizer design, build – OHT
- Complete tritium extraction plant design, build, install, commission, operate – NSSI
- Tritium handling glove box and equipment design, build – KEPRI
- Tritium laboratory design
- Drum handling system and glove box for uranium mining company design, build – Cameco
- Tritium getter bed system design, build – Idaho National Laboratories
- Tritium monitoring system including multi-channel digital controller and ion chambers registered with TSSA as pressure vessels design, build – FZK Karlsruhe
- High sensitivity electrometer design, build – University of Toronto
- Pilot weather information kiosks design, build, install – NAV Canada PIK Project, and public access kiosks – HRDC Canada
