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Advanced Concepts Inc

28149 71st Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85266-7533
Tel: 480-307-9106

FAX: 866-513-5938

 

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General Capabilities and Services

Qualification Summary

The Advanced Concepts, Inc. (ACI) team is based on a solid foundation of expertise covering a broad diversity of experience.
The core areas of expertise include:

  • Project Management
  • Project Planning (staffing and scheduling)
  • Team Building
  • Process Modeling
  • Re-engineering
  • Cost Management
  • Engineering Supervision and Analysis
  • Engineering (Technical and Systems)
  • System Design
  • Design Basis / Criteria Development
  • Configuration Management
  • Regulatory Licensing
  • Program Implementation
  • Construction Engineering Support Services
  • Seconded Staffing Services
  • Quality Assurance
  • Auditing
  • Information Technology Support
  • Software System Implementation
  • Procedure Development
  • Technical Writing
  • Training Drill Development
  • Training / Instruction
  • Support Services Contracting
  • Government Contracting
  • Decommissioning Services
  • Telecom Engineering
  • Wireless Networks

Management (Corporate, Project, Program, and Configuration)

  • Project coordination.
  • Contract management
  • Development and implementation of a Cost Management System for project cost tracking.
  • Development of a Manpower Resource Management System.
  • Development and implementation of Cost Code System.
  • Configuration control activities including cost management support, procedural development, and training program development.
  • Program/Process development, testing, and auditing.
  • Training - Course development and instruction.
  • Management of a Health Impact Analysis for a radioactive and hazardous waste facility to support the Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
  • Management for the development and coordination of Design Basis Documents.
  • Development and implementation of Design Basis Document Enhancement Programs.
  • Managed implementation of state of the art electronic data management (EDM) and workflow systems.
  • Specification development for engineering software systems
  • Application integration
  • Vendor evaluation, control and interface

System Design - Nuclear

  • Procurement Services.
  • Power Plant design.
  • Project design and coordination for multi-discipline design changes and modifications.
  • Review of design change packages, field changes, drawing changes, and regulatory documents.
  • System engineering.
  • Develop and issue design basis documents.
  • Development of design criteria, design basis, technical studies, and process flow diagrams.
  • Development, review, and revisions of facility safety analysis reports (SAR/FASRs).
  • Development of design/construction schedules and cost estimates.
  • NSSS systems.
  • Balance-of-Plant systems.
  • HVAC systems.
  • Above Ground & Underground Storage Tanks.
  • Pipe support design.
  • Monorail systems.
  • Fire protection.
  • Instruments and Controls.
  • Electrical.
  • Facility.
  • Dry Cask Storage Facility Assessment, Design and Engineering.
  • PRA Analysis
  • Civil.
  • Structural.

Licensing - Nuclear

  • Regulatory Compliance under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50 & Part 72.
  • Technical Specification Development/Maintenance.
  • Final Safety Analysis Report Development/Maintenance.
  • Operating License Review/Maintenance.
  • Evaluation of Notice of Violations (NOV's).
  • Evaluate and Respond to NRC IE Bulletins & Generic Letter.
  • Evaluate and Develop License Amendment Requests.
  • Develop License Event Reports.
  • Develop and Evaluate all CFR Required Reports.
  • Operating License Renewal.
  • Develop and Evaluate 10 CFR 50.59 and 10 CFR 72.48 Evaluations.

Waste Management

  • Low-level radioactive waste management systems utilizing filter demineralizers, waste evaporators, incineration processes, and solidification systems.
  • Radioactive and mixed waste management studies.
  • Hazardous waste incinerator systems.
  • Ground Water treatment systems
  • Development of safety analysis reports, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, facility layout, technical specifications, and permitting support for storage and processing of hazardous, mixed, and radioactive waste facilities.
  • Waste Characterization

Government Services

  • DOE and DOD hazardous waste facilities and national defense projects.
  • Support to DOE/HQ in the development of safety analysis and design criteria, DOE Orders, Implementation Guides, and Standards.
  • Perform regulatory requirement surveys DOE complex wide.
  • Radioactive waste management and nuclear power plant facilities.
  • Configuration control of project design baseline.
  • Client and project procedural interfaces.
  • Systems engineering.
  • Development and/or review of facility Safety Analysis Reports (SARs).
  • Development of design criteria, design basis, technical studies, and process flow diagrams.

Quality Assurance

  • Qualified for Technical Review Group Chairman for Non-Compliance Reviews (NCRs).
  • Coordination of Safety Functional Audit and Review Teams audits.
  • Engineering Response Team Coordination for NRC Audits [EDFSI Audit].
  • 10 CFR 50.59 Reviews.
  • 10 CFR 72.48 Reviews.
  • QA/QC and procurement certification review.
  • Quality Control Engineering.
  • Development and performance of peer audits.
  • Procedure development & training

Other Services

  • Conduct site walk down and evaluation of existing facilities.
  • System retrofit, on-site examination of existing equipment, and identification of interfaces.
  • Cost studies for nuclear and fossil power plants.
  • Technical support for rate case testimony.
  • Startup engineering.
  • Component & System Program development
        Component Evaluation
        Due diligence documentation
  • Procedure development (author, sponsor, verification) for system operation, maintenance, testing and administrative processes.
  • Contingency planning
        Business restart program development
        Electrical generation & distribution system restoration
  • Construction management and engineering support


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